United Kingdom, Feb. 26 -- Boy George thinks he has become the "gay version" of his father.

The 63-year-old pop star - whose real name is George Alan O'Dowd - had tried to "do everything" to not turn out like his father but in the end, ultimately turned out to be "most like him" than anyone else in the family.

Speaking on the 'Turning Points' podcast, he told 'Shout' singer Lulu: "I did everything I could not to be like my dad but turned out that I was the most like him of anyone - the gay version of my dad. "I went out of my way not to be like him, and I guess I soaked it up because you can't not."

The 'Karma Chameleon hitmaker explained that he grew up hearing for the things that his parents didn't have and claimed that there "wasn't...