Paul McCartney says John Lennon ‘instigated’ parting with the Beatles

• The Guardian published an excerpt from an interview with Paul McCartney.
• McCartney, 79, claimed John Lennon was the one who suggested the Beatles split.
• Some fans have previously suggested that McCartney pushed for the breakup.

Paul McCartney has said that John Lennon initiated the infamous Beatles split over 50 years ago.

In an excerpt from an interview with The Guardian, McCartney attempted to set the record straight on how he, Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr went their separate ways. The outlet reported that at the time, McCartney was largely responsible for the fans.

McCartney, who called their separation and the aftermath “the most difficult time” of his life, spoke of the breakup when asked about his solo career.

“Stop there. I’m not the person who instigated the split. Oh no, no, no. John walked into a room one day and said I was leaving the Beatles. at the origin of the split, or not? ” said McCartney.

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He added: “It was my band, it was my job, it was my life, so I wanted to keep it going.”

McCartney, 79, told The Guardian that Lennon found his decision to leave The Beatles “quite exciting” and “more like a divorce.” However, he said the three remaining members were “left to pick up the pieces.”

McCartney added that group director Allen Klein had asked members to remain silent on the split while he finalized the trade deals.

“So for a few months we had to pretend,” McCartney told the outlet. “It was weird because we all knew it was the end of the Beatles but we couldn’t just walk away.”

McCartney added that he was finally “fed up” with hiding the separation and decided to “let the cat out of the bag.”

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McCartney spoke to a reporter in 1970 to find out whether the Beatles’ hiatus was temporary or permanent. His response prompted the posts to report that the rock band had ended, History reported.

He then filed a lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles business partnership, History reported.

“I had to live with it because it was what people saw. All I could do is say no,” McCartney told The Guardian.

After the Beatles split, the members pursued personal projects. Lennon divorced his first wife in 1968 before marrying Yoko Ono a year later. He was fatally shot in 1980 and died at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, History reported.