Paul McCartneyis finally opening up aboutthe Beatles' breakup, sayingJohn Lennonwas behind the group’s dissolution.
“I didn’t instigate the split.
Reps for McCartney and BBC Radio 4 didn’t immediately respond to EW’s request for comment on Sunday.
Paul McCartney and John Lennon.David Redfern/Getty
“Stop right there,” he reportedly tellsThis Cultural Life.
“I am not the person who instigated the split.
Oh no, no, no.
John walked into a room one day and said I am leaving the Beatles.
Is that instigating the split, or not?”
“So for a few months, we had to pretend,” McCartney explains.
(According tothe Telegraph, a judge agreed with McCartney’s argument and legally divided the band.)
And they thanked me for it years later.
But I didn’t instigate the split,” McCartney says.
“That was our Johnny coming in one day and saying ‘I’m leaving the group.'”
This article was updated with Sean Lennon’s statement.
