{"id":238358,"date":"2026-05-04T09:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/boy-george-explains-why-he-applied-for-irish-passport\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:10:21","slug":"boy-george-explains-why-he-applied-for-irish-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/boy-george-explains-why-he-applied-for-irish-passport\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy George explains why he applied for Irish passport"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Boy George<\/a> applied for an Irish passport to honour to his late mother.<\/p>\n

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Boy George now uses an Irish passport<\/p>\n

The Culture Club singer – real name George O’Dowd – was born and raised in London and always had a British passport, but he decided to make a change and honour his family’s Irish history after his mom Dinah died in 2023.<\/p>\n

He told The Telegraph newspaper: “I lost my connection to Ireland when my mum died. She was the connection to all my family in Ireland, and we lost that. I thought she would love the fact that I had an Irish passport.”<\/p>\n

Boy George<\/a>, 64, also revealed he used the new document for the first time recently when he flew to Dublin for a series of promotional events alongside hat designer Philip Treacy.<\/p>\n

He added: “I used it for the first time today – it\u2019s quite exciting.”<\/p>\n

\nIt comes after Boy George recently opened up about living in London revealing he’s rarely recognised when he’s not wearing his signature make-up and often takes public transport or cycles around the city.<\/p>\n

\nDuring an appearance on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, he explained: “I used to joke about wanting fame with an ‘off button’ … <\/p>\n

\n“Obviously when I take my make-up off I can do anything. I go anywhere. I have this insane freedom. I go on the bus, I go on the Tube, I go get on the bikes … “I’m out in the world because I think as a writer, I have to be out there. Even if nothing happens. Even if it’s just raining or whatever, I enjoy being in the world and watching like mad girls on the Tube doing their lips … <\/p>\n

\n“Just enjoying being me and being in London. So I’ve learned to switch it off.” <\/p>\n

\nGeorge went on to admit he now has a healthy relationship with fame and has “finally” learned how to enjoy it. <\/p>\n

\nHe explained: “I love it [fame]. Finally I love being me. I love being me … I prefer to meet people when I’m dressed up because I want to give them what they want but people are lovely to me when I’m not dressed up. It’s not important. <\/p>\n

\n“Plus there’s a beautiful freedom to just being able to walk around London. And people come up to me and go: ‘Are you George?’ And I go: ‘Yeah’. “I think a lot when I’m sitting at a bus stop in the rain: ‘Elton John can’t do this’. I don’t mean that in a scathing way ‘cos I love him but I just couldn’t live in a bubble. Whether it’s a fame bubble or a gay bubble.”<\/p>\n

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