George Michael: Lewd Acts, Guilt, and Freedom

DISGRACELAND

Jake Brennan

True Crime, Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 13.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Seven arrests in twelve years and more than a couple sleepless nights inside a London prison. This reads like the description of a stereotypical Sunset Strip metalhead, not that of pop prince George Michael. George’s criminal transgressions include a bust for a “lewd act” in a public place, a crack addiction, numerous car crashes. George Michael was on a collision course with an early death, but he died of a broken heart. Along the way he made great music. Here’s his story. Which early MTV icon is your favorite? Why? Tell Jake at 617-906-6638, [email protected], or on socials @disgracelandpod. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Double Elvis
0:07.0	Discresland is a production of Double Elvis.
0:11.0	This is the story about a pop star, a pop star with a rock and roll animal heart.
0:28.6	It's about addiction, an arrests, forbidden love, and an even more forbidden kink.
0:35.6	It's about a man who defined sex, who was lusted after by millions,
0:41.0	but just couldn't find the confidence to seeing himself what so many others saw. This is a story
0:48.1	about George Michael, a man who made great music. Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show,
0:57.7	that wasn't great music. That was a preset loop for my Melotron called Drive-by Gloryhole
1:04.4	MK2. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to all my life by K.C. and Jojo.
1:13.6	And why would I play you that specific slice of silky, slow jam cheese could I afford it?
1:20.6	Because that was the number one song in America on April 7, 1998.
1:31.7	And that was the day that George Michael walked into the public bathroom at the Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, a closeted man, and walked out in handcuffs.
1:39.0	On this episode, Lude Axe, Undercover Cops, Liquid Ecstasy, Car Crashes, Notorious Prisons, and George Michael.
1:49.8	I'm Jake Brennan, I'm going to I'm It's the 1980s. You're at home watching MTV.
2:29.3	In every video by a major pop artist playing on your family's tiny television screen,
2:35.2	it's just so...
2:36.7	Horny.
2:38.8	You've got Prince climbing out of a bathtub and dragging his naked body across the floor in When Doves Cry.
2:46.9	And now here's Madonna.
2:48.7	In a white wedding dress being bedded by some Casanova for the very first time,
2:53.6	or so she claims in, like a virgin.
2:56.6	And what Gen X are among us can forget Michael Jackson,
	...

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