George Michael (aka Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) is happy, relaxed and topless with his Colombian-born hairdresser, Carlos, aged 52. The photos show both of them happy during their brief romance.

Carlos told the Sunday Mirror that some of his loveliest memories are those with George and claims to feel sad to see stories of George not at his best. “He’s not at all what you would expect from a pop star who is famous all over the worl. Whatever is troubling him at the moment and requiring him to enter reha, I really hope he gets back to his best soon,” he said of George, whom he met at a hotel in Sydney where they chatted about their lives.

George was not amused by the photo leak. George wrote: “To my lovelies, do not believe this rubbish in the papers today by someone I don’t know any more and haven’t seen for nearly 18 years. I am perfectly fine… Lots of love, The Singing Greek xxx.”