Michael scared by gay-sauna jibes

British singer George Michael was scared to admit to friends he met partner Kenny Goss in a sauna, because he knew they would realise he was gay.

The then closeted homosexual Faith star told pals he met his partner of 11 years at a high class American department store - as he felt if he told them the truth, they would question his sexual orientation.

Goss explains: "We have two stories. There's the one that we tell people and the one in which we actually met. There's a really posh spa called the Beverly Hot Springs.

"It's a very straight, above board spa, but if we tell people we met in spa, they always get the wrong idea. So we tell them we met at (boutique) Fred Segal."