She has fought to regain her health after suffering a stroke two years ago.
But now Susan Boyle has revealed she has turned to a disgraced alternative medicine guru, who has been banned from providing any health services in several Australian states.
The 63-year-old singer is experimenting with “natural health remedies” from Barbara O’Neill, a self-described “international speaker on natural healing.”
She began following Ms O’Neill’s advice after suffering a stroke in 2022.
The Britain’s Got Talent finalist, from Blackburn, West Lothian, says she is not ruling out traditional medicines but is exploring complementary treatments after discovering Ms O’Neill’s work online.
Susan Boyle sings on America’s Got Talent. The Scottish star suffered a stroke two years ago
This comes after “wellness teacher” Ms O’Neill, 71, was banned from providing health services in her native Australia after giving dubious advice to vulnerable people, including using baking soda as a cancer treatment.
Despite this, he has more than a million followers on social media and travels the world giving lectures, including at the Crieff Hydro Hotel in Perthshire this month, where he met Ms Boyle.
The I Dreamed a Dream singer told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Barbara is into alternative medicine.
“We need to broaden our minds. I am not replacing traditional medicine, I am complementing it.
‘I know Barbara had her problems before, but she was great at the event.
Barbara O’Neill is pictured with Susan Boyle at the Crieff Hydro event
“She has helped a lot of people in the past. I’ve seen a lot of her work on YouTube and she’s very good at what she does. It was a pleasure meeting her.”
The £99-per-person event on September 10 included talks on “DNA and the true cause of disease” and “Heart health and high blood pressure.”
Ms Boyle declined to divulge which of Ms O’Neill’s treatments she had tried, but insisted she was now in good health as a result, and that could allow her to return to the stage on tour.
She said: “I’m in top form and ready to work. I want to get out there and do it again.”
Five years ago, Ms O’Neill was banned from providing health services in four Australian states.
A health watchdog found he had given risky advice to chemotherapy patients, told pregnant women not to take antibiotics and promoted dangerous views on infant nutrition and vaccines.
Ms O’Neill said: “My role is to get this message out to as many people as possible. The ban has freed me.”
“It gave me the freedom to go places I don’t think I’ve ever been.”