Bob Geldof received 'text messages of despair' from Sinead O'Connor before death
Irish singer Bob Geldof has revealed that he was speaking to Sinead O'Connor a few short weeks before her tragic death at 56. The Boomtown Rats icon, 71, who was a good friend to Sinead, revealed that her text messages were full of 'sorrow and despair' - but other texts were laced with excitement and hopes for the future.
The Nothing Compares 2 U singer's family shared the news of Sinead's death at 56 last Wednesday evening, sparking tributes from heartbroken friends and celebrities across the world. Police were called to Sinead's home in Lambeth, south east London on Wednesday morning following a report of an unresponsive woman at the home, however Sinead was pronounced dead at the scene. Her death is not being treated as suspicious.
In her final social media post, Sinead tweeted a picture of her late son and wrote: "Been living as undead night creature since. He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul. We were one soul in two halves. He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally. I am lost in the bardo without him.”
Tributes have since been pouring out from celebrities far and wide including gushing posts from actress Toni Collette, Conor McGregor, Russell Crowe, and Sharon Horgan.
Sinead's sad death was announced on July 26 (Kim Haughton/REX/Shutterstock)
Bob spoke to Sinead via text message weeks before her sad death (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Bob Geldof is now the latest star to share his memories of Sinead, as he told audiences at Cavan Calling festival in Ireland that he had spoken to Sinead just a few short weeks before her sad death. Speaking from the stage, Bob, who also sadly lost his ex-wife Paula Yates and daughter Peaches in tragic circumstances, tole the crowd that you' just have to keep on in the face of such tragedies'.
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The I Don't Like Mondays singer added: “There’s no other option, as all of you know, than to just keep on. Many, many times Sinead was full of a terrible loneliness and a terrible despair. She was a very good friend of mine. We were talking right up to a couple of weeks ago. Some of her texts were laden with desperation and despair and sorrow and some were ecstatically happy. She was like that.”
Bob went on to praise Sinead for her undying bravery in speaking out for those who had no voice throughout her career as he referenced her 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live which ultimately ended up with her getting banned from the show and infuriated the Catholic church.
In the now infamous clip, Sinead was performing a cover of Bob Marley's song War a cappella. She sang the line: "We have confidence in good over evil," holding up a photo of then Pope John Paul II as she spoke the word 'evil'. Without hesitation, the then 25-year-old stared at the camera and ripped the picture into pieces. She threw them at the camera and said: "Fight the real enemy."
Sinead ripped up a picture of the pope on live television (NBC/youtube)Her reasoning for going after the Pope and Catholic Church was to protest against the sexual abuse of children in the church that was trying to be suppressed by the church. Pope John Paul II wasn't saying anything about it, and wouldn't until nine years after Sinead's performance.
Praising Sinead's brave actions on Saturday Night Live, Geldof, who was wearing a T-shirt with Sinead’s image on the front of it at the Irish festival, gushed that her actions on screen were far more impactful than his.
“She tore up the picture of the Pope because she saw me tear up the picture of John Travolta on Top Of The Pops. It was a little more extreme than tearing up f***ing disco. Tearing up the Vatican is a whole other thing but more correct actually. I should have done it," Geldof admitted.
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