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24
April 2006
George
Michael Laughs Off Car
Collision
Singer
George
Michael
has played down his
collision with three
parked cars near his
north London home as a
"parking
accident".
The
self-styled "terrible
driver" said claims that
he left without
notifying the owners
were
"rubbish".
Michael
told ITV1's Parkinson
show: "I did what I was
supposed to
do."
The
star, who was recently
cautioned by police for
possessing cannabis,
said he had been
vulnerable to the press
since Sir Elton John
attacked him in
2004.
Michael,
who has announced his
first tour in 15 years,
said he collided with a
parked car while
attempting to pull out
of a parking
spot.
"I
got into my parked car,
which was on a very
steep hill I have to
add, took the handbrake
off, tried to manoeuvre
out and hit the car in
front of me," he told
the chat show. I didn't
know that it hit the car
in front of it, and hit
the car in front of
that."
He
said investigating
police officers had been
"perfectly reasonable"
about the
collision.
The
pop star was interviewed
under caution and the
Metropolitan Police are
preparing a file on the
incident.
And
his arrest in February
after being found asleep
in his car in London's
West End was "nothing
really" but had been
made out to be "this
massive drama", he
said.
The
singer said recent press
interest in his life
could be traced to Sir
Elton John's comments
that Michael was wasting
his talent and had "a
deep-rooted unhappiness
in his
life".
He
said: "Nobody wants to
shunt another car or be
found asleep behind the
wheel. But they're not
life-changing events.
Unfortunately every
artist nowadays has a
soap opera and it's
decided where they're
going to be in that. The
trajectory of my
particular soap opera
launched from that
statement Elton made
about 18 months ago when
he hadn't seen me for
years."
The
former Wham! idol's
greatest hits tour will
kick off in Madrid on 27
September 2006 and will
reach the UK in November
2006.
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