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George Michael denies split from Kenny Goss as he sets the record straight live on TV and Twitter
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:00 PM on 7th March 2011
George Michael has angrily denied claims that he has split from partner Kenny Goss after 15 years together.
It was reported this morning that the couple had parted because of the singer's issues with drugs.
But the singer hit back at the reports and said the paper that made the claim was 'lying through its teeth'.
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| Still together: George Michael has denied reports that he and Kenny Goss have split after 15 years |
A source claimed in The Sun today that Michael's dope-smoking and his drug-driving conviction last year were the reasons for the split.
They said: 'There are only so many second chances Kenny was prepared to give. He's been loyal to George from day one, but that hasn't always been reciprocated. It's really sad, but hopefully this could be the wake-up call George needs.'
But Michael denied the pair had gone their separate ways and took to his Twitter page to set the record straight.
The story was being discussed on Channel 5 chat show The Wright Stuff this morning, which prompted Michael to write: 'Would someone Tweet 5wrightstuff and tell them the Sun is lying through its teeth as usual.'
He also rang the show personally to deny the story and let his fans know that he and Kenny were still very much an item and suggestions they had split were 'untrue'.
He said: 'It is complete bull**** about myself and Kenny breaking up. Don't believe this story.
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| All is well: George Michael, pictured outside the BBC Radio Two studios last week, said the newspaper was 'lying through its teeth' |
'We've had our problems but he's never had a problem with my lifestyle. I love Kenny very much.'
And his fans came out in full support of the singer as they tweeted back saying they were on his side and were relieved to hear they hadn't split.
Last week, Michael opened up about his drug abuse and his conviction in an interview being broadcast this week on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Breakfast Show.
He said: 'By the time I went to court, I knew this wasn't going to happen again. I knew I was going to lose my licence.
'I was assured I wasn't going to prison but I thought I was, and like I said, it was much easier to take because I felt it was deserved.
'This was a hugely shameful thing to have done repeatedly, so karmically I felt like I had a bill to pay. I went to prison, I paid my bill.'
Asked for his reaction to being sentenced after admitting driving while unfit through drugs and possessing two cannabis cigarettes, he said: 'Remarkably enough, I know people must think it was a really horrific experience - it's so much easier to take any form of punishment if you believe you actually deserve it, and I did.'
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| Candid: George was totally honest about his time in prison for his interview with Chris Evans, which is being broadcast on his Radio 2 breakfast show this week |
He said he was sent to prison for two reasons - because it was his second conviction for the same offence, despite the fact no cannabis was involved on the first occasion, and also because: 'I'm George Michael and the poster boy for cannabis.'
The singer, whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou, was initially taken to Pentonville Prison in north London, where former inmates include Oscar Wilde and Boy George - who was one of many fellow celebrities to write to him in prison.
Michael revealed he has not spoken to Sir Elton John 'for a long time', but said: 'He wrote to me in the nick which was nice, and so did Boy George write me a lovely letter.'
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Wham! The Snappy Snaps store in
Hampstead, north London, which
George Michael crashed into in his
Range Rover in July |
He added: 'And I got a letter from Paul McCartney which was lovely.'
Describing his first night in the prison, he said: 'Well, it was Pentonville. It wasn't a weekend break, put it that way.
'What did I think? Well, I didn't feel sorry for myself. I thought, 'Oh my God, this place is absolutely filthy, because it was Pentonville.
'I just thought, you get your head down.'
He dismissed reports he had been distressed during his time at Pentonville, adding: '"Those stories of me crying are rubbish. They wish that was me, but that's not me.'
Michael was later downgraded from a category C prisoner to category D and transferred to Highpoint Prison, an open prison in Suffolk.
His last night in prison was 'great', with 'every single staff member' and prisoner getting his autograph - some of them on headed prison paper.
He described signing a guitar for one man, saying: 'So this guy comes in with a guitar and he said he wanted me to write the date.
'So I asked the date, and he said it's the 10th of the 10th of the 10th. And I just thought "that's so fitting".
'It's kind of like the clock rolling round to the end of something, tomorrow I start again.'
Michael has recorded a cover of True Faith by New Order for this year's Comic Relief appeal, which will be released on March 13. It is his first single since serving the prison sentence.
The first part of Chris Evans's interview was broadcast on his breakfast show at 8am today, with the second part due at the same time tomorrow.
