Boy George puzzled by interest in his sexuality

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Boy George doesn't understand why people are so interested in his sexuality. The Culture Club frontman's sexuality was the subject of much curiosity when he first found fame during the 1980s but he is baffled as to why others are so fixated on it. In an interview with The Times newspaper, George said: "If I'm really lucky my own sexuality takes up about three hours a month. We've all got cats to feed, families to visit, jobs to do. "I said in an interview when I was 17, 'Being gay is like eating a bag of crisps. It's so not important.' I still think that now. What do you care about someone's sexuality unless you're going to have sex with them?" The Karma Chameleon hitmaker doesn't believe that LGBTQ+ identity politics are particularly helpful. George, 64, - who revealed he was gay in his 1995 autobiography Take It Like a Man - explained: "I don't think it's helped anyone. We're not a thing. It's like, 'This is what black people are, this is what Jewish people are, this is what trans people are.' "No! Everybody is diverse because nobody is like anybody else, so you're starting from the wrong perspective. Nobody gets to choose what colour eyes they have, how big their penis is, how fat their a*** is." The singer, whose real name is George O'Dowd, had a turbulent relationship with former Culture Club drummer Jon Moss - who sued the band for loss of earnings in a case that was settled out of court in 2023 for a reported £1.75 million - during the 1980s and has revealed that he has penned a song called Dirty Little Limited Company about his ex-lover on his latest album. George said: "I say in the song, 'How come you don't fight for your rock 'n' roll?' Jon wants to fight for his royalties, but not the thing that gave him those royalties. "Jon only wants to do it on his terms. I'm a Gemini. I trust everyone and think everyone understands me. When I started the band I split everything four ways, but I don't believe I was treated with the respect I gave to everyone else, especially Jon." George revealed that he doesn't hold any ill will towards Jon despite the acrimonious history between the pair. He said: "I don't feel anything bad about Jon. That might annoy him even more, actually."