PHOTOS: Freedom - George Michael Out Of Jail
Oct. 11 2010, Published 9:53 a.m. ET
George Michael hass sung about freedom - and now, he's got it.
The Grammy Award winning singer was released from Suffolk, England's Highpoint Prison Monday, Breaking Celebrity News has learned, after completing half of his eight-week sentence in connection with crashing his Range Rover into a building while high on marijuana on July 4.
In all, the Father Figure singer, who was jailed September 14, served 27 days behind bars. After his release, a driver took him back to his London home in a Range Rover.
He spoke with the London Evening Standard following his release, and seemed optimistic he won't be embroiled in another such incident.
"I'm coming out here on my own so that you'll realize I just want to start again," he told the paper. "It's a beautiful day ... I just want to say thank you for everybody who has supported me in there, it's quite inspirational.
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