George Michael

[groovethang]

Absolutely. That's the way to make a statement. Acknowledge it, call yourself stupid, throw in a bit of humor and move on. Takes the sting (and fun) out of what the media might say, as he's said it already himself. Perfect.

[Deleted]

I'm with all of you—his accepting of personal responsibility is totally commendable. Good for him! (Note to Boy George: Take a hint, brother -- I know the coke didn't belong to "your friends.")

Now, get your shit together and put out another record, George!

[Yossarian]

Count me in as another one who had no pre-teen gaydar whatsoever and desperately wanted to grow up to marry George Michael! ... And actually, it really wasn't so pre-teen. I saw him on the Faith tour when I was fourteen and still wanted to marry the man! That fluorescent green image of a woman in a suspender belt screened behind the stage convinced me that obviously he likes women. Duh.

I think George does have a pretty good sense of humor about himself and fame. I remember seeing him interviewed on Parkinson just after the toilet arrest and he was just so funny about the whole thing. He owned up to it and made a great joke about the irony of the LAPD arresting people for having same-sex intercourse!

[pepper67]

With this and the whole Kate Moss thing--I'm a bit fascinated with the Class A, B and C issue. Is that a UK thing, or what?

Gemstone, it's how drugs are graded here. This page has some information.

And good for George for acknowledging his mistake. I hope this means he'll cleans up his act. Driving like that could have got him (or someone else) killed. I'd hate for something to happen to him.

[Mutagen]

Great statement, but that snapshot looked like he was getting ready to play Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.

[gemstone]

Thanks, Pepper67. The "class" system makes sense. The thing that's funny to me, though, is when someone says, "Class A drugs..." it sounds like "high quality drugs" to me. You know, "Primo" and so forth?

I think all we have here is felonies and misdemeanors.

[kkslider]

I have to admit, I came here expecting lots o' snark and instead here's this deep well of George love and concern (well, and a LITTLE snark).

From all us girls who cut our gaydar on you, who learned to love gay boyfriends because you were there first...be well, George.

[underjoyed]

gemstone said:

That is a fabulous statement. You get a lot more respect by being upfront and having a bit of a sense of humor--I'm glad he realizes that.

Great statement. Compare it, for instance, to Britney "It Is What It Is, I Guess" Spears.

kostgard said:

The hot pants and the jazz hands just went straight over my head.

I know you meant this figuratively, but the word-picture this painted cracked my shit up.

[Maddiemoo]

Well if you're going to get caught with class-C drugs, I'd say that's the classiest way to write a statement. I hate how celebrities usually claim they were mishandled by police or claim they're being made an example of. I have a lot of respect for George Michael to own up and take total blame himself, not to mention throwing in a little humor. Thumbs up.

[kixxy]

Okay, I don't feel so bad, because I was just coming here to say the same thing. Way to take responsibility! Extra bonus points for praising the police. Why can't all of the celebs be like this?