Taken from EW current Summer Preview edition with Coldplay on the cover.

Sinead says:

"It seems to me that there's someone who needs compassion, just as we all do. If you really thought someone was crazy, why would you beat the s--- out of them, media-wise? Why is it that crazy is a term of abuse, an excuse to abuse people?"

-the only other celebrity who's taken an equally viscious lashing, O'Conner thinks.

sosgemini said:

Because that's the American way - kick somebody while they're down. What she says is true. Courtney's a mess, but on the all too rare occasion that she's sober, she's a decent, creative and compassionate human being.

Sinead is still fighting the real enemy.

RipHer2Shreds said:

The pope?

VoicesCarry said:

Lord knows, the new one could use a good fight.

hell, i'd rather hang out with sinead and courtney than have to endure half the nozzles out there that society calls "role models".