George Michael has revealed his life didn’t get any easier after he came out. The singer has said that his 1998 arrest in a Beverly Hills toilet was “a subconsciously deliberate act” as he was sick of hiding his sexuality. Now 50, he’s just released his first studio album in a decade, Symphonica, produced by the legendary Phil Ramone. In press interviews he’s told media life didn't get any easier for him after his sexuality was revealed. "For some strange reason, my gay life didn't get easier when I came out. Quite the opposite happened, really," he’s told BBC. "The press seemed to take some delight that I previously had a 'straight audience,' and set about trying to destroy that. And I think some men were frustrated that their girlfriends wouldn't let go of the idea that George Michael just hadn't found the 'right girl'." Michael says member of his extended family members have in turn, suggested he hasn’t found the right girl yet. “In the years when HIV was a killer, any parent of an openly gay person was terrified," he said. "I knew my mother well enough that she would spend every day praying that I didn't come across that virus.”
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First published: Thursday, 20th March 2014 - 10:37am