Boy George says prison saved his life.

Boy George credits his time in prison with improving his life “more than 100 %” because it forced him to end his drug addictions.

He was put in jail in January for the false imprisonment and assault of a male escort in 2007.

For the four months he spent behind bars, he attended drug dependency meetings, where he finally received the help he needed.

He says, “I went in with all the tools you learn in Narcotics Anonymous about resilience and surrender. I went to NA meetings inside. The first week in Pentonville (prison). Oh my God, I was horrified… I was like, I don’t need it (the meetings), I’m fine. I’d been to one in the eighties and I just thought they were all weirdos, which is a common get-out clause for anyone in denial but I went to one. Since that day my life has improved more than 100 per cent.”