To celebrate the 40th anniversary of 'Last Christmas,' Wham! member Andrew Ridgeley and other former band members reunited in Switzerland. This emotional trip honors George Michael, who passed away in 2016, and the iconic music video filmed there.
Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] told a bittersweet tale of lost love amid the joy of the festive season, so perhaps it's only fitting that the legacy left by Wham 's much-loved hit Last Christmas is one complicated by sadness.
'To lose such a dear friend, when you have a particular bond, it was a truly desperate moment. He was my other half, I'd never conceived of a future without him.' Their first public reunion came 31 years later when Andrew, Pepsi and Shirley appeared on stage at the BRIT Awards in 2017 to pay tribute to George.
MailOnline takes a look at how the lives of some of the stars of Last Christmas have taken a darker turn than some might expect... Over the past two decades, Andrew has largely been keen to shun the limelight, after his attempts at forging various new careers came to nothing after Wham! disbanded. In 1991 he joined George on stage for his encore at the Rock in Rio event at the Maracanã Stadium in Brazil, marking a distinct end to his public appearances.
In 2019, he came out with an autobiography - titled George & Me, which detailed George's struggles to keep up the pretence he was straight during his Wham! heyday. One of its producers, Simon Halfon, says his team spent over two years digging for footage and audio, and as a friend of both men Simon had a good idea where to look.
He continued that he does not want to commit to a single person currently because his lifestyle makes it too difficult to maintain. His ex-girlfriend Amanda previously suggested she had split from Andrew because of their differing views on monogamy and explained she wanted her next partner to be someone she shared values with.
Along with Pepsi DeMacque, Shirlie was a backing singer and dancer for Wham! at the height of their fame. In 1995 Martin was diagnosed with two brain tumours and Shirlie took time out from her career to look after him, and ended up being declared bankrupt. In 2021 Shirlie also featured in her son's highly regarded mental health documentary, Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency.
In addition to running tours for holidaymakers, their company offers a summer training programme for students from the National Skills Development Centre, which helps get young people into work and teaches them life skills.'I'm discovering and enjoying new ways of being. Loving sunsets, food, people, landscapes and lots more.'
While they both pursued careers in music, they sensationally fell out in 1998, with Andros claiming he has a collection of unpublished songs written and sung by George Andros also previously said that on one occasion, when George was unable to go to a charity auction run by the Elton John Aids Foundation he told him to 'just buy everything' when people were not bidding.
She has previously struggled with alcoholism, and her son James Kennedy, who stars on the US reality series Vanderpump Rules, has previously shared insight into her struggles to get sober. 'I never really thought that this would happen, but it really has and it's just incredible, you know? There's no more hiding s**t.
In 2016, Stassi Schroeder shared some shocking claims about James' mother, including claims that she 'robbed a bank' and was relying on cannabis to 'help her sleep.' But In Reality previously shared claims that Jacqueline stole Kristen Doute's credit card and used it to buy Botox, and she discovered the theft when it was flagged by the spa.
The star recently revealed she featured on the Celebrity Christmas single So Delicious which is raising money for Great Ormond Street hospital. David made a fleeting appearance in Last Christmas as a log carrier, a role that is still a joke topic between himself and Jon Fowler, who also starred in the video, years later.
Debbie was the bouncy-haired blonde beauty who famously played George's 'girlfriend' in Last Christmas.She remembered Michael, who died on Christmas Day at the age of 53, as the 'most amazing person' when she visited his home in north London.
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