The long held belief has been that the Beatles (the single greatest band in the history of mankind) came to an abrupt end as a direct result of John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono, who continuously meddled in their affairs despite her possessing no recognizable talent of her own, and it seems the rumormongers were right after all, well mostly.
According to the World Entertainment News Network, an unearthed interview recorded by Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner in 1970 reveals that both Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison hated Yoko from the very beginning and did little to mask their feelings of contempt toward the pale-faced shrew.
“They despised her…It seemed I had to be happily married to them or Yoko – and I chose Yoko,” Lennon said in the taped interview.
Lennon even insinuated that it was ultimately Harrison who widened the rift between them.
“George insulted her right to her face and I didn’t hit him,” he said. “Ringo was alright but the other two really gave it to us. I’ll never forgive ‘em.”
Although, even Lennon admits that their break-up was inevitable, and believed that their conflicting egos contributed to a long period of creative stagnation.
“We sold out…and I felt sick,” he said. “We got fed up with being sidemen for Paul.”
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