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<\/a><\/p>\nEighties pop icon Boy George spoke with\u00a0Watch What Happens Live!<\/em> host Andy Cohen about his fellow \u201980s pop icon, the late George Michael.<\/p>\n Boy George said that in the early days they were competitive if only because of a few similarities:<\/p>\n \u201cIn the early days, we were competition to each other. We were both\u00a0called George, both made soul music. So in the early days, we were really in competition. Then sort of later on, I started to really appreciate him as a musician \u2014 you know, right around \u201cFaith\u201d. I started to really appreciate his talent, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n Later, the two were reported to be feuding over Michael\u2019s hesitancy\u00a0to come out of the closet. Boy George said everyone was doing it:<\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t really a feud.\u00a0In the \u201980s, everyone \u2014 Pete Burns, me, we all used to like, be really bitchy about each other. It\u2019s like the thing that you did in the \u201980s in\u00a0those pop magazines. Now it\u2019s the Housewives who do it!\u00a0Nowadays it\u2019s a bit more respectful but in the \u201980s, you just said vile things about everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n And he said Michael never allowed people to get too close to him, so he knew about as much about his \u201cpersonal issues\u201d as anyone else:<\/p>\n \u201cI read stuff in the papers, obviously.\u00a0But I never knew kind of really what\u2026he was very kind of\u2026kept people out, he was quite private.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post Boy George Talks About George Michael\u2019s Later Years and Their Reported Feud: WATCH<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n