George Michael talks living in the closet, loving bugs

Out pop star George Michael was recently interviewed for the Brit series Desert Island Discs, and he took the opportunity to speak candidly about his decision to remain closeted until his mother had died and his long-lost love of insects.

George believes that his scandalous arrest (for exposing himself to a policeman in Beverly Hills) was his way of coming out after his mother passed away: "There wasn't any reason to be quiet now that my mother was no longer in this world, and I was proud of my sexuality."

Because we all know how hard it is to find a Hallmark card that says it with the same oomph of a bathroom sex scandal.

He also discusses a childhood head injury which he credits as being the point where he became interested in music, and which dashed his previous obsession: bugs.

"I had been obsessed with insects and creepy crawlies, I used to get up at five o'clock in the morning and go out into this field behind our garden and collect insects before everyone else got up and, suddenly, all I wanted to know about was music, it just seemed a very, very strange thing."

Michael has been reportedly signed for two more episodes of the mid-season drama Eli Stone (in which he appeared in the pilot as himself, in the form of the title character's guardian angel) and will also appear on the last ever episode of Extras. Bump on the head or no, looks like Michael is headed for a comeback.