The 'real man' in George's life is, of course, Jon Moss, someone who, by all accounts, was as straight as they come before hooking up with the Boy and who has carried on having the odd heterosexual dalliance ever since.
Their relationship has always been crucial to the group. Apart from his skill in whipping Culture Club into a commercial proposition, Jon has actually moulded a hell of of a lot of the George we hear in interviews. From him comes much of the intellectual undertow to George's babble.
All that stuff about 'strong moral codes', for example. Jon has never got on well with Philip Sallon or Marilyn or any of that crowd, but does seem genuinely to care for George and is keen to keep him on the, um, straight and narrow. If George is now a wilder and less popular character than he used to be, this may in part be because Jon's watchful influence is waning.