I’ve been a huge fan of '80s music since... well the 80s really and this goes especially for the British bands, who topped the charts, when I started listening to music around ’83 – ’84. So when Boy George’s gloriously titled book Take It Like a Man several years ago became available in paperback I rushed to pick it up. I’ve never been a huge Culture Club fan, but I’ve always thought Boy was a remarkable and fascinating person. His entire persona was out of this world in the '80s (and maybe even today) and the sexual ambiguity and outrageousness of his behaviour was just awe-inspiring. And the book was no disappointment. Not only is it as open and honest as it is bitchy and funny. It’s also a fascinating look into the world of '80s pop.
So when Q Magazine last year invited Boy George to take part in their Cash for Questions article I had to write in to clear something up. Boy’s friend Marilyn is mentioned a lot in the book, but there was a passage towards the end, which has intrigued me since I’d read the book. So here’s my question and the answer I got:

So Boy George does not confirm nor deny that Gavin at the age of 16 had a torrid affair with Marilyn. I thought it was fun just to get any kind of an answer, so I didn’t think much of it. Until now that is. For as it turns out Gavin married long-time girlfriend Gwen Stefani last month and to celebrate that the good people over at Popbitch dug out this beauty of a picture:





My guess is it won’t be long till we hear Gwen scream out: “Gaaaavin, you got some ‘splainin’ to do!”

Posted by John Fogde at October 5, 2002 03:52 PM | TrackBack