SINGING sensation George Michael's 1998 arrest is the subject of a new documentary 'George Michael: Outed' airing on Channel 4 tonight.
The two-part tell-all follows the story of his arrest and how he went on to become an icon for the LGBTQ+ community after the landmark moment.
Never heard before audio will play in the programme, as well as interviews with the singer's former partner Kenny Goss – as well as the journalists who outed him in the press.
George was arrested in April 1998 after engaging in a sexual act with an undercover cop. He was fined £500 and given 80 hours of community service.
Following his arrest, news managed to reach the news desk at The Sun, who splashed the now infamous headline 'Zip Me Up Before You Go Go'.
After the incident, and the dozens of equally damning headlines that followed, George went public with his sexuality and relationship with Kenny Goss to CNN.
George even incorporated the ordeal into Outside, his first song after his arrest.
He famously posed as a Los Angeles police officer dancing in a public toilet in the accompanying music video – making sure to include real radio reports of his arrest.
At the end of his video, two officers share a passionate kiss through the lens of a CCTV camera.
He said hiding his sexuality made him feel "fraudulent" during an old interview with BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2007.
In 1998 he fronted a documentary about HIV to coincide with World Aids Day.
Michael's arresting police officer eventually sued the singer for slander because of his subsequent song and music video, but he lost his case.
George sadly died on Christmas Day aged just 53 back in 2016. His documentary 'George Michael: Outed' airs on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm.
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