Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Pop star George Michael spoke openly about taking cannabis while smoking the drug during a television interview, it has been reported. The Daily Mirror said Michael, 43, lit up a joint backstage before a concert in Madrid while doing an interview for ITV’s the South Bank Show. He told interviewer Melvyn Bragg: "This is the only drug I’ve ever thought worth taking but you have to wait. It never occurred to me to take even this until I was about 22 or 23. "This stuff keeps me sane and happy. I could write without it…if I were sane and happy. "I’d say it’s a great drug – but obviously it’s not very healthy. You can’t afford to smoke it if you’ve got anything to do. Anything at all would be foolish." But he added that it could be a "terrible, terrible drug", saying that it can "chill you out to such a degree that you could lose your ambitions". He admitted dabbling in other drugs, but added: "There’s not another drug in life that I’m glad I took but grass." And he denied that his life was out of control after twice being caught slumped at the wheel of his car, insisting: "I feel good. I live in the house of my dreams, with the man of my dreams. "I’m happy with the music I’m making – and I’m still loaded. I’m enjoying my life." Michael lives with long-term partner Kenny Goss. The interview will be screened on October 31.

Daily Snack (story) and Daily Mirror (photo) 

Well at least there is something else to talk to him about besides the bathroom incident in Beverly Hills!

UPDATE: Photos of him smoking pot during the interview from This Is London

British pop star George Michael insists he doesn’t have a drug problem, despite being arrested for alleged marijuana possession for the second time in a year on Sunday. The former Wham! singer, 43, was found asleep at the wheel on his car at an intersection in north London in the early hours of Sunday morning and was taken to a nearby hospital by concerned police officers. After being given the all-clear by doctors, Michael returned to Colindale police station, where he was booked on suspicion of being unfit to drive and drug possession before being released on bail until November. Earlier this year, the singer was cautioned after he was found slumped in his car in central London and was found to be in possession of marijuana. Despite his arrests, Michael insists he doesn’t have a drug problem, saying: "That’s the second time in a year I’ve been caught with one unused spliff in the car. I had no drink or drugs in my body. "I haven’t got a problem with drugs."

IOL

Like I really have FAITH in his answer. Once I could believe, but two times slumped over on your steering wheel with pot in the car I just don’t believe it.

George Michael was arrested on Sunday for possessing cannabis after being found slumped at the wheel of his car for the second time this year. The troubled singer was rushed to hospital after officers found him unconscious in his Mercedes at a busy junction near his North London home just after 3.20am yesterday morning. They also discovered a small amount of cannabis in his possession. Police were called to the scene after receiving reports that his car was obstructing the junction at Cricklewood Lane with Hendon Way, under a mile away from Hampstead Heath. The 43-year-old star was later taken into custody at Colindale police station in west London, and booked under his real name Georgios Kyriakos Panayiotou. As well as being cautioned for possessing cannabis, Michael was arrested under the suspicion of being unfit to drive and released on police bail yesterday afternoon. It is the third time this year the star has been involved in a motoring incident, which many believe is linked to his frequent use of cannabis. The former Wham frontman was cautioned in February for possession of the class C drug after being found asleep at the wheel of his parked Mercedes near Hyde Park. The millionaire was arrested for suspicion of being unfit to drive and was held by police over night, although he was never charged. In April, Michael again faced police questioning after he allegedly smashed into three parked cars in his new £60,000 Range Rover. Michael, who has just started a sell-out world tour – his first for 15 years – has never made a secret of his fondness for cannabis. The singer, who has a long-term partner, Kenny Goss, hit the headlines in July after being caught having sex with a stranger on Hampstead Heath. Michael, in a frank interview with Channel 4’s Richard and Judy show, said he felt no shame about his sexual encounters with strangers in public places, an activity known as cruising. Last night, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "At approximately 03.22am yesterday officers were informed of a stationary vehicle with a driver inside at traffic lights on Cricklewood Lane near its junction with Hendon Way, causing an obstruction. "Officers arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of being unfit to drive and possession of a controlled substance, believed to be cannabis. "London Ambulance Service attended and the man was taken to a west London hospital as a precautionary measure. "He was then taken into custody at a west London police station and later received a caution for possession of cannabis and was bailed to return on a date in November in relation to the allegation of being unfit to drive."

Daily Mail 

When is he going to learn? I wonder if this will effect his tour?

A previously unreleased duet between George Michael and Sir Paul McCartney will finally see the light of the day on a forthcoming greatest hits album. Michael’s Twenty Five collection is scheduled for release in November and will feature the McCartney track "Hear The Pain." The "Careless Whisper" singer’s greatest hits collection, which comprises hits from his Wham! and solo career, will also feature a song recorded exclusively for the album called "Understand."

Celebrity Week

OMG! I can not wait for this album because George Michael had done some amazing songs!

A mature, modest and (almost) scandal-free George Michael took the stage in his first solo concert in 15 years. But the pop star couldn’t resist making another controversial dig at George Bush. At the end of the first set Michael sang his 2002 controversial anti-Bush song "Shoot the Dog." During the number, an enormous balloon depicting a cartoon-ish George Bush rose out of centre stage, drawing whoops and yells from the crowd. But the real surprise came when Michael leaned down to unzip the balloon’s trousers, and out popped a British bulldog draped with the UK flag. The dog was stuck to the balloon’s inflated crotch, wagging its tail. George Michael sang his greatest hits to 18,000 fans packed into Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi arena at the start of his new European tour. With no new album to promote, the concert indulged an audience of mostly long-time fans with favorites like "Faith," "Father Figure" and "Too Funky," while also including newer hits. In February 2005 Michael announced the end of his pop career to the international media, and the irony that less than two years later he’s here back on the stage, singing all his pop standards once again, was not lost on him. The fans, however, aren’t holding any grudges for what Michael has dubbed his "being such a tease." They clapped, cheered, swayed and sang their way through two-and-a-half-hours of ballads, covers and dance tunes. The early part of the show suffered from a few low moments when it seemed as though Michael’s slow clapping and side-to-side sway-and-shuffle style of dancing weren’t going to be enough to keep the crowd engaged throughout the night. But after a few songs the singer seemed to warm up to his audience, dominating the stage and obviously happy to be performing again. "Its coming back, its coming right back," he called out to the crowd just before launching into the unexpected second sing-through of "Too Funky", a technical glitch Michael handled with ease. "Well just go along with this," he said as both he and the audience began to sing the familiar lyrics for the second time in a night.

This is London 

I just wish the tour was coming to the states. I would love to hear him do some Wham! songs finally! 

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