The late Beatle Lennon was apparently a fan of Ronald Reagan’s.
The Toronto Sun just released some intriguing recollections from Lennon’s last personal assistant, Fred Seaman:
John Lennon was a closet Republican, who felt a little embarrassed by his former radicalism, at the time of his death – according to the tragic Beatles star’s last personal assistant.
Fred Seaman worked alongside the music legend from 1979 to Lennon’s death at the end of 1980 and he reveals the star was a Ronald Reagan fan who enjoyed arguing with left-wing radicals who reminded him of his former self.
In new documentary Beatles Stories, Seaman tells filmmaker Seth Swirsky Lennon wasn’t the peace-loving militant fans thought he was while he was his assistant.
He says, “John, basically, made it very clear that if he were an American he would vote for Reagan because he was really sour on (Democrat) Jimmy Carter. . . . “He did express support for Reagan, which shocked me.
“I also saw John embark in some really brutal arguments with my uncle, who’s an old-time communist… He enjoyed really provoking my uncle… Maybe he was being provocative… but it was pretty obvious to me he had moved away from his earlier radicalism.
- Excited
- Angry
- Not as Angry
- Bored
- Indifferent
- Sad
When I first saw this I thought it was a fascinating revealation. But I have to wonder how long it will be until the long knives come out for John’s former assistant.
I predict Yoko Ono may issue some kind of a rebuttal in the coming days.
Yoko Ono is lucky more long knives didn’t come out for her, literally speaking.
Listening to Yoko allegedly “sing” always felt to me like a long knife was going through my eardrum into my brain…
Listening to Yoko allegedly “sing” always felt to me like a long knife was going through my eardrum into my brain…
That photo is crying for pshoppery.
Quick, what do you want to see in there? Reagan? The Constitution? The dark side of the moon?
No contests serr8d; Reagan all the way!
No contests serr8d; Reagan all the way!
Mkay.
Imagine that (SWIDT?). I had recently read that he wasn’t really sincere in a lot of his radical statements. Maybe this is confirmation.