Irish Sunday Mirror

George’s ex: Never gonna love again...

Fadi still grieves over star’s death

- halina.watts@sundaymirr­or.co.uk BY HALINA WATTS Showbiz Editor

GEORGE Michael’s heartbroke­n last boyfriend has told how he believes he will never find love again.

Fadi Fawaz, 40, is still grieving after finding the 53-year-old pop superstar dead on Christmas Day last year.

And nine months on, the fine art photograph­er is still finding it hard to come to terms with the tragedy.

He said: “It is very sad, you know. If he’s not here, he’s not here.

“There will never ever be a lover in my life after George.

“I do not have anyone in my life and there will never be anyone ever. That is the truth.”

Fadi still lives in the late singer’s €5.5million Regent’s Park home, one of two he owned in London.

He claims he had tried to nurse the star back to good health after years of alcohol and drug abuse.

An inquest found the singer died of natural causes at his country home in Goring-on-thames, Oxfordshir­e.

This month a new documentar­y directed by George will air on Channel 4 and detail the Wham! idol’s despair at the loss of his first love Anselmo Feleppa, who died of an Aids-related illness in 1993.

It will include homemade footage of the Brazilian never shown before. George had secretly cared for Anselmo for four years up until his death.

SPLIT

The documentar­y, Freedom, will also detail the death of George’s mum Lesley Angold Panayiotou in 1997.

The film is narrated by the singer who was working on it in the days before his death.

It features a string of stars including Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Liam Gallagher, Tony Bennett, Mark Ronson, artist Tracey Emin, fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, Kate Moss, Ricky Gervais, and James Corden.

After Anselmo’s death, George went on to find love with Texan art collector Kenny Goss, 59, setting up the Gossmichae­l Foundation. They split in 2009 after 13 years, soon after George started dating Fadi.

Neither Kenny nor Fadi are featured in the film. But a source said: “Freedom doesn’t discount the importance of the relationsh­ips in his later life. Fadi will always love George and he is making sure his house is looked after.”

Others claim Fadi has not been welcomed by George’s family. George’s cousin Andros Georgiou said: “Fadi disappeare­d after George’s death. He was never a part of the family. He and George just had an arrangemen­t.”

 ??  ?? LOVERS Star George with last boyfriend Fadi Fawaz TRIBUTES Flowers outside star’s Highgate home last Christmas
LOVERS Star George with last boyfriend Fadi Fawaz TRIBUTES Flowers outside star’s Highgate home last Christmas

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