George Michael Documentary

[Elderflower14]

Anyone else watching??

the tabloids were terrible, in the 1980s, what with gay plague etc,

I watched a program last night about a guy who intentionally infected his partners with HIV. The police woman asked him when he was last tested and was he "clean". I found that pretty shocking, it was in 2018.

Odd choice of words

God..the British tabloids. Beyond awful. I still remember the vile things that were written about Freddie Mercury when he died.
Poor George. What a loss he was,

no wonder they didnt want their sexuality known.

Disgusting the lengths the press went to - pestering the doctor who treated his partner who died so they could report it was aids, vile.

How was this shit even allowed to happen. It's disgusting.

The journalists...unbelievable.

I realise it was a different time (not that it was right then) but they are completely unapologetic.

Have just finished watching the documentary on George and also watched the one on Paula Yates. It showed in both of these programmes how vile the press were (and still can be).
George was such a talent and his music has stood the test of time.

I've just finished watching it. I was a massive Whammie back in the '80s and used to write Mrs. Tayto Michael on my school copies . I was surprised when I heard about his arrest and the implications i.e. that he was gay, but I can totally understand why he had to hide his sexuality.

I didn't know about his partner (Anselmo) and that he had died from AIDS. So sad that he couldn't acknowledge that relationship or even go to his funeral.

I was struck by how many TV interviews he did after the arrest. It must have been such a relief not having to hide away any more and being able to live without the fear of exposure.

As for the tabloids. Well, they're parasites but that hardly comes as news to anyone. I'm so glad the revelations didn't destroy his career. They might well have done if the arrest had happened maybe ten years earlier. He was such a gorgeous and talented man. His premature death was a massive loss to the world and to all who knew and loved him.

I found the timeline a little hard to follow - so much jumping backwards and forwards. I'd have enjoyed it more if they had shown the events in chronological order.

@Anjo2011 sorry now that I didn't watch the Paula Yates programme.

I really liked George Michael, think he was extremely talented, gifted, songwriter, showman. Such a gentle person. But such a tortured soul. Love many of his songs.

They said they knew he was gay at 14 or 15 dancing at the known local gay club. He told piers Morgan he'd had 500 sexual partners over a 7 year period. Possibly 1000+ lovers. That's sex addiction levels. That's not healthy. 13 years with Kenny goss but open relationship of 600+ lovers. Come on!

Although the media was vile, one of the journalists said something true that I couldn't disagree with was the him living a lie. I don't like it when people live a lie. Like Philip schofield or Gareth Thomas, doesn't sit comfortably for me.

Enjoyed the 2 parts very much though.

but in the early 1980s he had to live a lie, in order to make it big in the pop music world.

Wow. Judgemental much?
We still live in a rampantly homophobic society (how many gay premiership footballers can you name?) Coming out when you're in the public eye must be incredibly difficult.. especially...in the case of Gareth Thomas...they go after your family.

I don’t think a lot of people realized how talented, Sweet. & Wonderful he truly was until he was gone ☺️ I know I thought he’d be around for a long time so I didn’t make it a big priority to see him & now that’s 1 concert I’ll always have a deep regret about- 💜 he sang “ Somebody to love at the Freddie Mercury Tribute. concert - and he TOOK THE SONG!!!! I NEVER EVER expected anyone to be able to do that better than Freddie but h George sang it with so much love and emotion that it was just like he wrote it himself ❤️❤️❤️ watch the link- He moved the crowd and the way the members of Queen look at him when George hits the final note- LEGEND 😇 He will always be missed by me 💗

Agree…George was incredible and beautiful inside and out 💕