THIS was an iconic, not to say incredibly traumatic, moment that singer and celebrity Sinead O’Connor shared with millions of bemused viewers on live TV.

Why was such a devoted Roman Catholic suddenly on stage ripping up a photograph of The Pope and urging us to fight ‘the real evil?’

One explanation was that she was referring to her Catholic upbringing in which she claims to have been repeatedly abused by her mother.

But I believe there was much more to it than that.

This was a young(ish) person having a breakdown or, more accurately, a breakdown of her life-long mind control programming.

I believe that Sinead was a product of the notorious MK Ultra programme – literally a product, if you understand where I am coming from.

It is known that eventually this programming starts to breakdown and the ‘slave’ begins to realise what they have been through.

This could eventually result in a full awakening or they can fairly easily be put back to sleep which would have been necessary for the role of ‘Sinead’ to be resumed.

So this extraordinary clip was not an example of Sinead, deeply troubled by mental health issues throughout her life, ‘losing it’ but ‘finding it’ – remembering the truth about her existence.

I will always be grateful for the simply magnificent song Nothing Compares to You. It remains one of my favourite of all time. Yet, of course, there is much evidence of trauma within.

Perhaps this action though was ultimately Sinead’s longest lasting and most valuable legacy for the world.

To fight evil, you need to recognise it first.