Fans Upset Over Boy George Appearing As Guest Judge On RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
starobserver.com.auCulture Club frontman and former The Voice Australia mentor, Boy George is at the centre of a heated debate surrounding his upcoming appearance as a guest judge on season four of Drag Race UK.Trigger Warning: This story discusses assault and transphobic comments, which might be distressing to some readers.
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was awash with angry commentary from Drag Race viewers, with tweets ranging from “Disgusting, an actual sex-offender and a violent one at that.
What, you’ve rehabilitated him now?” to “need to bully Drag Race UK into editing out Boy George.”Other critical tweets included, “Convicted sex offender and kidnapper?
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