Boy George has said his mum wanted to come and help him clean up New York after hearing that her son was going to have to clean the streets as his community service for wasting police time.
He told reporters this week: "My mum wanted to come out and help me. She gets worried about things and on the first day I called her and I just said, 'Am I bothered?'. She asked, 'Who is it?' and I just said, just ask if I'm bothered. She hears things in the news and people ring her up and tell her, 'Boy George is doing this or that'."
Commenting on his stint cleaning New York, he continued: "At first I thought I would have to wear an orange boiler suit. I don't look good in orange or a boiler suit with my short legs. [But] I was treated really nicely, it was worth it. I quite enjoyed it really. I was pissed off to start with but people were jumping out of manholes to see me and being really nice. So many people came to see me."