George Michael says his recent collision with three parked cars was nothing more than an unfortunate accident.

The reticent singer appeared this week on Parkinson for a rare television interview. He explained that he had tried to pull out of his parking spot and accidentally collided with a parked car.

He explained: "I got into my parked car, which was on a very steep hill I have to add, took the handbrake off, tried to manoeuvre out and hit the car in front of me. I didn't know that it hit the car in front of it, and hit the car in front of that."

Michael was interviewed under caution, but said the event was not serious. He also spoke about Sir Elton John's recent comment that he had a "deep-rooted unhappiness in his life.".

He added: "Nobody wants to shunt another car or be found asleep behind the wheel. But they're not life-changing events. Unfortunately every artist nowadays has a soap opera and it's decided where they're going to be in that. The trajectory of my particular soap opera launched from that statement Elton made about 18 months ago when he hadn't seen me for years."