The tabloid
News of the World reported that George
Michael was found "trolling for sex" at Hampstead Heath
park in London last weekend. The paper's photographs show a
seemingly upset Michael at a park at night, alongside
a photo of the man who claims to have "hooked up" with
the pop star in the underbrush. The man is described
in the paper as a "pot-bellied, 58-year-old, jobless van
driver" named Norman Kirtland. Kirtland tells the paper, "I
don't even like George Michael.... OK, I admit I was
there for sex. But I'm astonished a man as famous as
George should even think about doing it. It's
potentially so dangerous." Michael himself is quoted as
saying to the paper that night, "Are you gay? No? Then
fuck off! This is my culture! I'm not doing anything
illegal. The police don't even come up here anymore."
(The Advocate)