George Michael’s ex boyfriend and long-time friend Kenny Goss has revealed that he used to flush the tragic singer’s drugs down the toilet in a bid to end his addiction.
Kenny, who dated George from 1996 until 2011, admitted that the singer’s intake of cocaine, ecstasy and 25 joints a day destroyed their relationship.
“I would find drugs and flush everything down the toilet, thinking, ‘If I just get rid of it he won’t get more’. He was absent-minded, so would just think he’d lost them,” Kenny told the Irish Sun on Sunday.
George was found dead in Kenny’s old bed at his home in Goring, Oxfordshire, on Christmas Day, aged just 53.
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The 58-year-old spoke out about his relationship with George to raise the profile of the Goss-Michael Foundation, and the paper made a donation to the foundation (g-mf.org) instead of paying Kenny for the interview.
“I don’t think George necessarily thought he’d die young, but every time I looked into his eyes I thought, ‘My God I’m losing you, what is going on’.”
Kenny also revealed that George’s boyfriend, Fadi Fawaz, delayed his funeral by arriving late and was ignored by George’s family during the service.
“I’ve no idea why Fadi would choose to be late. I didn’t say anything to him and he didn’t come to the wake.”
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Kenny also revealed that he learned of George’s death while he ate dinner with his family at his home in Texas.
“I picked up the phone and said, ‘Wow’. I was in shock. I turned on the TV and it was on CNN. It was upsetting and surreal.”
Kenny spoke about when they first met, and admitted that the pair “would both be dead” had they stayed together – due to George’s drug addiction and Kenny’s problem with alcohol.
“I saw him smoke weed all the time but never hardcore drugs. I heavily disapproved so he wouldn’t be around me in that state,” he said.
“He shielded me and his family. He had another group of friends he’d do that with. When I confronted him, he denied it, never apologised. He was hard on me about drinking, because I developed a problem.”
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“Of course I wish we’d never split up. But things would have had to change or we would both be dead.
“I wish we’d both able to clean up. I started to have a drink problem at about 50. I couldn’t sleep, I drank to sleep, that’s when it all started. It fell apart,” he explained.
“George would text saying he wished were together still — like in the beginning. Our psychiatrist encouraged us to stay together even though it was a dysfunctional relationship. asked him if I should leave George and he looked me in the eye and said, ‘I think you are the only reason George stays alive’.”
“He sometimes suffered depression. I’d send messages reminding him he was loved. “I’d say, ‘You’re a beautiful man. Remember the man you were when I met you, people love you’.
“He didn’t like to be around people in general but in the last couple of years he rarely saw anyone. I’ve cried thinking, ‘Why didn’t you take better care of yourself’? Maybe if he had he’d still be with us,” he added.
