Boy George storms out of interview (with audio)

BOY George walked out on a radio interview after being quizzed about his drugs past.

The former Culture Club singer stormed out of a chat with Tony Lyman for Nottingham based station 106.6 Smooth Radio.

When questioned about his arrest in New York and widely documented issues with drugs for the Six At Six show, George initially appeared quite happy to respond, talking about the "amazingly supportive people" of New York and how his community service was in the end "just a bit of sweeping".

But then he suddenly left the studio saying "I really don't want to do this interview.....I'm sorry but I'm just not doing it" when asked if his drug taking signaled the end of Culture Club.

Presenter Tony Lyman said: "We were doing the interview via a studio link and I thought we'd got off to a good start....Boy George was giving some very honest answers. But then the air went dead, never a good thing in radio, and I realised he'd gone!"

The Six at Six feature is usually an hour-long interview interspersed with six songs chosen by the guest. Boy George's appearance on Smooth Radio, which preceded his forthcoming concerts in the East Midlands as part of a UK tour, will be somewhat shorter when it is broadcast on Smooth Radio at 6pm tonight (Friday).