Posted by Adam

Tuesday October 6, 2009

George Michael has split from his longtime boyfriend Kenny Goss.

Kenny, 50, reportedly walked out on George at Christmas, but they kept their separation quiet as the Careless Whisper hitmaker begged him for another chance. They had been together for 13 years.

The final straw apparently came when George, 46, was arrested in the toilets on London’s Hampstead Heath and charged with possessing drugs last year.

Pals now fear the talented superstar is on the verge of a breakdown.

“Kenny had given George many chances,” a source told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper. “But after the Hampstead Heath incident he said he couldn’t take any more. Everyone knew George wasn’t just in there to do drugs — the place is well known as a place to pick up men.

“Despite George saying they had an open relationship, Kenny never agreed with George’s urges to go out cruising for other men, or with his excessive use of cannabis. He is embarrassed by what George had put him through.

“They had been due to marry on their 10th anniversary back in 2006, but Kenny told him it was off unless he changed his ways. But it seems George just couldn’t.”

When Kenny walked out, George postponed all his work commitments, including the release of a DVD for his 25 Live Tour.

“When Kenny left him, George wasn’t in the right frame of mind for anything,” the source added. “He seemed to become really depressed and no one could talk him out of it. He had promised to release a Live In London DVD of the tour but he couldn’t get it together to even look at clips of himself. Only now is he starting to get his head around it and is releasing it on December 7 — almost a year later.

“George would get up at 2pm, have a couple of spliffs, and play computer games until 7am, then do it all again the next day.

“His manager Andy couldn’t get through to him. And then he was absolutely furious when he found out he had driven himself to the O2 and got on stage with Beyonce.

“He tried to confront the star about it but George sacked him.

“George also has all these ideas about going back on the road — but no one knows if his state of mind will take it. The split has hit him hard.”

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