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Boy George’s parents told him they loved him after they were confronted with graphic evidence he was gay. The Culture Club singer, 62, who has known he was homosexual from the age of six, moved into a squat in London in his teens amid a stormy home life and plastered the wall of his living space with gay porn, he reveals in his new memoir. George – born George O’Dowd in Kent to his builder dad Jerry and mum Dinah – says in ‘Karma: My Autobiography’ his parents visited him when he was out and say the X-rated pictures filling one wall. He says he returned to the squat to find they had left him a...
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Boy George says Princess Diana hailed him a “true survivor” after he recovered from heroin abuse. The Culture Club singer, 62, was exposed as a user of the drug in the mid-1980s and his addiction problems came to haunt him again in 2005 when he was arrested in New York on suspicion of possessing cocaine. George – real name George O’Dowd – says in his new memoir he was comforted by Diana, who died aged 36 in a 1997 Paris car smash, when they spoke at a charity event she attended. He said in ‘Karma: My Autobiography’: “I met Princess Diana twice. The first was at the Hippodrome at a charity even...
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Boy George says doing time with Amy Winehouse’s ex-husband made him realise their relationship was “a tragedy waiting to happen”. The Culture Club singer, 62, was jailed in 2009 for four months for chaining a male escort to a radiator and beating him with a metal chain, at the same time Blake Fielder-Civil was serving a 27-month sentence for his part in an assault on a bar owner and a subsequent attempt to cover up the crime with a bribe. George said in his new memoir ‘Karma: My Autobiography’ about how he and Blake would chat over coffee in his cell: “(Blake) played me (Amy’s) version of ‘Wil...
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Boy George dodged mobs of neo-Nazi gangs when he was growing up. The ‘Karma Chameleon’ singer, 62, knew he was gay from the age of six and said he was targeted by the gangs of right-wing youths and schoolyard bullies while being raised in 1970s south east London. He told People in an interview to promote his new memoir ‘Karma: My Autobiography’ about how being harassed left him permanently scarred today: “I’ve still got a radar for trouble.” George – real name George O’Dowd – says in his book: “By the time I was about six years old, I knew I was gay and so did everyone else. Even though I was ...
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Boy George’s quiche was a hit when he dished it out to his fellow inmates. The Culture Club singer, 62, born George O’Dowd, was jailed in 2009 for four months for handcuffing model and male escort Audun Carlsen to a radiator and beating him with a metal chain, and has now revealed his kitchen skills behind bars were a smash behind bars. He says in his new memoir ‘Karma: “One of my quiches scored high praise. “Making good vegetarian curries came easy, even with the animal-food vegetables they supplied. “Those carrots had an attitude and the knives weren’t sharp enough to take them on.” George a...
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Boy George has insisted Madonna is "too full of herself". The Culture Club legend - who insisted "every gay man loves Madonna and there’s no one gayer than me" - has reflected on several less than positive meetings with the Queen of Pop over the years, insisting her unfavourable memories of the first time they crossed paths couldn't have happened like she recalled. Writing in his memoir 'Karma: My Autobiography', he said while Madonna remembers him "head to toe in Westwood", he was exclusively wearing Sue Clowes at the time. Reflecting on a later meeting in New York City, George continued: "Ma...
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Boy George has admitted to using diabetes drugs to help him lose weight. The ‘Karma Chameleon’ singer, 62, has spent years struggling with his size and has now revealed in his new autobiography ‘Karma’ he first took Ozempic – the Type 2 diabetes drug semaglutide that has become hugely popular among Hollywood stars – before he switched to Mounjaro, the brand name of another antidiabetic medication tirzepatide. Opening up about how he took the drug to maintain his weight loss following a tummy tuck surgery in an extract from his book obtained by People, the singer said: “I have struggled with my...
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Boy George has "burnt" all the "filthy" letters he received from Jon Moss. The 62-year-old singer had a tempestuous relationship with his former Culture Club bandmate - which ended in 1986 - and a few years ago, he finally got rid of some reminders of their romance, insisting there was nothing contained in the notes that he'd look back fondly on in later life. He told the Sunday Times magazine: “A couple of years ago I burnt all the letters he wrote me. It wasn’t like they were like Lady Chatterley’s Lover’s letters. "They were just filth. They were about sex. They weren’t romantic, they weren...
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Dua Lipa is set to star in a new documentary series on Disney+. The chart-topping singer will be one of the big-name stars who features in 'Camden', the upcoming documentary series that's being directed by award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia. The series - which centres on the influence of London's Camden neighbourhood - will also put the spotlight on the likes of Coldplay's Chris Martin, Mark Ronson, Boy George and the Black Eyed Peas. Individual episodes will be helmed by Toby Trackman, Yemi Bamiro and co-director Sarah Lambert. Plans to make the documentary series were announced on Wednesda...
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Diane Keaton will lead the cast of 'Arthur's Whiskey'. The 77-year-old actress will be joined in the all-star ensemble for the comedy by 1980s music icon Boy George, legendary singer Lulu, Patricia Hodge and David Harewood. The cast also includes Hayley Mills, Bill Paterson, Adil Ray and 'RuPaul's Drag Race UK' winner Lawrence Chaney. 'Arthur's Whiskey' tells the story of a woman named Joan, who discovers when her husband dies that he had invented an elixir that makes the drinker look young again. Joan shares the secret with her two friends and they paint the town red, but soon discover that t...
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