Boy George. What an absolute tool

[SpeckledlyHen]

That’s it really. Total and utter twat.

@ZaSar

I just think at his age and with all the terrible thing he’s suffered in life we can let it go at this point.

Wow. Absolutely disgusting.

The horror and revolt most folk feel about child rapists never fades.

I can NOT imagine what Boy George's victim is going through right now.

What happened to him is not something that is at all easy to recover from, the fact he was a rent boy and so vulnerable in the first place only aggravates the situation to me. How any producer can then put this depraved criminal on TV and pretend he has served his penance is fucking insulting and beyond the pale.

Not just to the survivor that will have clearly been to hell and back, but to all survivrs.

What does he say to them? The message is you can do whatever you like and still get a slot on prime time TV.

The whole thing is seriously seriously messed up.

Boy George could work in a supermarket stacking shelves quietly, that is fine, for him to be parading on TV after everything he has done is absolutely far from fine.

His jail time was for his part in the first National builders strike in 72/73, campaigning for better pay & working conditions. I think it was conspiracy to intimidate and affray he got send down for?

Anyway he was part of the ‘Shrewsbury 24’ and their convictions were quashed last year and called a miscarriage of justice, it’s long been thought that they were sent to jail in an attempt to stop the strikes.

Boy George could work in a supermarket stacking shelves quietly, that is fine, for him to be parading on TV after everything he has done is absolutely far from fine.

This ^ 💯

I just think at his age and with all the terrible thing he’s suffered in life we can let it go at this point

how naive can you be?

why should old age make punishment for horrific crimes like child rape disappear?

Why would BG want to work in a supermarket he’s worth 43 million pounds.

I do wonder if MH is lying to everyone as per normal and not turn up at the last minute

I cannot understand how anyone can watch this sort of moronic rubbish or give a s++T about it

@ZaSar It was you who brought up Roman Polanski
And no, I don't agree that we should ever just "let it go" in the case of a child rapist who has never shown remorse nor served his time.

JLLs case is interesting, because, as awful as it was, his marriage was actually legal.

The other men you mentioned, many of us would be happy not to see publicly fêted, though I think this should only apply to those who've actually been proven to have done something, rather than based on rumour or gossip or the fact that there was "something about..." them on an online chat forum.
I don't think anyone is singling out BG in this respect.

At some point we have to seperate the art from the artists

does that apply to Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter?
how about John Wayne Gacy?

i find it impossible to separate the individuals and their crimes from their art.
they two are permanently interlinked

Tou gave enough of a shit about it to open a thread that was clearly about someone in it and post your comment…

Can't believe someone used Ricky Tomlinson as a comparison 😂

At some point we have to seperate the art from the artists

We don’t ‘have’ to do anything. People can object all they like about depraved dangerous people being given very public platforms. You know George isn’t even remorseful of that incident. He thinks he was hard done by. I won’t support ‘artists’ ( what has he done recently? Anything new? ) who are rapists, pedophiles or violent criminals. That’s my line. They can go away from society and live a quiet life somewhere for all I care.

@monsteramunch

”rape apologist”?
mob for gods sake, could we clutch pearls any harder?
Im simply making the point that many people have careers after having done something bad, I’m not defending the bad they did.
Im saying that society itself operates on the principal that people can be forgiven (I don’t expect the victims to forgive them) and continue with life.

That was me and it wasn’t a ‘comparison’ just in amongst a discussion about slebs that have stuff in their past (like Leslie Grantham) but have had tv careers afterwards.

I am also wondering who the hell is running Boy G's PR?

The fact he is now on prime time TV could cause an almighty public backlash, dragging up everything he has done in the past - exposing him for the violent criminal he is. It might be that his work now completely dries up after this.

Do I think he should ever be allowed to work in TV again?
Absolutely not.

Where are the standards of broadcasting, the consideration for the victims, the impact on other survivors of abuse and rape, and the overall messaging that we as a country condones violent sex criminal and we reward them with hundreds of thousands of pounds and one of the highest profile platforms available not just nationwide but globally?

I am so so so angry.

Who the fuck thought this was a good idea?

I just think at his age and with all the terrible thing he’s suffered in life we can let it go at this point

Would you think that if he raped and kidnapped you? Your child? Why is his egotistical need to be seen on telly more important than the victim? He hasn’t even got a career to promote. Has he done any new music recently? Last time I saw him do anything he was singing in the living room of a housewife of Beverly Hills. Sad sad man.

Maybe you should start a petition or complain to OFCOM?

@TrashyPanda

In that case your not going to enjoy much historical art.
Da Vinci, Picasso, many many many other male artists who are basically cornerstones of art have done very shady stuff.

I am also wondering who the hell is running Boy G's PR?

Paul Kemsley is his manager, gross man too

@Venetiaparties

Hes been on big tv shows many times before this since he beat the male prostitute you know?

I saw him in Selfridges, everyone totally ignored him. I couldn't work out if he was a bag lady or a homeless person sitting in the corner at first. Pathetic.

He can earn a living out of the public eye.
He can reflect on the damage and pain he has caused by working and supporting charities that help victims.

He could start by showing some actual fucking genuine remorse even.

Da Vinci, Picasso, many many many other male artists who are basically cornerstones of art have done very shady stuff.

Silly comparison. They’re not currently on a prime time show. She isn’t objecting to his music being played but him on a major show!

It's easier when the artists are dead - you can appreciate their work and yet still go "what a nasty fucker he was when he was alive."

While they're alive tho, if convicted, you can not put them on mainstream media and not give the opportunities to make loads of money and have their reputations airbrushed. Doesn't mean they can't continue to make art/music or whatever, but does deny them the absolute privilege that is MSM validation.

Christ, we've had Saville and other people shielded by TV companies - I think we should demand more accountability for who they're putting in front of us, not less.