George Michael: Jail Time Was Karma and “Deserved”

George Michael

12:00 pm, March 6th, 2011

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George Michael says he “deserved” his jail time for driving under the influence, describing his time behind bars as karma.

“I was assured I wasn’t going to prison but I thought I was, and it was much easier to take because I felt it was deserved,” the singer tells the BBC in an interview for radio broadcast on Monday.

“This was a hugely shameful thing to have done repeatedly, so karmically I felt like I had a bill to pay,” continues Michael. “I went to prison, I paid my bill.”

“It’s so much easier to take any form of punishment if you believe you actually deserve it, and I did.”

The singer was arrested last July after crashing his car through a London storefront while high on marijuana. Michael was later sentenced to eight weeks in jail.

In October, he was released after a month, but he’s been banned from driving for five years.

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