Boy George on raw diet to shed ‘jail weight’

Washington: Fallen pop star Boy George has reportedly turned to a strict diet of uncooked food to shed weight he gained as he served his sentence in jail. The former Culture Club frontman, real name George O`Dowd, was also said to have resorted to a gruelling exercise routine to get back in shape. "He`s on a raw food regime and doing an hour`s walking a day,” Contactmusic quoted friend of the star as saying. “He`s also got some DJ shows lined up so hopefully things are back on track," the friend added. The `Karma Chameleon` singer was jailed in January for falsely imprisoning a male escort in his flat and beating the 29-year-old after a drug-fuelled nude photo shoot in 2007. The 48-year-old was granted early release in May for his good behaviour, but was let off with a curfew and an ankle monitoring tag that was recently removed. ANI