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Susan Boyle's family will vet any potential boyfriends, they revealed yesterday.

The Scots singing sensation - given a royalty cheque for £4million this month - has famously said she's never been kissed.

Now her big brother Gerry has warned any potential suitors they will have to deal with the Boyle family.

He said they had taken the decision to oversee SuBo's love life because the singer could become "attached very easily to people".

Businessman Gerry told an Australian magazine: "Our family is very protective of Susan.

"Anyone coming into a circle from a romantic angle would have to go through the wringer.

"She becomes attached very easily to people so she has to be careful. I think there has to be a bit of reality in her life.

"I think the world realises she is fragile. She's desperately keen to be loved."

Former church volunteer Susan has had her appearance transformed since her first appearance on Britain's Got Talent.

She is thought to envy the stable home life enjoyed by her manager Andy Stephens - a 59-year-old married dad-of-two.

Her family said SuBo, 49, of Blackburn, West Lothian, has had periods of stress and anxiety because of the pressure of fame.

After the Britain's Got Talent final, she went into the Priory clinic with exhaustion. Her first album has sold 8.5million copies.

Gerry 55, from Musselburgh, East Lothian, described his sister as "quite a complex character."

He added: "One minute she's fine and the other you think, 'What's wrong?' "I think the other thing she must realise is she's got a commitment, she has to sing, she has to travel, she's in the working world the same as the rest of us.

"I think Susan will have to realise that to stay at the top takes a heck of a lot."


Daily Record