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George Michael: Former partner 'heartbroken' at star's death". Sky News. 26 December 2016 . Retrieved 21 June 2023.
The Bananarama star has been adjusting to single life after splitting from long-term partner Andrew Ridgeley, of Wham! fame. There are many things my teenage self dreamed of discussing with Andrew Ridgeley, but bread wasn’t one of them. Wham! were the definitive pop group of the 1980s. With their brightly colored short shorts and ridiculously catchy songs, the duo of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley ruled the charts from 1982 to 1986, when they opted to call it quits at the height of their fame. Along the way, the pair notched five No. 1 singles in their native UK and three in the U.S., paving the way for Michael to become an even bigger star with his subsequent solo career. From 1990 to 2017, Ridgeley was in a relationship with Keren Woodward, [29] [30] a member of the group Bananarama. They lived with her son in a restored 15th-century farm property near Wadebridge, Cornwall, England. [31] Ridgeley announced he was dating socialite Amanda Cronin in summer 2022; they separated in May 2023. [32] Memoir [ edit ] Andrew Ridgeley's memoir is titled Wham!: George Michael and Me, a winking nod to his status in the pop duo Wham!, whose soul-tinged songs were some of the MTV era's most resounding moments.
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Chris’ contextualization of the narration with just George’s voice and mine was a bit of a masterstroke. I had several discussions with Chris. He recognized certain events and subjects that are pertinent to the telling, and then drew the dialogue from those things. He and Gregor Lyon, who edited it, had a lot of materials go through and hard work drawing out, creating, or at least imagining the narration, and then fitting the parts to it. It’s not easy, but he did it very skillfully. A lot of people have said to me that it sounds like you’re in the room with the two of us and it’s a conversation. It’s intimate. That’s exactly what Chris set out to achieve, and he has, in spades. It’s remarkable. Get the best stories about the things you love most curated by us and delivered to your inbox every day. Choose what you love here.
Since 1991, Ridgeley has generally shunned publicity, [20] but he did agree to give an on-camera interview for the first time since the split in a 2005 documentary, A Different Story, about the life of George Michael. [21] Ridgeley also appeared as a studio guest on the first series of the BBC 2 programme Fantasy Football League in 1994. [22]a b "Wham! reunion rumours quashed by George Michael". ITV News. 20 June 2012 . Retrieved 24 December 2012. Andrew John Ridgeley (born 26 January 1963) [1] is a British singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s in the musical duo Wham!. I get asked, 'Do you still write songs?'" said Ridgeley. "And I suppose I could but it's an awful lot of work trying to get them played [on radio]. Ahead of watching Wham!, the hit Netflix documentary (4.4 million views in five days) created to mark the band’s 40th anniversary, few viewers would have anticipated Ridgeley emerging as its hero. Michael finally came out as gay in 1998, not that he had much choice, thanks to global headlines documenting his arrest for engaging in a “lewd act” in a public toilet in Beverly Hills. Did he cower in the face of moral outrage? No: he released Outside, a joyful, disco-tinged song full of his trademark self-deprecating humour that claimed he’d become bored with indoor sex (“I think I’m done with the sofa,” he sang). “It was an absolutely brilliant riposte,” laughs Ridgeley. “No one could have done it better.”
She was also with him for most of his life milestones, and George left the bulk of his estate to her and Yioda when he died aged 53 from heart and fatty liver disease. He lived with Bananarama band member Keren Woodward in Cornwall between 1990 and 2017. Since then he has been seen with influencer Amanda Cronin. It wasn't long before Andrew's parents Albert and Jenny moved from Bushey to a house a couple of miles away from their son in Wadebridge. The couple's first home in Bushey was where the band's number one hit Careless Whisper was written by Andrew and George. Here's one aspect of the 'Last Christmas' twist you may have missed". EW.com . Retrieved 26 December 2020.
Does he think George would have found it easier to come out, had he been a young pop star in 2023? “Yes, quite possibly. The context is different. As George mentioned in the documentary, his decision was largely made as a consequence of his dad. That was a big factor, his keeping it from his dad’s knowledge. But he recognised that for his own wellbeing and mental health, that decision was perhaps not the right one.” That they only released 12 singles – four of which reached number one – is a reminder of how much they achieved in their four years together. Does he think such autonomy would be possible in 2023? “Taylor Swift re-recorded all of her own materials. So yes, I think there are artists who are confident enough to assert themselves, but it’s rare, because it takes genuine strength of character.” Its rich in fact and I cant fault the information given as it builds an in depth picture into the whole Whamania years plus the before and after The family had gone on: "It seems important that his generosity of spirit and natural empathy have touched you in a way that would have him embarrassed, all your kind words are really good to hear and we know you have always known his true heart.