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Singer Sinead O‘Connor Defends Tweet Saying She’d Initiate a ‘Bloodbath’ if the Pope Visits Ireland

Sinead OConnor Defends Tweet Threatening Pope Benedict XVI With Violence

Singer Sinead O'Connor

Twitter seems to be a tool that just isn’t meant for singer Sinead O‘Connor’s usage.

Back in September, the performer ignited a somewhat underreported firestorm when she apparently tweeted that she would initiate a “bloodbath” if Pope Benedict XVI visited Ireland (according to Irish Central, the exact quote was: “There’d be a f**kin bloodbath. Me meet the f **ker off the plane myself.”)

More than a month after that Tweet was sent, the songstress is claiming that she was merely joking. NewCore has more about the initial message she sent:

“‘Young people of Ireland I love u’ said Sinead as she pulled the [f**king] trigger,” the artist tweeted, referencing the words of John Paul II, made famous during his 1979 pilgrimage to Ireland.

Of course, she’s claiming that humor was behind it all. ”That was just nonsense. Come on!,” she explains. “See, that’s the trouble with Twitter, you know, people take it too seriously and they say, ‘Oh, you’re looking for attention,‘ but it’s them following you and you didn’t ask them to follow you. So it just got to a joke between me and my mate … I was joking about how I‘d meet him at the airport with my AK but obviously I wouldn’t or couldn’t,” she continued, in comments to FoxNews.com.

But — as NewsCore notes — O’Connor has a complicated history with the Pope. Back in 1992, she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on stage after performing on “Saturday Night Live.” Then, she said, “Fight the real enemy!” Watch video of this odd behavior, below:

But the Pope controversy is only the latest in a string of oddball social media behavior. Just days before the Pope tweet was sent, O’Connor concerned fans when she started sending what some dubbed “suicidal tweets.” One read, “Had to go psychiatrist for routine renew prescription etc. She says I’m a bad mum and mental for talking so openly about sex in public.”

Sinead OConnor Defends Tweet Threatening Pope Benedict XVI With Violence

Then, she wrote, ”So now I wish suicide wud kill me.” Another message said, ”Anyway.. If any1 knows how I can kill myself…Without my kids finding out I did it deliberately pls tell me asa f–kin p.” E! has more of her alleged messages:

“All this s–t we’re not supposed to say. Including suicidal feelings, sex, etc. U just get treated like a crazy person. I want to go…To heaven SO bad. Have for yrs…But I don’t wanna abandon my kids. But if I cud die without them knowing I did it myself I wud. An I know every1 will say I’m a c–t for saying that.. But f–k all this s–t we‘re ’not supposed to say’. I’m so tired. 24 yrs…Of being treated like a crazy person. Can’t manage any more. Badly wish cud die without it ruining my kids lives.”

Sinead OConnor Defends Tweet Threatening Pope Benedict XVI With Violence

O’Connor has four children between the ages of four and 24. Authorities were apparently notified about her tweets and she later posted a message on her web site saying, “I am not at all sorry that I wrote what I did on twitter. It was a cry for help and help was received. So it was worth it.”

Here’s a screen shot of her blog, which has some very (and semi-graphic) interesting descriptions. Posts like these have added to the questions some have about the singer’s mental state:

Sinead OConnor Defends Tweet Threatening Pope Benedict XVI With Violence

Recently, the O’Connor deleted her Twitter account. A decision many would deem wise at this juncture.

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  • shift
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:58pm

    The only thing stupid here is that we call this news, the fact that the press even pays attention to an of these wacko entertainers and what they have to say is truly unbelievable.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 5:13pm

      I don’t understand why so many of these people even make the news. Who cares what she thinks about anything along with most people shown in the news on the Blaze. They truly do NOT deserve the print space.

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    • rs9
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 5:58pm

      mindless twit tweeting

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    • joe1234
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 7:10pm

      damn she’s ugly…inside an out.

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    • bombshelterbob
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 7:17pm

      I’m confused Shift! I didn’t know roids had lips, this one’s even talking!!!!!

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    • mils
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 7:27pm

      When someone with any public standing makes such a statement…police need to pay attention. Don’t give her favorable attention…just realize she’s stupid, but a threat against someone like the Pope is none the less a threat. Now is he’s killed…her door step is the first place police should go.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 7:44pm

      What significance does O’Commer have. She is a washed up singer who got attention by cutting off her hair and making outrageous statements. Apparently she hasn’t changed and is crying for attention again.

      OMG

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    • RJO
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 7:57pm

      Butt Head. Nothing more needs to be said.

      Well you could add Air Head, Meat Head, Anarchist, Radical. Where is the left-leaning American media on this? Acceptable comments for the media…the same media who were so up in arms abot “vitriol” after the Tucson shootings. Remember how there was a call for “civility?”

      Just as in the situation with Herman Cain – HYPOCRISY – from the lame stream media. OK to lynch an “uppity” black man who doesn’t toe the liberal line. The left is being exposed for what they are and the left-leaning media has completely taken their mask off!! Bring November 2012 on!!!!

