Charlotte Church - Controversy

Controversy

Church has provoked controversy on some occasions with her comments and criticisms — in an interview with Davina McCall, she agreed being diplomatic was "not in her nature". At age 15 she was criticised for remarks she made about the behaviour of people in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks However, this incident is referred to in her written statement for The Leveson Inquiry, in which Church states that her comments were taken vastly out of context.

In a pilot episode of a television talk show hosted by the singer, The Charlotte Church Show, Church again caused anger, calling Pope Benedict XVI a "Nazi". During the show Church mocked Catholicism. In response to the tirade, one of the largest international Catholic publishers, Ignatius Press, removed Church's catalogue from its listings.

In January 2011, in an interview with Esquire magazine, Church referred to Queen Elizabeth II as "an old woman who has no idea what's going on", but apologised within days.

She has claimed she would be a better judge for the reality show X-Factor than any of the judges on the show. She becomes "annoyed" when their remarks are inaccurate, stating, "They just do not know the ins and outs of a voice or music." She later claimed that the show was "cheapening music", an opinion shared with many other musicians.