Category: Personal

George Michael has posted to his Twitter account that he celebrated Christmas with family and friends:

Best Christmas I can remember, surrounded by the people I love…

And knowing that Xmas could have been very different this year for everyone at that table….

As it was we stuffed and laughed ourselves silly, I’m such a lucky man! I hope you all had a great one.

It’s not over of course, I have a house full of sleeping guests and a bunch more friends coming over today. Hangovers strictly forbidden 🙂

George, I know you will probably never see this, but I am so very, very happy that you are still here with us.  I cried as I watched this video because before November I had never thought about your dying.  I’ve been running this site for so very long, and knowing what’s going on in the George Michael world has been a part of my daily existence, not a huge part of my life, but still a daily part.  I’m so very grateful that you will continue to be a part of my life even in a small way.

Happy Christmas!  Your being alive is definitely the best news I could have had for Christmas.

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According to Reuters, George Michael was released from the hospital today.

British singer George Michael was discharged from a Vienna hospital on Thursday after weeks of treatment for severe pneumonia, the Oesterreich newspaper reported.

The report on the Austrian paper’s website said the 48-year-old former Wham! frontman walked to a waiting limousine that took him to the airport. It cited unidentified hospital staff.

“He will be able to celebrate Christmas at home in London,” it said.

A spokeswoman for the Vienna General Hospital declined to comment on the report, referring questions to Michael’s public relations agency.

Michael’s publicist in London told Reuters the Oesterreich newspaper story was based on rumors.

From George Michael ‘well’, Christmas at home unclear:

VIENNA — British pop star George Michael is doing well in hospital in Vienna but whether he will be able to spend Christmas back in Britain was still uncertain, one of his Austrian doctors said Tuesday.

“We know that he is doing well. And we are generally optimistic,” Christoph Zielinski of Vienna’s General Hospital (AKH) told ORF radio.

On whether Michael would be able to return home for the holidays or have to spend Christmas in hospital, Zielinski only said that the matter still had to be decided with the patient.

The 48-year-old former Wham! singer was admitted to hospital last month with a severe bout of pneumonia, forcing him to postpone the rest of his “Symphonica” tour, having performed 45 shows to date.

Little news has since filtered out over his condition, with all eyes directed instead on Michael’s website and the Twitter postings of his partner Fadi Fawaz for updates.

David Austin is saying:

no need to be worried. All is moving in the right direction. He’s super strong

Fadi Fawaz is saying:

Its official that I’m the happiest man on earth today :).

The Mirror is reporting: George Michael ‘will spend Christmas in hospital’.

The Daily Star is reporting: Holiday in Hospital for Sick George Michael.