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 8:43pm

      Well , she actually got one more minute in the spot light now she will go away like always.. I actually forgot about it until it was covered on here..

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    • pavepaws
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 9:32pm

      Who? Oh yeah. Will the bath start with her?

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    • noone222
      Posted on November 8, 2011 at 5:37am

      I initially thought the same as you, why make this conversation into “news” ? I had already been thinking that most of the crap on “the Blame” (Blaze) is gossip and not news. Then I started recalling the laughing hyena scenario that goes on every day as part of the Beck radio schtick that usually causes me to change the station even though I’ve listened to Beck for many years.

      The way I see it, Beck’s mission is to maintain the status quo amongst the Christian listening and viewing audience. Sinead‘s outburst re the Pope is justified and Beck’s “job” is to portray her as silly (without screaming she’s a lesbian) and to continue to defend the criminal Banksters and crony corporatists, including the Pope (the oldest Monarch on Planet Earth).

      I have to admit that I am pleasantly surprised at how many here are awakened to Beck and his fakery. Beck is a divider that talks out of both sides of his mouth.

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    • atechgeek
      Posted on November 8, 2011 at 8:15am

      Exactly .. Who ?

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    • chazman
      Posted on November 8, 2011 at 8:56am

      … dog ugly nutball beatch … always knew she was mentally defective.

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    • macthecelt
      Posted on November 8, 2011 at 10:15am

      C’mon people,I am conservative as they come but listen to yourselves. I hope the intellect of the people, reading things off this site, is at least reasonable. You can sometimes say that Ann Coulter is a nut job by what she says but if you listen and not judge what she says most of the time is true. the way she says it sometimes makes the message hard to hear. As in Sinead her message is rough but look at what she is saying. If Someone was molesting girl scouts and they handled it internally and no one went to jail there would be an outrage. There should be outrage these poor kids have been scared for life and it seems no one cares. Look past the exterior and hear the message she is right.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on November 8, 2011 at 11:10am

      If she wishes she cud die without it hurting her kids then she really does need help and no doubt more of a spiritual healing than a mental disorder. Those who live on hate, bitterness and anger at others and the world at large are destined for self destruction. Forgive others and be forgiven. Then you can have life more abundantly. You say stop the hate but your a part of the problem because you hate anyone who does not think the way you do. I don’t hate you miss oconnor, but I recognize you problem. Come out of the despair that you have put yourself in by your own hand, and come into the light of the everlasting power of Jesus. Do it and do it soon.

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    • TMunson
      Posted on November 8, 2011 at 5:50pm

      Ditto

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    • SonOfaCommunist
      Posted on November 8, 2011 at 6:29pm

      Ahhh, she’s too old now to care what she says….her days have passed in the spot light…please move on…

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  • moreteaplease
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:57pm

    This girl has been one sandwhich short of picnic as far back as I can remember….sometime in the late 80′s. I watched the first video she had on MTV and thought ” this chic is nuttier than a squirrel turd.”

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    • RichNGadsden
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 5:46pm

      Yeah, you got that right. I was in Germany when I saw her break down episode on SNL. Stopped paying attention because she is virtually talentless but caught her ripping up the Pope’s photo. Hey, SNL was not quite as bad as it is now back in the ’80s, and we only had one channel, AFN. Better known as Another Friggin Nuisance. That’s the nice version.

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  • The Scarecrow
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:57pm

    She wouldn’t know what an AK was if it walked up and bit her on the @ss.

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    • boomboom
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 5:06pm

      aaah hahahaah.
      that AK could come in handy in solving that ‘being alive’ thing she’s got a prob with.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 5:55pm

      I agree. She would be a babe if she was not such a liberal prog freak and she had some fricking hair. What an idiot. Such a waste of flesh and blood.

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  • clockwatcher
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:55pm

    Just a scream for attention does anyone buy her crap music?

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    • Holliston777
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 5:13pm

      Sinead is a a little impulsive at times due to her mental health status. I think she had it right in !992, “Fight the Real Enemy”. Let’s face it the Catholic Church is a corrupt institution spreading fear, false doctrine, subversive socialist rhetoric, and homosexual clergy who pray on our children. Ireland has been oppressed by the Catholic Church for 300 years. Yes, I am a Christian and I am conservative.

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    • conservativewoman
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 11:34pm

      @HOLLISTON777 OR WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS
      A Christian and a conservative? Did you have to add that comment to your post because since even you know your thinking is much like Sinead’s?

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  • bringiton
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:55pm

    Wait! A psycho liberal with an ak? And I have to get a license? Yeah, that makes sense.

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  • Coonrapids
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:53pm

    Who is this guy? Does he need attention for some cause. Why do people like him get any press?

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    • rich66
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 6:08pm

      Well he is a she(as far as I know) But, hey one look at her and it is an honest mistake,

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    • loriann12
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 7:16pm

      She gives those of us who are growing our hair out from chemo a bad name…..

