George talks about arrests

23 July 2008 03:58pm

George Michael has been talking openly about his arrest in public toilets in 1998.

The Faith singer was arrested in Beverly Hills, California, for engaging in a lewd act - and the incident forced him to openly disclose his homosexuality and his relationship with American Kenny Goss.

"It was a very eventful and bizarrely dark period for me that I actually thought was going to go on forever," he said in an interview with Good Morning America.

Talking about the arrest, he went on: "It was a huge relief, and it took me about a year to admit to myself that I'd done it deliberately."

He also talked about his drugs arrest in October 2006, when he was found slumped over the wheel of his car. Last May he pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drugs and was banned from driving for two years.

"When you know you've done something really stupid, then the punishment doesn't really feel inappropriate," he said.

"And it's a weird thing, because I think I really learned something from that, because I did something that I'd never done in my life, which is take risks with other people."

Last night, during a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York, George dedicated his song Amazing to Kenny, who was in the audience, and told fans at the concert that gay marriage should be legal in New York.

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