AHC: Make George Michael's solo career bomb

For anyone who grew up in the 1980s, Wham! were one of the biggest pop music acts of that decade. They only released three albums before breaking up in June 1986, the reason being that the band allegedly wanted to make "more adult music" than what they'd been doing. As we all know, George Michael then went on to become a big solo artist, releasing three multi-platinum albums and two more certified gold in the U.S.

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, with a POD no earlier than June 28, 1986 (the date of Wham's final concert as a duo), is to make George Michael's solo career a flop. Extra points will be given if you boost Andrew Ridgley's music career.
 
As someone totally ignorant of anything of the history of George Michael, I'd venture to have him caught in lewd homosexual activities comparable to when he was arrested in the OTL at an earlier point. You have scandal driving away sales and industry support, you have a still existent anti-gay stigma that attaches itself and drives away sales, and you have driven away the female demographic.
 
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