Boy George praises “brave” Bruce Jenner: “He has my 150 per cent support in every way”
By Ryan Love
Boy George has praised Bruce Jenner ahead of the broadcast of his interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer.
The former professional athlete will speak openly in the two-hour interview, which will be broadcast on April 24.
Meida interest in the interview content follows widespread speculation about Jenner’s appearance, which led to speculation that he was undergoing a male-to-female transition.
“I absolutely applaud what he’s doing and I think it’s very brave,” Boy George told People magazine. “And it actually makes me quite emotional. He has my 150 per cent support in every way.”
“I think that the whole transgender thing is the new frontier. You see people on TV and you feel like you have a relationship with them because they’re in your house, they’re in your living room every day, and you feel close to them.”
The Culture Club star added: “I think maybe in that respect, people have been able to get know him and get to know the family.
“Obviously everybody has different opinions about things, as they did about me, and you never know how things are going to translate. It’s so weird the way people react to things, even on social media. For me it’s kind of an unknown quantity and I don’t know what to expect.”
It has been confirmed that Boy George will star in his own reality series, produced by the team behind Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Project Runway.
Watch the first trailer for Bruce Jenner’s interview below:
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