It kept bothering me what happened between those two shots, so I dug up a couple of other photos of the same occasion and when put in a chronological order it’s even more awkward:
Genuinely surprised if you haven't come across these quotes from the following YouTube videos yet: "The woman who saved Paul McCartney | 60 Minutes Australia" @6:25 & "Paul McCartney sets record straight on relationship with Lennon | Parkinson Interview 12 Oct 1997" @22:20. Seems to me like Paul's literally admitted he's not straight already and I'm living for it even if it flew under the radar
“Yeah, I think he did actually. It wasn’t a spiky relationship at all, it was very warm, very close, and very loving…..homosexuality was still largely illegal sure…but then the business came and the lawyers arrived…”
PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS I’M MELTING - 22:20
Wooooowww I’ve never heard this quote!!!
He literally said “we were the first to sort of come out” and then mentioned homosexuality “in those days”
“We used to say ‘I love him’ in interviews”
It would be normal today to hear an interview in which a boyband say that they “Love each other.” This sort of things couldn’t be said in the 60s, and I honestly can’t believe the amount of frustration and stress John and Paul had to handle when, basically, all the world had their camera on The Beatles, and they had to act in certain ways to be liked by the public (the stereotype of the good boy with a girlfriend, for example.)
This is, in my opinion, one of the reasons that brought to misunderstandings in their relationship, because the moment you have to suppress all your emotions and feelings, it is easy to create an unhealthy environment around you and your partner, and if you don’t sort out these things immediately, things get worse, and worse, and worse.
John and Paul talk to Italian TV reporter Gianni Bisiach backstage (Odeon Cinema, Cheltenham). (November 1st, 1963) (Note: More gifs from the same interview here and here.)
percythrillingtons Asks:
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