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Boy George has teamed up with Julien\u2019s Auctions for the \u2018BOLD LUXURY: Boy George Edit\u2019 auction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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A portion of the proceeds from the auction, comprised of outfits from theater to arena stages, will benefit MusiCares\u00ae<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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The British artist, 65, talks about his perception of pop culture and how the internet has skewed the overall pop culture experience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Boy George has too much perspective to be affected by hate.<\/p>\n
The British entertainer, 65, recently teamed up with Julien\u2019s Auctions for the\u00a0 Bold Luxury: Boy George Edit<\/em><\/a> auction, a portion of the proceeds from which will benefit MusiCares\u00ae. Speaking with PEOPLE at the preview for the auction at New York City\u2019s Soho Grand Hotel<\/a>, Boy George opened up about the experience of being a \u201cvoyeur of pop culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cWe are all, I think, voyeurs of pop culture. We all comment on it, and now we get to do it at alarming speed because we\u2019ve got our own little portable TVs that we take around with us, broadcasting our view of the world, but also taking in quite dangerously a lot of other people\u2019s views of the world. It\u2019s what the internet is. That\u2019s the perceived world,\u201d he shares.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\nBoy George at the Soho Grand Hotel in NYC for the Julien\u2019s Auction – \u201cBold Luxury: Boy George Edit\u201d auction previewCredit: Courtesy of Julien’s Auctions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
\u201cThe actual experience world is a whole other thing, where you rarely encounter the ogres that have been painted to fill your life with fear. You never see any of them. You look everywhere and they\u2019re nowhere to be seen. Then you go back online, \u2018Oh, there you are, monster. Hello. I hate you,\u2019 \u201c he points out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
George, born George Dowd, points out that his own journey of understanding pop culture was a major factor in his own self-expression journey, which began before he found fame.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an interesting time because there\u2019s such a big discussion about identity, and I came from the generation that kind of had no money and we had to invent ourselves from cardboard and glitter,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was all about using what was available.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cIt was anything, a dustbin turned upside down, wrap a bit of cloth around it, suddenly you\u2019re Cleopatra and you\u2019re giving this huge vibration of largess, but actually you\u2019re just a little guy from Elton who wanted to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n![\"Boy](\"https:\/\/hermes.media.static.aol.com\/media\/2026\/07\/09\/683a37c0-297e-3e02-9a2b-dc41eab18ef6\/67b91de8-7ef8-4d90-91e3-10486e9e104f.jpg\"\/)
<\/div>\nBoy George outfit worn on the cover of the second \u201cCulture Club\u201d albumCredit: Courtesy of Julien’s Auctions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
Looking back at his own upbringing, George continued, \u201cI posted this thing the other day, \u2018If your kids are smart, they know what they are. And if they don\u2019t, the world will tell them.\u2019 And I think that\u2019s definitely true in my case.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a little bright-eyed kid, quite feminine-looking, certainly wasn\u2019t interested in soldiers, or not for those reasons. And just basically in love with girls, in love with music, love with Hollywood films, in love with Busby Berkeley and Mae West and Carmen Miranda and all the things exotic and beautiful,\u201d he notes.<\/p>\n
Boy George has teamed up with Julien\u2019s Auctions for the \u2018BOLD LUXURY: Boy George Edit\u2019 auction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
A portion of the proceeds from the auction, comprised of outfits from theater to arena stages, will benefit MusiCares\u00ae<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The British artist, 65, talks about his perception of pop culture and how the internet has skewed the overall pop culture experience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Boy George has too much perspective to be affected by hate.<\/p>\n
The British entertainer, 65, recently teamed up with Julien\u2019s Auctions for the\u00a0 Bold Luxury: Boy George Edit<\/em><\/a> auction, a portion of the proceeds from which will benefit MusiCares\u00ae. Speaking with PEOPLE at the preview for the auction at New York City\u2019s Soho Grand Hotel<\/a>, Boy George opened up about the experience of being a \u201cvoyeur of pop culture.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are all, I think, voyeurs of pop culture. We all comment on it, and now we get to do it at alarming speed because we\u2019ve got our own little portable TVs that we take around with us, broadcasting our view of the world, but also taking in quite dangerously a lot of other people\u2019s views of the world. It\u2019s what the internet is. That\u2019s the perceived world,\u201d he shares.<\/p>\n Boy George at the Soho Grand Hotel in NYC for the Julien\u2019s Auction – \u201cBold Luxury: Boy George Edit\u201d auction previewCredit: Courtesy of Julien’s Auctions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cThe actual experience world is a whole other thing, where you rarely encounter the ogres that have been painted to fill your life with fear. You never see any of them. You look everywhere and they\u2019re nowhere to be seen. Then you go back online, \u2018Oh, there you are, monster. Hello. I hate you,\u2019 \u201c he points out.\u00a0<\/p>\n George, born George Dowd, points out that his own journey of understanding pop culture was a major factor in his own self-expression journey, which began before he found fame.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an interesting time because there\u2019s such a big discussion about identity, and I came from the generation that kind of had no money and we had to invent ourselves from cardboard and glitter,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was all about using what was available.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cIt was anything, a dustbin turned upside down, wrap a bit of cloth around it, suddenly you\u2019re Cleopatra and you\u2019re giving this huge vibration of largess, but actually you\u2019re just a little guy from Elton who wanted to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n Boy George outfit worn on the cover of the second \u201cCulture Club\u201d albumCredit: Courtesy of Julien’s Auctions<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Looking back at his own upbringing, George continued, \u201cI posted this thing the other day, \u2018If your kids are smart, they know what they are. And if they don\u2019t, the world will tell them.\u2019 And I think that\u2019s definitely true in my case.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI was a little bright-eyed kid, quite feminine-looking, certainly wasn\u2019t interested in soldiers, or not for those reasons. And just basically in love with girls, in love with music, love with Hollywood films, in love with Busby Berkeley and Mae West and Carmen Miranda and all the things exotic and beautiful,\u201d he notes.<\/p>\n<\/div>
![\"Boy](\"https:\/\/hermes.media.static.aol.com\/media\/2026\/07\/09\/683a37c0-297e-3e02-9a2b-dc41eab18ef6\/0a90bfb7-d414-4c3b-aeee-01c9d2b699a4.jpg\"\/)
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