Morrissey blasts musicians posting tributes to Sinéad O’Connor following her death

The singer called out 'the lamestreamers' and those that hated O'Connor for not fitting in

The former Smiths frontman penned a 393-word post that is equally poignant and pointed, about O'Connor, but cuts off the music and media industries for how the Dubliner was often portrayed and treated.

Comparing O'Connor to past musicians that battled mental health issues, and other demons, such as Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston, Morrissey castigates those that "hadn't the guts to support her".

Here is that post, from the Morrissey website, in full: “She had only so much ‘self’ to give. She was dropped by her label after selling 7 million albums for them. She became crazed, yes, but uninteresting, never. She had done nothing wrong.

"Why is ANYBODY surprised that Sinead O’Connor is dead? Who cared enough to save Judy Garland, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Marilyn Monroe, Billie Holiday? Where do you go when death can be the best outcome? Was this music madness worth Sinead’s life? No, it wasn’t. She was a challenge, and she couldn’t be boxed-up, and she had the courage to speak when everyone else stayed safely silent. She was harassed simply for being herself.

"Her eyes finally closed in search of a soul she could call her own. As always, the lamestreamers miss the ringing point, and with locked jaws they return to the insultingly stupid “icon” and “legend” when last week words far more cruel and dismissive would have done.

"Tomorrow the fawning fops flip back to their online shitposts and their cosy Cancer Culture and their moral superiority and their obituaries of parroted vomit … all of which will catch you lying on days like today … when Sinead doesn’t need your sterile slop.”

Others from the music industry were quick to laud Sinead O'Connor as a true icon and a brave and bold voice.

"She stood for something," wrote Ice T, of Sinead O'Connor, "unlike most people."

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