On the first day of his five-day community service sentence of sweeping the streets of lower Manhattan, Boy George was so barraged by photographers and preternaturally nosey New Yorkers that he himself was whisked back to the sanitation department after only 30 minutes and reassigned to hand scrubbing a garage behind the safety of a fence. Asked by a paparazzo if he thought his punishment was unfair, the queen of the charming sound bite said, “It’s not unfair. It’s just impractical having you fuckers chasing me around. Fuck off. Go away.” (The Sun)

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