Boy George Slams Toni Street; Hilary Barry Responds With What We're All Thinking

Publish date
Friday, 4 Nov 2016, 2:06PM

Boy George has launched a scathing attack against TV and radio presenter Toni Street after walking out of their interview on last night's episode of Seven Sharp.

George, who is due to perform here with his group Culture Club next month, took off his microphone during the interview after objecting to a question about his 2009 conviction for assault and falsely imprisoning a male escort.

"You know what, why don't you move on to something more helpful, you know what I mean?" he exclaimed. "In fact, you know what ... thank you," he said, removing his ear piece and walking off.

Culture Club's Christchurch show was later cancelled due to "schedule changes," but George has been granted a visa for the group's Auckland show on December 4.

This morning, George took to Twitter to hurl insults at Street, one of TVNZ's most popular and long-serving presenters, who he said had a voice "like a broken drill".

Toni has not commented however, she was quickly defended by one of her TVNZ co-stars.

 

Yes Hilary!! We couldn't agree more. 

Toni told viewers after the interview aired that she was "shocked" by George's reaction.

"I was genuinely shocked when that happened, because we had had such a good interview up until that point," she said.

"There was nothing that led me to believe that he was even remotely uncomfortable talking about it, and because we'd talked about the immigration issues we felt like it was relevent. It was a real shame because he was very likeable."

We love you Toni! 

- NZ Herald

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