Remember Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer-songwriter with an ethereal voice and a penchant for troublemaking? Well, Sinéad O’Connor no longer exists. After her recent conversion to Islam, she became “Shuhada’ Davitt.” That’s right, the radical lesbian-female Catholic “priest”-Rastafarian is now a hijab-wearing Muslim.
Like many famous people, poor Sinéad O’Connor has led a hard life. But unlike most celebrities, who experience their breakdowns in public and only examine the causes on the therapist’s couch, she has been open with the public about the pitfalls of fame and fortune. Googling her name produces a laundry list of music industry excess. O’Connor wears her pain on her sleeve—and gives us all a glimpse into the sordid aspects of the glitterati lifestyle.
