With the dismal chart performance of his controversial ‘Shoot The Dog’ single still fresh in his mind, George Michael looks like he could do with all the friends he can get, especially as the tabloids have declared his career over!

Luckily, Atomic Kitten and Sugababes are on hand to provide some much-needed support, despite the fact they prefer his earlier work.

“He’s just getting himself into trouble, isn’t he?” Atomic Kitten Liz McLarnon admitted, regarding the satirical track, which last week debuted in the charts at a lowly No. 12 “But at the end of the day it’s up to him. Free speech and all that.”

However, bandmate Jenny Frost admitted that ‘Shoot The Dog’ is nowhere near as good any of his previous material. “I still love George Michael ok” she confessed, adding “But I’m still in my ‘Father Figure’ phase. That and ‘Fast Love’ are my two favourite George songs.”

However, it isn’t just the ladies from Atomic Kitten who wish that George should go back to writing tunes like ‘Praying For Time’, so too do the Sugababes.

“I think George Michael has written a load of good songs” Heidi admitted “I think at the moment he might be bored writing good songs since he’s written so many. I think he’s just having a bit of laugh!”.