Wednesday 16 November 2022 09:59 PM I'm A Celebrity star Boy George quizzed on infamous court by campmate trends now

Boy George was less than impressed when his camp mate Scarlette Douglas brought up his jail-time and court case during Wednesday's episode.

The Karma Chameleon singer, 61, was sentenced to 15 months for the assault and false imprisonment of Norwegian male sex worker Audun Carlsen during a 'psychotic episode', and ended up serving four months.

The Culture Club star, whose real name is George Alan O'Dowd, has since turned over a new leaf and celebrated a decade of sobriety in 2018.

And George did not appreciate his history being a topic of conversation in camp, as he ranted it was 'inappropriate' for the presenter to bring it up

Talking in camp, Scarlette said: 'What happened with you BG and some guy in handcuffs and a radiator?'

Boy George replied: 'That's not true.'

Scarlette said: 'I don't know the story, I just heard radiator, handcuffs…'

Boy George said: 'It's not true, no radiators.'

Scarlette said: 'Oh, just handcuffs.'

Boy George said: 'Handcuffs is true but the radiator bit wasn't true, but thanks for bringing it up.'

Scarlette said: 'Sorry, it wouldn't surprise me if that was a fake story.'.

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

Boy George in the Bush Telegraph 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.'

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 asked: 'What was that experience like?'

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. That was a slightly tabloid exaggerated scene.'

The conversation comes after Richard Madeley slammed the campmates for not grilling Boy George on his time in prison.