The story of George Michael will soon be in cinemas, on June 22, through the documentary “George Michael Freedom Uncut”.
A biopic narrated by the singer himself, who will have been deeply involved in what will have been the last work of his life, since he died on December 25, 2016 at the age of 53. This documentary will be completed a few days later, after its release, by a book written by James Gavin, which should go into a little more detail on certain passages in the life of George Michael, and in particular on his drug-related problems as well as his to prostitution.
Scandals in spades
In this story, he would be described in particular as an “emotionally weakened” man, with a voice “ruined by drugs and cigarettes” as reported by the Daily Mail. While the cause of his death has been hotly debated, he is said to have spent the last days of his life consuming poor quality food and hanging out with male prostitutes at his home in North London. Fails in which he would have fallen for a very long time because of his difficulty in assuming his sexuality and his attraction for men in the outside world. A situation all the more difficult since his father, according to several relatives of the singer, would never have accepted his son’s homosexuality, this sexual orientation being considered a sin in traditional Greek-Cypriot culture.
A sexuality that he will however be forced to reveal to the general public in 1998 after being surprised by a Beverly Hills police officer in action with a man in a public toilet. A revelation which obviously did not have a relieving effect for the singer, since he multiplied the excesses and the scandals thereafter, by having recourse in particular to prostitution and by consuming several drugs, such as Marijuana, in astronomical amounts. In particular, he was caught driving under narcotics on several occasions, not to mention the times he was found hypothermic in his bathtub and in his swimming pool after overdosing on GHB.
A rather tragic destiny for the one who will have marked an entire generation with essential songs like Careless Whisper or Wake me up before you go-go.