Covid 19 coronavirus: British star Got Talent’s charity single met mockery

Amanda Holden’s move to release a version of “Over the Rainbow” for the UK National Health Service has been relentlessly mocked online.

Judge Britain’s Got Talent said that she had originally covered the song for another music project, but that the Marks & Spencer bosses involved in the project encouraged her to release the song for charity, according to The Independent UK.

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“When Marks & Spencer and I were chatting last week, we remembered this song and it feels lyrically more relevant now than ever,” Holden said in a statement.

“My record label VirginEMI has kindly agreed to release the song with all proceeds going to support this wonderful cause for the NHS.”

All proceeds from the song, now available to stream and download, will go directly to NHS Charities Together, which supports Covid-19 affected patients, staff and volunteers across the UK.

But despite his good intentions, the news has been met with teasing online.

“Honestly, I would give money to stop Amanda Holden from releasing a song,” wrote a Twitter user.

Another commented, “Amanda Holden releasing a song in the midst of all this. Haven’t we suffered enough as a nation?”

“2020 has been a terrible year … This is going to push me to the limit.”

Holden recently serenaded veteran Captain Tom Moore for his birthday on his radio show.

Recently, he also asked his followers to support an anti-5G petition in a now-deleted tweet that claimed he was responsible for the spread of the virus.

A Holden spokesman later said he did not support the request and had accidentally tweeted the link.