Boy George says "diversity is a fact of life" and he is dismayed by the hatred that people show minority groups online

George - who became a pop sensation after Culture Club's 1982 single Do You Really Want To Hurt Me topped the charts due to his androgynous look and incredible vocals - insists diversity is nothing new, and the sooner that people accept each other's differences and stop hating the happier society will be.

Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz at the Christmas Lights switch on at The London Eye on Tuesday night (04.11.25), he said: "Never more in my life have I understood that we are individuals. Diversity is a fact of life, it's not a discovery, everyone is acting like they've discovered it, it's a fact. No one is the same as anyone.

"I think the conversation is insane at the moment when there are so many things we can be focusing on.

"I am a hippie, I want everyone to get on with each other, have fun. Nothing too scary."

The singer also says British society is full of double standards whereby individuals are exposed to sexual and graphic content online and in entertainment each day, yet some people are aghast if they see a woman breast-feeding their baby in public.

He added: "It's a strange thing at the moment. We live in this over exposed world where no one is the same as anyone, sexual things, personal things, nothing is hidden, and yet people are upset if they see a bit of penis or an exposed breast - that's were we all come from.

"I don't understand the disgust we have for our own bodies for watching people breast feed."

The Karma Chameleon hitmaker attended the Christmas Lights switch on at The London Eye with Christmas Karma castmates Billy Porter, Pixie Lott, Kunal Nayyar and Malkit Singh.

Christmas Karma is an upcoming festive film directed by Bend It Like Beckham filmmaker Gurinder Chadha which is a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol that celebrates London's multicultural spirit.

The switch on - which was held in collaboration with Visit London and True Brit Entertainment - was accompanied by a Bhangra band that feature in Christmas Karma, which is being released by True Brit Entertainment in UK and Irish cinemas on 14 November.