If you ask Boy George if he really wanted to hurt him, the answer's an emphatic no.

The "Karma Chameleon" purveyor pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of false imprisonment for allegedly chaining a male escort to a wall and threatening him at the former's east London home last April.

George, 46, whose real name is George O'Dowd, turned up at Snaresbrook Crown Court dressed in black and sporting shades.