Boy George will practice yoga and chanting on 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' to keep him "sane".
Boy George to practice yoga and chanting on I'm A Celebrity to stay 'sane'
The 61-year-old pop icon expects to "annoy some people" by doing the group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices, as well as the spiritual discipline, but he knows the mindfulness techniques will be beneficial to him on the ITV show.
He said: "I’m going to obviously do yoga and I chant and I know that will annoy some people - so I can hopefully find a space where I can do that because I think that will keep me more sane."
The 'Karma Chameleon' hitmaker admitted 'I'm A Celebrity' co-hosts Ant and Dec played a huge part in convincing him to enter the jungle this year.
He said: "I talked about it with my manager, and I said, ‘Oh I’m not doing it.’
I spoke to Ant and Dec and you know how charming they are ..."
But the star admits one of the reasons he agreed to take part in the programme is because the show is "not as aggressive" as it previously was, and nowadays he has a "diminished appetite" for "pointless arguments".
He added to The Sun newspaper: "TV is very different. I’ve always watched the show and it’s not as it’s not as aggressive as it used to be.
"If you go back to when, say, Johnny Rotten was on it or Katie Price — that was really hostile and that’s not something I would have enjoyed.
"I mean, I don’t mind an argument or a debate and I’m excited about who might be in there and what might come up. And, you know, I try to be an intelligent person.
"It’s one of the things that until you’re in that situation, you don’t really know how you’re going to react but my appetite for pointless arguments is greatly diminished!”
The Culture Club frontman recently admitted he is taking part in the series because he is "bored of being iconic in the corner".
He said: "I watch 'I’m A Celebrity' every year and I had to think long and hard about this. But I feel like I am in a very fertile creative moment in my life. I am in a moment of rediscovery of who I am as a person, artist and older man and I feel like I do make a lot of effort to be in pop culture.
"I am bored of being iconic in the corner and if you want to compete in the world then being part of telly is part of that. This is the biggest show on TV and that is why I am doing it. And now I have made the decision, I don’t want to focus too much on what the experience might be like, but my intention is it is going to be amazing.
"It’s three weeks without make-up and three weeks is nothing. I have just done seven weeks on tour."
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