“Britain’s Got Talent” star Susan Boyle is gambling on an odd new career choice!
Boyle stunned employees at her local betting parlor in Scotland and applied for a $10.65 minimum-wage cashier job, according to a published report on Sunday.
“Susan Boyle walked into the shop and inquired about the job advertised in our window. We were all in shock,” said David Corr, deputy manager of Ladbrokes in Blackburn, West Lothian.
A gambler who witnessed Boyle’s application said the singer was dead serious about wanting to work there.
“She explained she was really keen on working there and everyone knows who she is and that she lives nearby,” the witness told The Sun newspaper of London.
“The manager laughed at first. But it was clear she was being serious and they couldn’t just dismiss her so gave her all the information.”
There’s no evidence that the singer, who skyrocketed to fame in 2008 with her breathtaking rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream,” is hurting financially.
So gamblers at Ladbrokes speculated that Boyle just wants an excuse to mingle with people — even local gambling degenerates.
She’s estimated to be worth about $33 million.
“Obviously she doesn’t need the money, so I think she saw it as a way of getting out of the house and taking her mind off things,” the Ladbrokes customer and witness said.
“I have seen her around the town and she can appear a bit lonely. She likes to be with people who know her and will look out for her.”
Boyle is no shut-in, and residents of her Blackburn, West Lothian neighborhood regularly see her out and about.
She’s even been spotted at the Mill Centre shopping center, but never before inside the mall’s bookmaking store.
“You often see her in the shopping centre but I have never seen her come into the bookie’s,” the gambler said.
“She is very down to earth and likes the simple things in life. But it was a totally unreal scene for a superstar multi-millionaire to be at the bookie’s asking for a job that pays the minimum wage. I have never seen anything like it.”
If Boyle were to get the job, her salary for the 16-hour-a-week gig would begin at $10.42 an hour before going up to to $10.65 after her training is finished.