Boy George hits back at Scarlette Douglas’ ‘inappropriate’ questions about court case

2022-11-17

Boy George hit back at Scarlette Douglas' "inappropriate" questions about his past court case on Wednesday's I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

In 2009, Boy George, whose real name is George Alan O’Dowd, was convicted of assault and false imprisonment as he was sentenced to 15 months in jail.

However, he was released early after serving four months and has since turned his life around, celebrating a decade of sobriety in 2018.

During the latest instalment, Scarlette, 35, decided to quiz Boy George, 61, about his past, leaving the singer unimpressed as he said: "Thanks for bringing it up!"

Talking in camp, Scarlette said: “What happened with you BG and some guy in handcuffs and a radiator?" to which Boy George replied: “That’s not true.”

Scarlette said: “I don’t know the story, I just heard radiator, handcuffs…” as Boy George insisted: “It’s not true, no radiators.”

To which the A Place In The Sun star replied: "Oh, just handcuffs!" as Boy George responded: “Handcuffs is true but the radiator bit wasn’t true, but thanks for bringing it up.”

With Scarlette apologising: “Sorry, it wouldn’t surprise me if that was a fake story.”

To which Boy George replied: “Sometimes these things, they go into the ether, and people keep saying them and they become folklore.”

Speaking in the Bush Telegraph, Boy George 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."

Boy George added in camp: “I think if it was true I wouldn’t be working now.”

To which Scarlette 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."

He added: “Do you know what people in prison were amazing to me. They loved me!"

Scarlette then asked: “What was that experience like?”

To which Boy George said: “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."

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