Boyle denies 'foul-mouthed outburst'

Susan Boyle has denied swearing at a showing of yesterday's Britain's Got Talent semi-final after judge Piers Morgan praised fellow contestant Shaheen Jafargholi on the show.

Morgan told the 12-year-old that his rendition of 'And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going' from the musical Dreamgirls had been "the best singing performance we have heard in the semi-finals so far".

Boyle, who was reportedly watching the show with friends in the bar of the Wembley Plaza Hotel, was alleged to have responded by sticking two fingers up at the television and shouting 'f**k off', before retreating to her hotel room.

Her outburst was alleged to have been witnessed by about 150 guests at the hotel, with one claiming: "Everyone was stunned by her reaction."

However, a spokeswoman for the star denied the claims, stating that Boyle had left the bar before Jafargholi's performance had been shown.

She said: "Susan was in the bar with friends but was getting hassled by a journalist. The four of them left before Shaheen’s live performance to watch it in the room instead."

Susan Boyle, who won through to the final of Britain's Got Talent on Sunday, is currently the favourite to win the reality show.

Britain's Got Talent continues tomorrow at 8.30pm on ITV1.