Boy George doesn't 'understand' I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here
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Boy George has revealed that he does not regret doing I’m A Celebrity…
Get Me Out Of Here! last year but ‘doesn’t understand the show’.The Karma Chameleon hitmaker, 61, joined the star-studded cast in the Australian jungle to take part in the 2022 series of the show hosted by Ant and Dec.He was the fourth celebrity to be voted out of the jungle and ended up butting heads with some other campmates, namely former Health Secretary Matt Hancock.And now he has divulged his thoughts about his time on the show in the months since returning to the UK.Speaking to Jackie Brambles on Greatest Hits Radio, George said: ‘I don’t regret doing it, but I don’t necessarily understand the show.
I feel like what went on in there wasn’t shown [on screen]. Reveal: Boy George has revealed that he does not regret doing I’m A Celebrity…
Get Me Out Of Here! last year but ‘doesn’t understand the show’ Star: The Karma Chameleon hitmaker, 61, joined the star-studded cast in the Australian jungle to take part in the 2022 series of the show hosted by Ant and Dec Show: He was the fourth celebrity to be voted out of the jungle and ended up butting heads with some other campmates, namely former Health Secretary Matt Hancock’We had such a laugh and there were some amazing conversations, a lot of intimacy but there was quite a limited narrative that went out.
I mean you can’t spend 24 hours with someone and not have a decent conversation – I didn’t just talk about mushrooms!’George also admitted that lots of people have since gone up to him to say they think he should have been the winner of the jungle crown.’I’m not a one-dimensional human being and there was a slightly one-dimensional portrayal but having come out of the jungle the amount of people that have come up to me and said I should have won is hilarious,’ he said.
‘I’m like why didn’t you vote for me then!’It comes after Boy George, whose real name is George O’Dowd, said he has drawn a line under his 2009 criminal conviction and prison stint.The singer served four months out of a 15-month jail sentence after being found guilty of assault and the false imprisonment of male Pendik Bayan Escort Auden Carlsen.Speaking to <a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website Sun, George said he was prosecuted on his own evidence after he told the police he handcuffed Carlsen.He said: ‘There was naivety but I was on a lot of drugs.
I don’t want to hurt the guy, I don’t hate him or wish him any harm, I’m like, move on with your life because I have.’I remember sitting in my cell thinking, ‘You’ve done this and you’ve got to fix it’, and I have.’George, whose real name is George O’Dowd, said he apologised to his mother Dinah over the incident.He said: ‘She said, ‘Don’t apologise just stay sober’, I know what I did and what I didn’t – I’ve apologised and been sober since.’ Feelings: And now he has divulged his thoughts about his time on the show in the months since returning to the UK.
Speaking to Jackie Brambles on Greatest Hits Radio, George said: ‘I don’t regret doing it, but I don’t necessarily understand the show. I feel like what went on in there wasn’t shown [on screen]’ Winner: George also admitted that lots of people have since gone up to him to say they think he should have been the winner of the jungle crown (pictured with Jill Scott who went on to win the 2022 series) Conviction: It comes after George said he has drawn a line under his 2009 criminal conviction and prison stint.
The singer served four months out of a 15-month jail sentence after being found guilty of assault and the false imprisonment of male escort Auden Carlsen (pictured)The star added that the interview was a ‘big moment’ because he will ‘never discuss this again’.George first met Audun Carlsen, 43, in 2007 when the Karma Chameleon hitmaker got in touch via a dating site and asked Audun to model items from his clothing range.They met at George’s flat in Shoreditch, East London, where they drank wine and took cocaine but things took an unwanted turn.After returning from the shop, George set upon Audun with another man, claiming the visitor had tried to hack into his computer, beating him and leaving him handcuffed to a wall fixture from which he escaped by wrenching himself free.
