George Michael has signed a deal to write a “no holds barred” autobiography.
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The Fast Love singer has promised to reveal intimate details about his eventful life – including his homosexuality and UK and US arrests – after agreeing a multi-million pound publishing deal with HarperCollins.
Michael’s manager Andy Stephens said: “People aren’t stupid, they’re beginning to notice that the truth is more interesting than the stories the press come up with. George has promised HarperCollins a no-holds-barred biography, and it’s certain to be just that.”
A HarperCollins statement added: “It is one of the hottest remaining untold celebrity memoirs. The book will be truly authentic.”
The tome – due to be released in autumn 2009 – is expected to include a “warts and all” chapter on his arrest for engaging in a lewd act in a Beverly Hills public toilet in 1998.
Michael, who was arrested by an undercover police officer, was fined USD810 and sentenced to 80 hours of community service for the offence. Last year, the 44-year-old star was banned from driving for a year and sentenced to 100 hours community service after being found “slumped and drooling” at the wheel of his car at a set of London traffic lights.
Michael – who had taken anti-depressants and sleeping pills – is also expected to reveal details about his “sexual freedom”, fear of taking a HIV test and drug use.
He previously said cannabis was a “great drug”, adding: “This stuff keeps mesane and happy. I could write without it if I were sane and happy. Butobviously it’s not very healthy.”
