Boy George wasn't very happy over being asked about his arrest in the I'm a Celebrity jungle.
The singer had a dark period in his life when he spent four months in prison after being convicted for the assault and false imprisonment of Auden Carlsen, who upon their second meeting was handcuffed to a wall fixture and beaten by the singer. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison, was released early due to good behaviour, and wore an ankle monitor for the remainder of his sentence.
Tonight on the ITV show he was asked by Scarlette Doulas about what actually happened. She said: “What happened with you BG and some guy in handcuffs and a radiator?”
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Boy George snapped back: “That’s not true.” Scarlette added: “I don’t know the story, I just heard radiator, handcuffs…”
The singer set the record straight as he said: “It’s not true, no radiators.” He added: “Handcuffs is true but the radiator bit wasn’t true, but thanks for bringing it up.”
Scarlette apologised as she said: "It wouldn’t surprise me if that was a fake story.” But Boy George had clearly had his feathers ruffled as he headed into the Bush Telegraph.
Speaking to the camera he said: “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.”
Back in the camp, Scarlette didn't drop it just yet, as she said: “I don’t even know what the full story was, I just remember hearing handcuffs and radiator.”
Boy George replied: “Good job I know what the full story was. The best way to explain my thing, Scarlette, if I beat someone up there would be photographs. And there were none, because it didn’t happen.
"So when you beat someone up, the first thing the police do is take a photograph and they show them in court. There was 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.”
Scarlette changed subject slightly as she asked the performer what his prison stint was like. He replied: “It was very boring. The clothes was quite similar to this.
"They also thought I was going to be a total nightmare. And when I wasn’t… they literally thanked me when I left. They were like, ‘Oh my god.
"I knew when I was there, I was like, ‘right this isn’t my life. This isn’t what I want, I’m never coming back'. I accepted it and I just thought I’ll take what happens.”
He added: “Sometimes I think, do I want to explain it? I know the truth. I also know, if I’d done what I was accused of doing, I don’t think I’d be working. I don’t think I’d ever have come back from it. That was a slightly tabloid exaggerated scene.”
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