George Michael: 'Elton should shut up'

George Michael has said that Elton John should stop talking about him to the media.

The two singers have had an on-off feud after John spoke publicly of his concerns for Michael.

Michael told The Guardian: "Elton lives on that. He will not be happy until I bang on his door in the middle of the night saying, 'Please, please, help me, Elton. Take me to rehab'.

"It's not going to happen. You know what I heard last week? Geri [Halliwell] told Kenny [Goss] that Bono, having spoken to Elton, had approached Geri to say, 'What can we do for George?'.

He added: "This is what I have to deal with because I don't want to be part of that social clique. All I'd have to do to stop it is hang out in London, so people realise I don't look close to death.

"As if Bono gives a s**t what I do with my private life... Elton just needs to shut his mouth and get on with his own life.

"Look, if people choose to believe that I'm sitting here in my ivory tower, Howard Hughesing myself with long fingernails and loads of drugs, then I can't do anything about that, can I?"

Michael also confirmed that he still smokes cannabis and sometimes cruises for sex on Hampstead Heath.