Sam Moore 16 November 2022·2-min read Watch below: Richard Madeley questions I'm a Celebrity's handling of Boy George
- It was more than 10 years ago that it happened. Richard Madeley is not happy with the campmates on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here for failing to ask Boy George about his time in prison.
The pop legend was previously jailed for assault and false imprisonment after beating sex worker Auden Carlsen and chaining them to a radiator.
While co-hosting Good Morning Britain with Susanna Reid, Madeley brought up George's past: "He’s not been questioned about it. He chained someone to a radiator for a very long time and beat them up."
Reid responded by saying: "Well he denies the beating."
Madeley added: "Well, he was convicted and spent four months in prison and no one has mentioned it to him at all."
He also said: "I wonder if that’s because they’ve forgotten it. He says it was a psychotic episode partly fuelled by drugs, that’s his rationale."
In late 2008, Boy George was convicted of assault and false imprisonment and sentenced to 15 months in prison but only served four.