Posted @withregram • @george_michael_flawless Attitude Magazine, 2004 🎙 It’s great that you’re back, talking to the media again. There’s always been this weird contradiction about you – on one hand you’re seen as this reclusive figure that never goes to celeb parties and hides from the press, and yet you’ll phone up The Richard and Judy Show or do Who wants to be a millionaire with Ronan Keating. How does that work? I quite like that. Basically, I just do whatever I want to do. I don’t like being in telly, but I always wanted to be on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. I thought it would be fun and I’ve often said so when I’m sat there watching it with Kenny. I was having dinner with Ronan, who I’ve known for a while, when I decided to do it. We both lost our mums in the same year and he was doing it for his mum’s cancer charity. So I offered to join him, and Kenny nearly choked on his steak. I thought it’s a perfect excuse and it’s not going to hurt me, either. My manager was like ‘What the fuck is he doing?’ but I knew people would see it in the right way. 🎙 Is it part of your new freedom? I can’t be bothered with being aloof anymore. I think being aloof served me very well, especially in that period when my life was a fucking nightmare, when Anselmo was ill [Feleppa, George’s late partner] and my mum died and everything. Not anymore. 🎙 You’re stilled very removed from the whole Heat celeb culture of today though. I don’t think I would have ever been part of that. I always wanted to be famous for being good at something. I wanted to be so good at something that I would be untouchable. Most stars started out as children that felt out of control or oppressed and wanted to show the world and their parents that they were worth something. There are so many people out there now that are prepared to sell their lives to make themselves famous, and that makes them completely vulnerable. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, I just don’t understand it. #georgemichael #ronankeating #whowantstobeamillionaire #2004 #happytimes #charity #activist #fundraiser #singer #songwriter #performer #icon #legend #thesinginggreek #loved #youhavebeenloved #tilltheendoftime #georgemi https://www.instagram.com/p/CLg-5aiBHbB/?igshid=1w2flfwidojs