‘I used to flush George Michael’s drugs away to keep him clean’
GEORGE MICHAEL’S former partner Kenny Goss has claimed he used to flush the singer’s drugs down the toilet to try to end his addiction.
Michael, who was found dead on Christmas Day at the age of 53, was killed by heart disease and a build-up of fat in his liver, which can be linked to drug and alcohol abuse.
Goss, who was in a relationship with the Wham! star for 15 years, said he would get rid of the drugs he found around the house but watched the singer decline in front of him.
In an interview to raise awareness about the pair’s charitable Goss-Michael Foundation, Goss said: “I would find drugs and flush everything down the toilet, thinking, ‘If I just get rid of it he won’t get more’. He was absentminded, so would just think he’d lost them.”
He added: “I don’t think George necessarily thought he’d die young, but every time I looked into his eyes I thought, ‘My God I’m losing you, what is going on?’”
Goss said when they first met, Michael only smoked a small amount of marijuana, adding: “That was a gateway drug to the others. But it escalated. At one point he was smoking 25 joints a day.”
Michael’s battle with substances was well documented and in October 2006 he was found slumped over the wheel of his car. The following May he pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drugs and was banned from driving for two years.
In 2008 he was cautioned for possession of class A drugs, which included crack cocaine, and class C drugs and in September 2010 he received an eightweek prison sentence and a fiveyear driving ban after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and possessing cannabis.
Goss, 58, said Michael’s drug use and his own drinking led to arguments, saying: “When I confronted him, he never denied it, never apologised. He was hard on me about drinking, because I developed a problem.”