George Michael says he 'deserved' to go to jail

The singer was given an eight-week sentence and fined after driving into the front of a photo shop in London.

In an interview with Chris Evans for BBC Radio 2's Breakfast Show, he said going to jail had been karma for repeatedly breaking the law.

Michael has recorded a cover of New Order's True Faith for Comic Relief.

It is the first song he has released since 2008.

In the interview, the singer says he is "ashamed" to have broken the law, and says he is now having treatment for his drug problems.

He describes himself as "the poster boy for cannabis".

In 2007 he admitted another charge of drug-driving and carried out community service.

"This was a hugely shameful thing to have done repeatedly," he told Evans. "So karmically I felt like I had a bill to pay. I went to prison, I paid my bill."