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George Michael Claims He's Still Getting Married
07/26/2006 7:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Lyndsey Parker
George Michael is denying that his wedding to longtime boyfriend Kenny Goss has been called off, despite the fact that photos of the former Wham! singer's alleged adulterous tryst were recently published in the British tabloid News Of The World.
News Of The World reported this week that Michael went "trawling for illegal gay sex thrills" in a public park in London's Hampstead Heath, and was seen emerging from the bushes "after cavorting with a pot-bellied, 58-year-old, jobless van driver" named Norman Kirtland. Apparently paparazzi from the tabloid caught the incident on camera, after which Michael took off, telling reporters: "I'm not doing anything illegal. The police don't even come up here anymore. I'm a free man, I can do whatever I want. I'm not harming anyone."
Meanwhile, reporters also followed Kirtland back to his Brighton, England home, where the alleged "other man" granted an impromptu interview to the paper. "I don't even like George Michael," he told News Of The World. "And I didn't recognize him immediately....He told me I could contact him on the Gaydar website and we just started kissing. He did it very well. That was one of his major points. Then it was fondling and mutual pleasuring. It wasn't full sex but it was fantastic....OK, I admit I was there for sex. But I'm astonished a man as famous as George should even think about doing it. It's potentially so dangerous."
Obviously this is not the first time Michael has engaged in dangerous activities. Along with his infamous 1998 arrest for lewd conduct in a Beverly Hills park, this past February he was arrested on suspicion of drug possession after being found slumped over the wheel of his Range Rover, and two months later he erratically drove that same Rover into a series of parked cars on a London street.
However, despite these incidents, Michael insists he and boyfriend Goss are still getting married. Speaking on-air this week during a phone call to Britain's Richard & Judy daytime show, Michael said, "I've got no issue with cruising. I've talked about it many times. It's never been an issue between us [me and Goss]. We knew with all the rubbish between us that we couldn't get a nice private wedding, so we've postponed it. But we had a lovely 10th anniversary party. My present to him was a million quid [about $1.75 million], so I think I should get away with so-called fooling around."
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