In introducing Kylie Minogue at
Saturday's 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York
City, Boy George declared that she put the “amp” in “camp.”
“Gay people absolutely love her,”
the 52-year-old Boy George said.
“I have the pleasure of seeing her
probably more times than any other artist, weirdly. I'm always in
town when she's playing. I'm actually her official stalker.”
“So make some noise for long-time
voice of LGBT equality, multi-award winning, chart topping, she put
the 'amp' in 'camp' Kylie Minogue,” he added to cheers from the
crowd.
Minogue returned the compliments,
calling Boy George an “inspiration.”
“In fact, the first concert I ever
went to in my hometown of Melbourne, Australia was to Culture Club.
Yeah, I managed to kind of infuse about a thousand ribbons into my
hair. Thought I was it. I was probably 14, and definitely not it,”
Minogue told the crowd.
Before performing, Minogue said that
acceptance of the LGBT community “was natural to me.” (The video
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(Related: Orange
is the New Black,
Concussion,
Philomena
win GLAAD Media Awards.)