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THE girl caught on camera rolling her eyes at Susan Boyle's TV debut told yesterday how a vicious backlash ruined her life.



Jennifer Byrne, 18, was nicknamed the 1.24 Girl after she was filmed sneering at Susan's appearance on the Britain' Got Talent stage.

Watch the video of Susan's debut here.



She endured months of "horrible" online threats from all over the world and was even filmed by a stranger on a train.

But Jennifer told the Sunday Mail she's a great fan of Susan, and insisted the show's producers unfairly singled her out by putting her face on air.



The young hairdresser spoke out as Susan prepared to appear on tonight's X Factor, in the run-up to the release of her debut album tomorrow.

In her first in-depth interview, Jennifer said: "It was a split-second reaction that changed my life. All I did was roll my eyes and I'm targeted by a hate campaign for months.



"I just can't believe how I have been targeted by total strangers around the world who don't even know what kind of person I am.



"I really didn't mean any harm. I think Susan's a fantastic singer who deserves all of her success.

"I've been pretty shocked by it all and I really just want it all to stop now. They could have filmed 100 people around me with exactly the same expressions."



Jennifer was nicknamed the 1.24 Girl after making her face a minute and 24 seconds into the YouTube clip that made Susan a star.



Her reaction as Susan wiggled her hips on stage at Glasgow's SECC in January was seen by 120million people worldwide.

And the youngster was horrified by the hate campaign it sparked. Within days of the clip being broadcast, Jennifer's Facebook page was swamped with vicious messages.



And strangers contacted her pals with threats including, "That wee bitch will burn in hell", and, "Anyone smacked the bitch yet?"



Jennifer, 18, who works in a salon near Glasgow, said: "Going to the BGT auditions was supposed to be a great night out with pals. I can't believe how it all turned out.

"What really bothers me is how the production company only kept in that split-second shot of me when there were hundreds of other people doing exactly the same thing.



"The moment Susan started to sing I did what everyone else in the audience did. I jumped to my feet and started cheering because her voice was so unbelievable."



Jennifer went to the auditions with eight of her friends. And she revealed that their seats were swapped at the last minute by production staff who asked if they wanted to be near a camera.

She recalled: "We were quite near the front so we had a really good view.



"I knew that the camera was close by us, but as the night went on we forgot it was there because we were just having such a good time.



"When Susan came on, everyone in the audience thought she looked a bit odd, wiggling her hips to the judges.



"Everybody thought her audition was going to be a disaster ? there had been some terrible ones earlier.

"She just looked a bit out of place. Some people near us were shouting to her before she had even started singing.



"But when she sang , we all just jumped to our feet. And as soon as I got home I told my mum about this amazing singer and how she could probably win the competition.



"What really annoys me is that the producers didn't show me when I was up clapping and cheering Susan. It looks as though I didn't appreciate her, which is not true."

Jennifer was stunned three months later when Susan's debut was shown on TV and her face appeared on the screen.



She said: "We were all sitting watching it and then suddenly my face popped up. I couldn't believe it.



"All my pals started texting saying they'd seen me. But even then I said to my mum, 'Why did they show me looking like that?'

"Within a few days people started messaging me on the internet with some really nasty stuff.



"They were saying things like, 'Let's get the bitch', and, 'We'll hunt her down and slap her'.



"It was really upsetting to see such horrible things being said about you.



"Over the weeks and months it got worse and worse. One day I was on the train and somebody recognised me and started to try to film me on their mobile phone.

"It was pretty spooky. At one point my pal put a jumper over my head just to stop them."



The clip showing Jennifer became one of the most popular online, and she image was even booed by the audience when it was shown on the Oprah Winfrey show in the US.



Supporters of Susan set up a Facebook page attacking Jennifer, and she is still being slammed in online forums after almost a year.



Jennifer believes she has been given a far harder time than other critics of Susan, including former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne.

Sharon was forced to apologise after telling a US interviewer that Susan looked like she had been "hit by an ugly stick".



And Jennifer claimed: "It's pretty shocking when you see the really horrible stuff she said and she escaped with a quick apology."



Susan herself spoke up for Jennifer earlier this year. She told the youngster's critics: "Leave the poor girl alone. She had the same reaction as the judges and everyone else and she doesn't deserve to be singled out."



"It really meant a lot when Susan defended me," Jennifer said. "At least she's knows I'm a big fan."

Despite the trouble the show has caused her, Jennifer says she's still mad about Britain's Got Talent.



"I love all these kinds of shows," she said.



"I've applied for tickets for the auditions in Glasgow again next year but I won't be sitting anywhere near any cameras!"



Producers from Simon Cowell's Syco Productions want Jennifer to appear in a forthcoming documentary about Susan's rise to stardom.

But she said: "I'm not that keen. I'm scared that they could edit it again to make me look bad.



"I really just hope all this will go away and I can get on with my life now."