By Hassan Sanusi, with agency reports
George Michael has been in rehab for the past year after taking crack, marijuana and drinking himself into a grave, according to the star’s cousin who is petrified for his life.
Jackie Georgiou, the wife of the star’s cousin, Andros, revealed to The Sun newspaper: ‘He was smoking crack.
‘Before he went away he got to the point where he would be shaking, saying ‘I need it. There were parties where he was taking drugs and collapsing and being picked up off the floor. Waking up in vomit, horrible things, he was so thin, so ill. It’s crack, it’s marijuana, it’s drink, it’s coke. It was pretty dark and things were getting darker.’
The relative continued by saying it was almost certain the singer was going to end up locked up or dead. ‘A lot of people are suffering, including his two sisters. He’s been putting himself in a lot of danger,’ she said.
Jackie has reached out to famous friends of the troubled singer who have also been concerned for his well-being and she Jackie added: ‘On special occasions he’d take ecstasy and start break dancing. At first he hated cocaine. Then he got deeper and deeper into the harder stuff. It was a gradual demise.
‘Everyone has said he is not the same. The spark has gone. He is not himself after his drug use. And I know he was still drinking after a year in rehab, which is bad.’
The former Wham! heartthrob – who is godfather to two of Jackie’s sons – has previously had a string of public run-ins with the law while under the influence of alcohol.
