Boy George. What an absolute tool

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That’s it really. Total and utter twat.

@MultiTulip George pled not guilty in court. That’s important. If he doesn’t show remorse straight away, I just don’t believe any remorse he may show now although I had thought he still defended himself.

I've never watched it before as it seemed very trashy but like others, wanted to see how on earth Matt Hancock thought this would be a good idea?? Re. Boy George, I have never heard anything about those incidents until reading this thread! -If true, absolutely shocking and deplorable. I have been thinking that I would like to see him under pressure trying to deal with heights or some other equally stressful challenge. I can imagine he would lose it very quickly!!! He comes across as having a very fragile ego.

i like watching him i dont condone what he did

theyve got him on for controversy along with hancock

Ok so I checked, he has never apologised to his victim and still denies what he did:

. I have always denied beating the guy.”

It’s ridiculous he’s on this show. He still won’t accept what he did.

Why should he if he didn’t do it?

He was convicted of it.

Isn't it an old joke that everyone in prison says they didn't do it?

You think every conviction is sound? Your naïveté is touching.

I don’t care how many people Boy George has previously tied up to a wall, nothing compares to the obnoxiousness of Chris Moyles!

Not that I would ever watch this drivel, I don’t watch tv anyway, but I can’t stand to look at Chris Moyles, he is utterly vile.

Of course not, but have no reason to think there was a miscarriage of justice here.

The thing is your wrong because if Polanski were to be caught and punished today - he would almost certainly not be doing jail time due to his age and the time past. So to say that the punishment doesn’t change is false

you are 100% wrong and basing your opinion on precisely nothing.

the US has repeatedly stated that Polanski will not have any leniency given to him, such are the severity of the charges brought against him.

Why on Earth would evading justice for so long be “rewarded” by a slap on the hand?

and why do you think the USA, a country which still executes prisoners in some states, would display leniency to this vile man?

Thank you.

Less reprehensible than DV. Appreciate the correction.

I think Mike will have,and actually all of them will have signed something to say they can’t talk or mention certain things to Matt.why do people think the Tories would allow this.or they will edit it out.

Why should he if he didn’t do it?

He did do it, the guy was injured. There’s text messages. Do you know anything at all about the case or are you just doing your usual thing of excusing disgusting male behaviour?

He didn’t deny tying the bloke up, he denied hitting him with a chain as he was leaving which is why he pled not guilty. He still denies that part. I have no idea what’s true there, seems weird that he would admit the the kidnap and tying up but not that, if he actually did it. Though given that he was in the midst of a drug-induced psychotic break he may not have a very accurate memory of what happened. He has apologised though, but I guess if his apology doesn’t match the victim’s recollections it may not feel like a meaningful apology.

It’s actually pretty rare for someone to have those levels of addiction and then come back to being healthy for so long (check out Matthew Perry’s £9 million attempts and he wasn’t on heroin like BG). So I don’t think we have many examples of what rehabilitation looks like.

The full details of Leslie Grantham's murder conviction were published in The Sun shortly after EastEnders launched in 1985.

There was no confusion. Viewers knew it wasn't a foolish scuffle but was a planned armed robbery on a taxi driver when Grantham was a squaddie in Germany. This story went on for weeks with interviews with the family of the murdered driver. People decided to carry on watching the show because they liked it and Dirty Den was their favourite character.

If viewers had refused to watch. the BBC would have recast Grantham and EastEnders would have gone on without him. It would have been awkward and I have some sympathy for them not wanting to find someone else who was as perfect as Dirty Den.

But they did it in different circumstances when the original Mark Fowler, David Scarboro took his own life a short while into the show. They cast Todd Carty because like Dirty Den, they had big plans for Mark Fowler. No offence to David but Todd was probably a better choice because people knew and loved him from Grange Hill.

Likewise viewers didn't care about Leslie Grantham because they loved Dirty Den and many of them probably chose to believe it was a youthful indiscretion even though they knew it wasn't.

Whose fault was that? Viewers have power and also a responsibility. They didn't care this time. Fair enough to say you didn't know Leslie Grantham was a murderer because you weren't born when EastEnders launched.

But you do know what Boy George has done and it's not an excuse for many people to say they didn't. It was in 2007 and if you are that interested in celebrities, as viewers of IACGMOOH are, surely a lot of viewers must know? And if not, why not? It was huge news and if you say: "But I don't watch the news" you can't complain.

If it offends you so much don't watch the programme and definitely stop making ITV loads of money by voting. They'll soon stop and get someone else.

antelopevalley · Today 11:44
So we have one man who has allegedly sexually assaulted a woman before and now groped a crew member. Another who served prison time for chaining and beating up a young man with chains. Another man who killed lots of people with his covid policies. And another man made famous for spewing racist and sexist bilge on the radio.
It is true that being a shit person is no barrier to success, especially as a man.

How utterly sad, depressing and yet true. I'm so fed up with it. I don't want to see any of them paid vast sums on TV. I don't want to see any of them on TV. At all. As said earlier, there are so many talented people who would jump at the chance of coming on something like this, who are not shit people, who would be really watchable, would get a boost to their profiles, and would be great entertainment. Even controversial people - just not nasty people. You can have plenty of controversy just from different opinions / backgrounds without having to pick nasty people.

I'm following the trial of James Stunt, ex husband of Formula 1 heiress Petra Ecclescake so clearly a celebrity on anyone's instagram.

He's charged with money laundering millions and smuggling them into Dubai as Stunt Gold Bars through his smelting works in Sheffield. He's also charged with forgery including over the purchase of a Picasso which he has described as mistaken and a friendly act.

He's pleaded not guilty but says such mad things like he was like "a leper without a colony" he could easily go for insanity.

I think: "You're going down, mate." But I can't be sure. Juries love celebrities. They loved Harry Redknapp who was not guilty of tax evasion. So I'd plead not guilty but I'd be more of a Harry than a Stunt.

Anyway, here's a link. If i was a booker on IACGMOOH I'd definitely be pencilling in his name for a future show

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11381461/James-Stunt-tells-266m-money-laundering-trial-gambled-father-law-Bernie-Ecclestone.html

...and all presented by a convicted drink driver!

He has apologised though

No, Boy George has never apologised to his victim, as he has said himself. He says ‘it wouldn’t mean anything’. That’s the excuse. He absolutely did beat the guy, there were recorded injuries. You can’t debate that part because he was convicted of it based on the evidence @MultiTulip

@TrashyPanda

Well that’s pretty dumb of them if true because if Polanski was willing to admit guilt to the charges at this point if he didn’t have to serve time that would have given his victim closure, but US authorities refused that so of course he didn’t come back and the situation continues and will continue until his death with no closure of any kind.

@PollyAmour

Ikr? I would say the voice is a bigger deal than this show as well

I love how people bleat about cancel culture when the correct phrase is being held accountable for one's poor choices/actions

@category12

Is getting on I’m a celebrity really that big of a career boost? Seems more like something has beens and D listers or retired sports stars do.

I don’t really think George’s career is going to go from strength to strength of the back of this

@workiskillingme

Nah, it’s cancel culture

It is a big boost to some people's careers.