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Despite his last name, John Lennon‘s son Julian Lennon she wants to make it clear that she rarely wears her insides The Beatles.
“I’m not part of the inner circle – I never have been,” said Julian, 61, in an interview with The Guardian published on Sunday, January 5th. “You have to realize that when Dad left when I was between 3 and 5, it was just me and Mum and we had nothing to do with the Beatles or Dad.”
When new documentaries Beatles and projects are releasedJulian says, “Half the time it’s news to me.”
“I visited him on a special occasion,” Julian continued of his father. “But we were way off.
Julian Lennon.
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(Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney) As bandmate Paul McCartney later noted, The Beatles’ John Lennon’s short life was full of tragedy. Growing up in a tumultuous family dynamic after his father Alfred left at an early age and his mother Julia left him to be raised by her sister Mary “Mimi” Smith, 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 later became a singer, author and photographer.
John later married Yoko Ono and welcomed Sean Ono Lennon in 1975. The Beatles member died five years later at the age of 40.
“I’m grateful that Sean and I get on like a house on fire – we’re the best of mates and he tells me what he can, but on the Beatles front things are pretty secretive,” Julian said in his latest interview. “(I find it) extremely strange, but I’m not upset about it. I’d rather be excited and amazed by what they’ve done and continue to do.”
In recent years, The Beatles have been the subject of various documentaries, including Martin Scorsese‘with Beatles ’64which premiered in November 2024.
Although he may not have been close with his father, Julian is still interested in what John and his bandmates achieved.
“As a fan, I’m as curious as anyone,” he said. “Although I found myself thinking ‘How come there’s another Beatles movie?'”
Despite finding success as a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, Julian is now focusing on fine art photography with a new book titled Fragile moments of life.
After 55 years, Julian Lennon has made peace with “Hey Jude”. Julian, 60, recently spoke about the song Paul McCartney wrote to comfort him while his parents John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon (née Powell) were going through a divorce. “At first it was ‘Hey Jules,’ but it didn’t quite fit rhythmically,” Julian told Esquire (…)
The body of work spans over 20 years of work and includes photographs taken while traveling the world for his charity, White Feather Foundation.
When asked where he gets his positivity and optimism, Julian credits his mother for handling life’s ups and downs.
“I watched her deal with whatever she was dealing with with love and grace and positivity,” he explained. “I saw that was the only way forward. You take the high road, be a better person and try to learn from all the crap that comes your way. No doubt I’ve had moments of depression and I still struggle with very severe anxiety at times, but the only way is to push through. Diving is not good – been there, done that.’
