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17th Nov 2022

I’m A Celeb: Boy George blasts campmate for bringing up his conviction

Sarah McKenna Barry

Boy George said that he thought it was “inappropriate” for his campmate to bring it up.

Wednesday night’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! saw Boy George discuss his much-publicised prison conviction.

The ‘Karma Chameleon’ singer was convicted in 2007 for the assault and false imprisonment of a man, and ended up serving a four month sentence.

On the most recent episode, Scarlette Douglas asked Boy George about his past, and recalled that she had heard something about “some guy in handcuffs and a radiator”.

To this, the singer said that the “radiator” part was not true, and sarcastically thanked Scarlette for “bringing it up”. He then said that there was a lot of “folklore” regarding the discussion of the case.

He later told the Bush Telegraph: “Scarlette blatantly talked about my court case. I thought it was inappropriate what she did, actually. I thought she shouldn’t have said what she said to me. And I thought I handled it really well as it’s a big sore point for me when people say things like that.”

He then argued with Scarlette saying: “When you beat someone up, the first thing the police do is take a photograph and they show them in court.

“There [were] no photos because I didn’t do that. But I did do one thing. I did handcuff him, yeah. Because I’d handcuffed the guy I’d already assaulted him. So, when I said ‘I did it’, I thought, I’ll tell the truth they’ll let me go home. I went to prison for four months. I was on tag for four months as well.”

Earlier this week, Good Morning Britain’s Richard Madeley said that Boy George’s conviction has been “overlooked”.

On his show, he said: “He’s not been questioned about it. He chained someone to a radiator for a very long time and beat them up.”

Susanna then said: “Well, he denies the beating.”

Richard then suggested that the public have perhaps “forgotten”.

He said: “Well, he was convicted and spent four months in prison and no one has mentioned it to him at all.

“I wonder if that’s because they’ve forgotten it.”

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