Despite his last name, John Lennonson Julian Lennon He wants to make it clear that he rarely gets the inside scoop The Beatles.
“I'm not part of the inner circle – I never was,” 61-year-old Julian said in an interview with The Guardian Published Sunday, January 5,. “You have to realize that when my father left, when I was between 3 and 5 years old, it was just my mother and me, and we had nothing to do with the Beatles or my father.”
When new Beatles documentaries and Projects are released“It's news to me half the time,” Julian says.
Julian continued talking about his father: “I visited him on a strange occasion.” “But we were outside a lot.”
Julian Lennon.
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(Photo by Charlie Gallay/Getty Images for Disney) As bandmate Paul McCartney later noted, The Beatles' John Lennon's short life was filled with tragedy. He grew up in a turbulent family environment after his father, Alfred, left at an early age and his mother, Julia, allowed her sister, Mary “Mimi” Smith, to raise him. John’s family life (…)
John and his first wife Cynthia Lennon They were married from 1962 to 1968. During their relationship, the couple welcomed Julian, who became a singer, author, and photographer.
John later married Yoko Ono Sean Ono welcomed Lennon in 1975. The Beatles died five years later at the age of 40.
“I'm grateful that Sean and I get along like a house on fire – we're best friends, and he tells me what he can, but things are very secretive on the Beatles front,” Julian shared in his latest interview. “(It's) very strange, but I'm not bothered by it. I'd rather be excited and impressed by what they did and are still doing.
In recent years, the Beatles have been the subject of numerous documentaries including Martin Scorsese's The Beatles '64which premiered in November 2024.
Even though he may not have been close to his father, Julian still cared about what John and his father were like The bandmates have accomplished.
“As a fan, I'm as curious as everyone else,” he said. “Although I find myself wondering: How can there ever be another Beatles movie?”
Although Julian has found success as a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, he is now shifting his focus to fine art photography with a new book titled Life's fragile moments.
After 55 years, Julian Lennon has made peace with 'Hey Jude'. Julian, 60, recently spoke about the song Paul McCartney wrote to comfort him during the divorce of his parents, John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon (née Paul). “It was ‘Hey Jules’ at first, but that wasn’t good rhythmically,” Julian told Esquire (…).
The work spans over 20 years and includes images taken while traveling around the world for his charitable work, White Feather Foundation.
When asked where his positivity and optimism come from, Julian praised his mother for how she deals with life's ups and downs.
He explained: “I watched how she dealt with what was dealt with with love, grace and positivity.” “I saw this as the only way forward. If you take the high road, you will be a better person and try to learn from all the bullshit that comes your way. Without a doubt, I have had moments of depression and I still deal with some pretty serious anxiety at times, but the only way It's about putting pressure on yourself, “Painting isn't cool – been there, done that.”
