Sinead O'Connor recently got into a war of words with Miley Cyrus after she penned an open letter to the 20-year-old singer advising her to cover up and not to "prostitute" herself for the music industry. Now, O'Connor is sending some more advice, this time to Simon Cowell.
According to People magazine, O'Connor blames the "X Factor" judge for "murdering music."
"I feel sorry for the murder of music and rock 'n' roll, which has happened because of the industry. Because of Simon Cowell, [and his fellow judge, music exec] Louis Walsh - they've murdered music," she said on "The Late Late Show."
She believes "the sexualizing of extremely young people" and musicians worshipping "money and bling and diamonds" have taken over. Instead, O'Connor said people focus on the moneymaking side of the industry instead of true talent.
"There's a certain alarm that needs to be hung and I know there are a lot of musicians around the country and around the world that will agree," she said. "The power of rock 'n' roll to change things, to move people, is being murdered by all this worship of fame, 'Pop Idol,' 'X Factor,' all this stuff."
She also addressed her feud with Miley Cyrus which began after Cyrus told Rolling Stone magazine that her "Wrecking Ball" video was inspired by O'Connor's video "Nothing Compares 2 U."
O'Connor said she reached out to the singer "as a mother" but when Cyrus attacked her on Twitter and then compared her previous battle with a mental illness to Amanda Bynes, O'Connor felt the need to respond.
"I was upset on behalf of Amanda Bynes, not for myself," she said. "I thought it was a nasty thing to do. She had nothing to do with the conversation ad also the poor girl is in a hospital receiving treatment for the very illness she's being knocked for having."
"It was a very nasty time to expose a girl but I doubt Miley is a person who sat down and maliciously thought that I want to hurt Amanda Bynes," she continued. m. "We're all human and we all do things off the cuff."
