George Michael believes that he isn't being taken seriously, reports Contact Music.
No, wait, it gets better.
Reportedly, Michael believes that the reason people don't take him seriously has to do with his 1998 arrest for lewd contact with a police officer in a California public restroom. Contact Music also cites his 1993 dispute with Sony, his 2002 anti-Bush song "Shoot the Dog," and his recent DUI arrest.
Michael said:
I've actually been a bit of a laughable name since the early nineties. Since I took on Sony, everything went wrong there. From that point on, I didn't have the radio and I had some pretty bad publicity. The publicity in the last 18 months hasn't helped, and so I think I'm a bit of a joke. But it didn't really bother me anyway.
No, c'mon George, we take you completely seri... ahh hahahaha, I'm sorry, I can't say it with a straight face.
(I would also add that the picture above probably isn't helping the cause.)
