An intriguing claim has surfaced about the sexual orientation of John Lennon, a member of the legendary band the Beatles.
Paul McCartney said in an interview with Vanity Fair that Ono Yoko, his Japanese wife who had been married to Lennon for more than 10 years until John Lennon died in 1980, told him in a phone call immediately after Lennon was killed, "he might have been gay."
According to reports, Paul McCartney said, "I swear, immediately after John died Ono Yoko called me and said, 'you know, I think John might have been gay.'"
Paul McCartney candidly said about this, "I said, 'I don't know.' 'I don't think so. At least not when I knew him,' because we were together in the '60s. We really hung out with so many women. And I saw him have a lot of dealings with women."
He also mentioned while talking about the Beatles' history in the recent documentary "Man on the Run," "John and I often slept in the same bed, but nothing happened between us. There were no gestures, no expressions at all. It was nothing. So I have no reason to believe that at all."
The interview was conducted in 2015, but it was republished last month in conjunction with the documentary's release.
Paul McCartney also recalled an incident in 1963 when rumors about Lennon's sexual orientation circulated after the Beatles' manager, who was gay, traveled with John Lennon.
He said, "I saw it as something like a power play. The two went to Spain and had a good time. Undoubtedly John probably used the situation to some extent," adding, "Personally I didn't think anything happened. I certainly never heard any story that anything did."
John Lennon and Ono Yoko's marriage was not always smooth. They lived apart from late 1973 to 1974. Afterwards Ono Yoko took John Lennon back into the home, and they continued their relationship.
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