Boy George's week of community service sweeping the streets of New York is over, and his manager has claimed that the former pop star "responded extremely well" to his punishment for wasting police time last year.
Manager Jeremy Pearce told reporters this weekend: "It was hard work but he seemed to almost enjoy it. It's been great actually. It's been really quite positive. I think George has responded extremely well. He just kind of took to it. He did it very conscientiously. He liked the people he was working with, both those who were doing community service and the people who ran the Sanitation Department, who were very fair".
A spokesman for the New York sanitation department, meanwhile, said George had done "very well" during his five days on the job, adding: "He came in on time, he was very co-operative and he did what he had to do. I'm told that he made the best of the situation and he did his work", which is all very nice. In fact, it's possibly the best review Boy George has had in years.