 George, whose full name is George Alan O'Dowd, was jailed for 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort by handcuffing him to a wall and beating him with a chain. The singer served four months inside. Speaking in 2016 after George became a judge on The Voice, his victim Audun Carlsen said the singer 'ruined his life'. And one Twitter user said of his Jungle appearance: 'I, and thousands of other abused queer men, will see Boy George on that show and feel sickened.' Another said: 'He chained a man to a radiator. Why is he still platformed?' We can reveal Boy George signed up to the show after plans for a Hollywood biopic on his life were shelved. The film got the green light in 2019 but singer-actor Yungblud, 25, picked for the lead role, said: 'I don't know what's happening with the film anymore.' The other campmates are: Corrie's){kind=link}
The Sunday People can reveal singer Boy George signed up to the show after plans for a Hollywood biopic on his life were shelved – with Yungblud set to star as him
Boy George will be the highest-paid campmate ever to appear in the I’m A Celebrity jungle with a £500,000 appearance fee.
The Karma Chameleon star, 61, touched down in Brisbane today wearing a lion mask as the ITV show returned to Australia after two years in Wales.
Telly insiders said the bumper pay packet tempted him Down Under â and put him ahead of US reality star Caitlyn Jenner, 73, as top earner in the show’s 20-year history.
The Culture Club singer’s arrival completed the 10-strong line-up for the new series that begins next Sunday night.