First we had Mariah Carey go berserk on us. Then Michael Jackson... well, he was always fairly odd, but I think he finally went over the edge with this "Tommy Mottola is the devil and I'm really black" thing. Now George Michael is saying he can't return to the U.S. because's he thinks his life would be in danger. All over some song he did that criticizes the United States for its poor reaction to terrorism, and a bad interview that he did on "Larry King Live."

Honestly, I haven't even heard the song. Around 80% of what is popular in the U.K. never makes the trans-Atlantic trip. So this whole satire/criticism of how America is handling the war on terrorism, well, most of us don't even know about it! Also, the people who watch "Larry King Live" are probably not the people he's targeting with his album -- they're out of his target demographic, so they probably wouldn't have bought it anyways. And on top of all that, he feels that America's homophobia is why his latest album didn't do so well over here. Again, I'm seeing the pattern of "if the album tanks, let's find some reason to blame the purchasers or the record company because it certainly wasn't my fault."

Can someone please find me a nice, sane, mentally stable pop star?