I'm A Celebrity 's Boy George has previously boasted about having a "contempt for authority" - after he threatened not to listen to any orders from the show's new camp leader Matt Hancock.
The singer, 61, has told how he used to hate being treated "like some fragile eccentric child" during the height of his fame with Culture Club, and his former manager decided against telling him anything negative for fear of a backlash.
George has recalled how he wasn't impressed when he was told to tone down his make-up for TV interviews in the US for his Broadway production of musical Taboo, which debuted in America in 2003.
He wanted to dress as performance artist Leigh Bowery - his friend and the stage show's protagonist - for the chats, but Taboo's producer, comedian Rosie O'Donnell, had ordered him to calm down his look, leaving him furious.
He said: "Whenever I turned up for TV interviews in full Leigh drag, there would be a ridiculous fuss. Once Christine [Bateman, make-up artist] was even approached by Rosie's manager and asked if she would tone down my make-up. Christine told me straight away and for my next TV interview I appeared in super-grotesque style.
"When I talked to Rosie about this, she said: 'I understand. You're like me. When someone tells me not to do something I say, F**k 'em. It makes me want to do it more.'
"Like me, she has a similar contempt for authority but yet she can be so authoritarian. Don't you often end up being the thing you rebel against?"
In Sunday night's I'm A Celebrity, Mr Hancock and Charlene White were made leader and deputy leader of camp, setting rules and getting to sleep in the RV.
Whilst there was a battle for the leadership, George said: "Ultimately, neither of them will have any power over me. If I don't want to do something I won't do it."
But hearing that George is being a bit rebellious in the jungle may not come as a huge surprise to his former manager Tony Gordon.
The Love is Love singer has told how Tony once had to warn people not to tell him anything negative, fearing he would blow up too much.
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Speaking in his 2005 book Straight, he said: "My manager had a habit of saying, 'Don't tell Georgie,' as if springing things on me at the last minute would make them go smoothly. I have always preferred to know the facts, the truth.
"If a venue's half empty it's not half full, at least in rock 'n' roll terms, if not Buddhist.
"Stars in America expect to be treated as such, and the public seems to demand you behave like one too.
"If you're recognised in the street or in a store, they expect grandiose behaviour and don't like it at all if you shy away from attention."
George's friend David Hodge predicts a row in camp for the singer. He said in Good Morning Britain : "I'm starting to recognise the person that I know, which is a good sign because obviously it will make amazing television when he forgets that there's cameras there.
"Yeah, there will be friction. There's two things that George doesn't particularly like; bigots and Tories. There will be a clash because I know how he feels about those issues. I think he is just warming up."
I'm a Celebrity continues tonight (November 14) on ITV and ITV Hub from 9pm. Previous episodes of the latest series are available for catch up through ITV Hub now.
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