Boy George Doesn't Mind Being Called A Jerk | Letterman 

George is smart and a class act and Dave knows it despite the audience snickering (which George calls out beautifully).

His confidence and relax nature is unbelievable for 22

3:57 - The audience laughter followed by George's playful yet sincere admonishment. Killing them with kindness, indeed. Remarkable interview and impressively composed for living his truth in a time when it couldn't have been easy. He's been through a lot; hope he's hanging in there these days.

I LOVE George of the 80s ! Not only was his voice unbeatable, but he was HONEST and sincere in his interviews! NOW, he just tells people HOW he wants them to think of him.

he is so witty and quick for 22 years old, George always handled any interview !!

As a child of the 80’s George and the Culture Club were ever present in those days. You couldn’t turn on the radio or mtv without hearing him. A pioneer musically and socially. Gracefully paved the way for so many others in the face of much adversity.

George O'Dowd: incredibly calm and composed at age 22. Amazing talent---go, Eltham! 💓💓

What a wise, calm, and strong person was George at the only 22. He still a very smart person.

I was in High School and we were all obsessed with Late Night when this interview happened. This along with Mr T was one of the most anticipated interviews all year. Everyone couldn't wait to see how Dave was going to treat him

So much coded language! George is a badass.

Ahead of his time with wisdom and awareness of ignorance. Great sweet calm dude.

G is still alive and touring in 23, plus he looks pretty damn good all these years later.

I think he could get back into the music scene again. I hear Culture Club music on the radio all the time

I've met Sir. Boy George recently in Los Angeles. He was such a positive person. I mean really positive person Infront me and it really made me think he is like some kind of Buddhist monk or something so enlightened person . Good person. 👍

He's a really smart guy ( George )

Wow 22 so smart love him❤

The Album "colour by numbers" was an incredible "chef d'œuvre"

My favourite George era. ❤️

Culture Club, Van Halen, Twisted Sister, Cyndi Lauper, Lene Lovich, Prince, Michael Jackson, ABC and if I thought for longer I could remember more. These are the faces and songs for pre-kindergarten me with a sibling that was 7 years older. I'm glad we got our MTV in Podunkville. I distinctly remember Church of the Poison Mind IN the parking lot of the apartment complex we were living in. For almost a full year. Car radios, cheap boomboxes and even little transistor radios on the steps. I would go as far as saying Georgie Boy who wasn't at his best at some points the past 35 years, should be considered one of those international treasures. He is. There is no other Boy George. He and Culture Club made songs that have become some of the new "standards". Karma Chameleon is just as important as I Got Rhythm. WAR IS STUPID!

0:40 he has such a relaxing, smooth voice it’s crazy😅

George is the best!

I remember hearing Culture Club on a late night show on local radio in London by a DJ called Gary Crowley, they were so exciting. Quite underground initially. I also remember having a genuine conversation with my mum about whether George was a boy or a girl. Pure innocence back then, nothing hateful at all, we'd never seen anything like him. I love that his existence has taught us that people are, and can be, different. A wonderful, real, intelligent, troubled, brave, complicated guy. We used to see the Karma Chameleon boat going up and down the River Thames.

RIP Hervé Villechaize

8:32 “let’s just forget it”😂😂😂

BG was a millennium ahead

He was a bit shocking in 84 but he seems totally normal now

George is beautiful 🥰

I love him!

He looks so beautiful here and that audience is lame because they can't take the beauty

Such a beautiful soul ❤️

ahead of his time

Love love boy George!!

The banter between these two is genuine and funny without being offensive, even though they are very different people. Dave was the best at getting the best out of people. George is a highly evolved being and truly exceptional songwriter and musician. I grew up in the 80’s but was born a Metal Head, it wouldn’t be until my teen years that I expanded my musical palette and well into my twenties before rediscovering Culture Club and appreciating their music. I would recommend a second listen to anyone that might’ve not been a fan in their heyday, they were deeper than the standard pop music back then.

Love Boy George

7:24 people remember those kinda songs. Do you really want to hurt me?? Do you really want to make me cry 😢🎉❤ I loved that song. this interview. Courageous inspiring 🎉

Comprendiendo... ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

Always jolly and happy

BG does favor Brooke Shields. I've never noticed until he said it. I just love him ❤

At 10yrs old I thought he was gorgeous. And used to stare at the album cover while singing his songs.

Boy George is hard to figure out sometimes. But man I gotta say, Karma Chameleon and Bow Down Mister are two of my favorite songs of all time. Bow Down Mister just blows me away.

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He's my baby and I love him

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God David was so young!

Dave is a great interviewer.

Boy George sounds a bit like Smokey Robinson. So I can tell he was influenced by him,he's definitely a man I bet he has no problem getting a woman if he wanted one 😉

He was very young at that time👀

"Outside"

From "Late Night," air date: 6/19/83

Culture club & Boy George not only brought Uniqueness glamour finesse Intelligent super unequivocal natural wit ' proper London/Irish good old- or as they say in the Emerald Isle ' Ould Crack' long b4 it was street slang for I don't need to elaborate I only know my up bringing in Ireland Co' Meath also known as the Irish Royal County Meath Eire ' King & Queens of the hill of Tara so celtic so beautiful It's all revelvent to my moat treasured SuperStar pop singer 'Boy George you Al loved him really all those imbecilic snires from some Insucure philistines perceptions of Real Celibrity always great unapologetically Real "" ?Our Boy George "" he Coliured us all by Numbers luv ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ that's all we need

he always had a jackal audience

As I age...I actually respect someone like Boy George more than Dave, because he isn't afraid to just be who he is, to embody how he feels, to be kind, nice. Dave meanwhile functions more like a guy who tries to poke and bring out something uneasy in people, to sort of unsettle them, almost provoke them. Which is...weird, it's like he comes off as someone who was afraid to be who he was, so he acted like being culturally conventional and questioning anything unusual is the only sane or smart thing to do. Which means Dave put way too much stock in what others think of him? Dave got more interesting with age, but here he was just brash and kinda crude. It's quite interesting George wasn't emotionally phased by it at all, that takes some very firm and mature peace with who you are. I never saw an interview with him before, but he comes off smart, well.

I forgot how tall George O'Dowd is. I met him back in UK, when Malcolm McLaren managed the band that became Bow WOw Wow and wanted George to front the band except Malcolm wanted George to call himself Lieutenant Lush. This line up didn't last beyond a few rehearsals. Next time I heard of George was this new band Culture Club. I had to agree with John Lydon's assessment at the time, he thought George was a great talent but his band had no balls , " they're so wimpy, so la-de-la-de-dah ".

It stinks when relationships get bad press and too many people know personal business

OH BEHAVE

Not dead, bankrupt!

6:23 "in america there's a very big kind of black and white separation which is now dying.." OH MY POOR BOY... HOW WRONG YOU WERE.. HOW HOPEFUL YOU WERE ABOUT HUMANS..

Letterman's audience was always like a pack of snickering hyenas

letterman so bad questions.... i never like im

Suspicious how he mentions everyone but BOWIE as being an influence, when we all know the truth of the matter. At that time, the Summer of 1983, Bowie was a major chart rival, with the massive success of Let's Dance and the Serious Moonlight Tour.

SOPHIE TURNER! I LOVE YOU!

This dude meditates loud

George is bemused by the stupid US questions.

As we can see Sophie Turner is the most beautiful woman in the World

Maga folks: Who tf is this new trans activist coming for our children!!??? *Clutches pearls*