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Dylan sends us “In a world of Coleen and Kerry, ‘Andrew Ridgeley’ is no longer a valid unit for measuring failure<\/a>,” which discusses how the former Wham! star has discovered something that too many modern-day celebs lack: dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dylan sends us “In a world of Coleen and Kerry, ‘Andrew Ridgeley’ is no longer a valid unit for measuring failure,” which discusses how the former Wham! star has discovered something that too many modern-day celebs lack: dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,17],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-andrew-ridgeley","category-wham","tag-andrew-ridgeley"],"yoast_head":"\nLord Andrew Ridgeley of Wadebridge? - George Michael News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/12\/andrew-ridgeley\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lord Andrew Ridgeley of Wadebridge? 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