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:52pm

    Those poor kids, scarred for life. I would not doubt for a second they are not all by the same father.
    The older of these kids has GOT to be just as bad, if not worse. You can see the product of Sonny and Cher, imagine Skinead’s progeny. I hope she gets the right kind of help she desperately needs.

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    • Bill in Texas
      Posted on November 8, 2011 at 4:09pm

      This is just sad all the way around. Her kids will suffer because of her.
      The other point is she Tweets about committing suicide? That is a cry for help and never a joke. She needs professional help.
      I’ll pray for her and her family.

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  • Johnny916
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:51pm

    I thought she was or is a Catholic? Then why should dislike any Pope of the Catholic church.

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  • Devil Dog 7175
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:50pm

    Worthless, washed up, has been BITCH!

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    • lodgerat
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 7:43pm

      Devil Dog 7175
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:50pm
      Worthless, washed up, has been BITCH!

      I think she is a never was..lol Semper Fi

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  • PhilipJames
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:45pm

    why are you posting up a 10 – 15 year old picture of this idiotic bitch? how about a picture taken this year so we can all see her for the pig she is….
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/theatreblog/2011/jul/03/manchester-international-festival-bjork

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  • mbean
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:43pm

    Obviously it’s not hate speech if it comes from a progressive lefty liberal celebrity.

    Imagine a conservative saying this about the high priest of global warming Al Gore.

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  • mario
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:41pm

    When talk is cheap . . . Violence is the only answer. Puke! I’ll second the vote for pooping a cap in that empty skull.

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    • AOL_REFUGEE
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:49pm

      You want to poop in a cap and put it on her head? LOL!

      Apparently she didn’t learn her lesson from her 1992 episode on SNL. Sadly, I think she’s psychotic.

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  • Rajabear1
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:39pm

    “she wrote, ”So now I wish suicide wud kill me”…so do we you disturbed freak, so do we. No ones stopping you, have at it. But wait, could it be the old broad just wants to stay relevant? Could it be she blames everyone for her downfall so long ago, well, except for herself? The scary part of this whole thing is that she has children. Guarantee they are a mess. So sad for them.

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    • RossPoldark
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:44pm

      She is a deeply troubled person.

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    • getalong
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 6:11pm

      Ditto on the children. I wonder what they think of her taste in men – How did she describe her perfect mate….”rude, rude, filthy rude, and a “mindblowing filthy freak”. I wouldn’t want my children around a guy like that. Oh wait, crazy bald lady also said she would want her mate “ to be nice”. Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Glad she was thinking about her children’s lives.

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  • thegodfather
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:36pm

    Want a good laugh at the dingbat…go to you tube..“The Sinatra group” SNL….

    Phil Hartman: “what’s up the bald chick?…I’m looking at her and thinking 8 ball..in the side pocket”.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:21pm

    Someone’s off her meds…. She needs to slip back into that straightjacket. Drop her off a short pier.

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    • Restored One
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:33pm

      Social Services might want to take a look at her young kids. Her Shrink may have right about her being a Bad Mum. As for Twitter and Tweeting, if you write it down, you cant take it back.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:36pm

      Tolerance is much harder to live than it is to preach.

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  • Tom
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:19pm

    Some people never grow out of stupid case in point.

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  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:18pm

    Still a SICKO

    Report Post » South Philly Boy  
    • ShyLow
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:52pm

      It‘s nearly imposible to find a sweeter voice and a more lovely face than a young Sinead O’Conner…

      Report Post » ShyLow  
  • notreally
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:18pm

    Liberalism is inherently violent. Ann Coulter lays it all out in her new book, “Demonic.“ The ”Occupy” movement is yet more proof of that fact: Liberals are violent. The sooner we accept the fact that there can be no reasoning with today’s liberals the less bloody will be the coming revolt against liberalism.

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  • Uechi
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:17pm

    Who cares what this has been thinks about anything? She was and is a loser.

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  • texasderek
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:12pm

    She has been a piece of garbage for as long as I can remember… sad… very sad.

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  • mountainmover101
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:12pm

    Why does anyone care about this? This really isn’t news. The Blaze needs to reign in on this sort of falderal.

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  • TexanRon
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:11pm

    If ever there was a case of a skanky “artist” that needs to “shut up”, this would be it.

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  • tharpdevenport
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:10pm

    She’s still FUDGING CRAZY. I remember her back in, I think the mid ‘90’s, when she tore up that Bible (I think on stage), and made some kind of comment.

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    • smokie
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:40pm

      Tore up a Bible? Yowza what arm strength she must’ve had!

      I like she uses and twenty year old picture of herself instead of the slubby thing she is today.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:09pm

    This girl needs serious help.
    Not surprised to read soon she has left us.
    just can’t fix stupid

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  • Patriot Z
    Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:08pm

    lmao…ok sinbad…grow some hair, shave yer pits and get a clue! someone should pop a cap in that dome…ooppps im just joking sineed hahaha aint jokes funny

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