Boy George has revealed his mother was in hospital during the pandemic and said if she had not survived he would have quit I’m A Celebrity when Matt Hancock entered the jungle.
The Culture Club singer was in tears after the former health secretary, who was booted out of the Conservative Party over his decision to head to the jungle, entered camp for the first time.
Speaking to another star of the show, Boy George described how his mum was in hospital at the start of lockdown and he wasn’t able to visit her.
“I thought she was going to die,” he said. “And I was tweeting Greenwich Hospital saying please look after my mum.
“They did and she was fine, but I feel like I don’t want to be sitting here like I’m having fun with him.
“It is difficult for me because had something happened and my mum had gone, I wouldn’t be here now. I would have gone if he had walked in.”
Speaking to cameras in the Bush Telegraph later and still visibly upset, the pop star added: “If I had lost my…
