Boy George is clearly ready to cause some mayhem as he heads into the I'm A Celebrity jungle, saying that he is "bored of being iconic in a corner".
The 61-year-old music legend, equally as well known for his loud, blunt personality and gigantic hat collection, also likened himself to Margaret Thatcher ahead of his appearance on the show.
“I watch I’m A Celebrity every year and I had to think long and hard about this. But I feel like I am in a very fertile creative moment in my life," he said. "I am in a moment of rediscovery of who I am as a person, artist and older man and I feel like I do make a lot of effort to be in pop culture.
“I am bored of being iconic in the corner and if you want to compete in the world then being part of telly is part of that. This is the biggest show on TV and that is why I am doing it.
"And now I have made the decision, I don’t want to focus too much on what the experience might be like, but my intention is it is going to be amazing. It’s three weeks without make-up and three weeks is nothing. I have just done seven weeks on tour.”
Quizzed on whether he will mind not getting much sleep, he admitted: "“I am a bit like Margaret Thatcher – I don’t sleep a lot. I find sleep a bit of a hindrance because I can’t get things done when I am asleep.
"I do like to chant and I will find a corner to do it in camp. I do fast a lot at home and weirdly I am nicer when I don’t eat! I am quite a good cook but I will never inflict what I make on other people. I can make some really disgusting things. Some people open my fridge and scream!
“That said, I do know I will miss my phone, espressos, goat’s cheese and feta cheese whilst I am away.”
It comes after the Culture Club singer was pictured at Brisbane Airport on Saturday morning and wore a lion mask as he walked through the terminal.
He joked: "I'm here to a version of The Lion queen, I don't know what you are talking about darling!"
Boy George will be joining a star-studded I'm A Celebrity line-up featuring Loose Women's Charlene White and the show's first ever royal Mike Tindall.
*I'm A Celebrity airs November 6 on ITV
