Boy George had to wear a bulletproof vest on stage while touring America because he was bombarded with death threats.The gay icon had to take special security measures at a Culture Club gig in Louisiana in the 1980s after receiving threats from religious groups.But, he said having to wear the bulletproof vest annoyed him because “it made me look really fat”.The 59-year-old singer-songwriter said: “People [in America] were genuinely gorgeous but there were a few times [he received threats].“In fact there was one night on Halloween when I had to go on stage wearing a bulletproof vest.“I wasn’t happy about that because it made me look really fat so I was really miserable about it.“There were a few times, I used to get a lot of those sort of.
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