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Boy George says he's become the 'gay version' of his father despite his best efforts to be different as he opens up about their complex relationship


Boy George has admitted that despite his efforts to be different, he has become the 'gay version' of his father, Jeremiah.

Boy George has admitted that despite his efforts to be different, he has become the 'gay version' of his father, Jeremiah, as he opened up about their relationship on the Turning Points podcast on Wednesday (pictured in February 2025) The Culture Club star, 63, whose real name is George Alan O'Dowd, revealed he tried everything to avoid becoming like his father but ended up being the most like him in the family (pictured with his dad in 1982) Yet the hitmaker hoped to return to give a talk to the current students, only to be told he wasn't welcome for fear it would bring back 'bad memories' of the school.

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