Boy George has revealed how Culture Club got its name and why he nearly quit the group.
The music icon, 61, is currently taking part in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and residing in the Australian jungle with a group of showbiz stars.
During Saturday’s (November 12) episode, conversation turned to how the band got its name.
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Boy George explained: “We were called Caravan Club, we were called Can’t Wait Club and then were like, ‘We’re a Culture Club, look at us. You’re Jewish, I’m Irish, you’re Jamaican, Roy’s an Anglosaxon!’
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He revealed of his bandmates: “Karma Chameleon they hated. They hated it. They were like,’‘It’s the final nail in our coffin, it’s rubbish’ and I had to fight to get it onto the record.
“I had to say, ‘If you don’t put it on the record, I’m leaving the band’.
“I did that every week though. I was the queen’‘stormer outer’. Every time I didn’t get my way I was like, ‘I’m leaving!'”
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Boy George went on to tell the group about his parents’ reaction to his wacky outfit choices.
He added: “My mum would say [to my dad], ‘Look at what’s he’s wearing’ and my dad used to get his paper [and drop it down to look] and go, ‘If he wants to get beat up let him go out’ and that was it you know?'”
Loose Women host Charlene White asked: “Was it a surprise to anybody when you were dating boys?”
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He replied: “No. My dad used to do this thing in the car, he’d turn down the music when he was going to make an announcement.
“My brothers were all going to work, he was like radio down, he goes, ‘I need to tell you about your brother’.
They said, ‘We know, turn the music up.'”
I’m A Celebrity continues Sunday night on ITV and ITV Hub at 9pm
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