, which saw them soar to the top of the charts. But off the stage the singer was also battling with serious drug addiction, which has been blamed for some of his run-ins with the law over the years. When was he arrested? It was Boy George's androgynous style of dressing that first caught the attention of music executives, but the success of Culture Club's first album cemented him as a bona-fide star. The band's debut album Kissing to Be Clever saw them become the first group since the Beatles to have three Top 10 hits in the US from a debut album. But within five years of forming, Culture Club had fallen apart and Boy George's drug addiction saw him in trouble with the law. Boy George had been struggling with heroin addiction for several years and dabbling in other drugs soon followed. Around the same time his younger brother David went on national TV to discuss his drug habit, which Boy George had been publicly denying. But it was in 1986 that it all came to a head when the singer was arrested for heroin possession after police raided his house in Hampstead. Undertaking treatment at the time, the magistrate h){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
I’m A Celebrity is about to see one of the biggest pop stars of the 1980s enter the jungle, and Boy George has already indicated he isn’t there to mess around.
While the singer recently said he didn’t need to bother taking part in reality TV simply for the pay cheque, when he arrived in Brisbane last week he was wearing a lion’s head mask which surely indicate he’s there to win.
It seems to help that he has also apparently bagged the biggest paycheck in the history of the show.
He’s surely got lots of showbiz anecdotes he can share with the rest of his campmates, while his outspoken nature means he might ruffle a few feathers too.