+Jimmy C - Doesn't seem to work like that. If you've never been taught to be a parent, via a role model - then how do you know how to do it? John Lennon really had no frame of reference. His mother was in and out of his life - his Dad, absent. Having said that - some people with such childhoods manage to do it instinctively. Many don't though...
+aerialkate I think you've hit the nail on the head--and Julian here (at age thirty-six) is clearly afraid he'd be the same way. As it happened, now at age fifty-three he has still never married and has no children. While it's still biologically possible he might do this, statistically at this point the chances are vanishingly small. (Men do sometimes marry and father children later in life, but, statistically speaking, most of these men have been married before and have fathered children before.)
Herbert Wells Well....none that we know of! I think he was a bit of a party lad in his day. I've heard him say that about himself in a couple of interviews anyway; but he's kind of coy about it, didn't call himself a hellraiser or anything. Perhaps you're right though and he was subconsciously scared of screwing it up. Wasn't this a great interview though? So candid and kind of moving. Fascinating stuff.
Jules is a gentleman. I met him with my wife in a bar in palma nova. He bought us a couple of bottles of champagne !! for our wedding anniversary He talked about keeping good family values and wished us well . he is a genuine good guy .If you read this Jule's thank you for that night we were worse for wear didn't have time to say thank you Paul and Bron x
It must suck to have everyone telling you how much they love your father when your father never loved you, so I can understand how he feels. That's too bad because he seems like a nice guy. It is ironic because John sang so much about love and yet he wasn't there to love his own son. Yoko also had a child that she didn't know growing up.
Yoko's ex husband kept her daughter, Kyoko, away from her. I feel she was being selfish. If she couldn't ever see her daughter, then John wouldn't have contact with Julian. What piece of shit human being would do such a thing? I will never respect her for what she did. As much as I love John and his music, I just want to scream at him for not growing a pair and be there for his son and telling Yoko to fuck off about it. I'm certain somewhere in the great beyond, John is sorry for being, in his words, a "thoughtless bastard". Their father/son story is truly tragic and heartbreaking and I have nothing but empathy for Julian.
I have always said, Yoko Ono is/was one of John Lennon's biggest protests ever to prove how much people can hate someone just by looking at them. Just another part of his genius that unfortunately he had to live with.
Yes, sounds like she was lovely and a good mother. Julian obviously took after his mother, a decent person, forgiving and not bitter...John may not have been ready for children but he could have been there for Julian later on atleast..
I love John. This doesn’t change anything for me. I’ve seen tons of photos and videos of John with Julian all through Julian’s childhood. Seen Julian spending his 16th birthday with John, John buying Julian a nice dirt bike for his birthday. Seen photos of Julian with a baby Sean Lennon at the Dakota Apartments with Yoko and John there. So even though I can’t figure out what Julian’s talking about only seeing his father a handful of times in his childhood, I will always love John Lennon and his music.
@@MeeMee-gz5vp Notice how you’ve just described events that happened when Sean was born. Meaning you’ve just proven Julian’s point that he only started seeing John again around 1975 on occasion when he was 12/13. You are disregarding the years of neglect that came before that. I love the man’s music but as a person, not so much.
@@mysteriousmrocd8384 Julian is saying he didn’t see his father much at all during his childhood, which is a lie. That was the point I was making. And the times that I’ve mentioned may coincidentally pertain to after Sean was born, but that’s not the full list. There’s a video of John, Yoko and Julian (a happy Julian I might add) at John’s house going for a boat ride when John lived in England. What Julian is not being honest about is that he had a severe drug/alcohol addiction, and that’s why he wasn’t awarded a large sum of money from John’s estate. Sounds to me like someone was looking out for his best interest, knowing if Julian got his hands on a lot of money to burn, he probably would have overdosed or drank himself to death. Just my two cents.
I think that hug was something he needed for a while. And for him to go on with it was great and he didn’t care. Good on the interviewers for listening and comforting Julian.
Julian says that for years he didnt laugh or smile.Well according to Cynthias book that was Johns fault for when Julian laughed at some Mickey Mouse pancakes ,John yelled at him and said he didnt want to hear that fucking ugly laugh again.So much for the man of peace and love.
@@zackzallie8735 First of all you don’t know that you’ve never met him and second he wasn’t an asshole he got mad sometimes but that’s he believes in love and peace
He seems like such a grounded and intelligent guy, it's a shame his father didn't give him the respect he deserves. I never knew my real father. My step-father would yell at me when I was a child, called worthless, stupid and so on. It does take a toll and it does scare you off being a parent. Julian seems very well-rounded for a guy who had to deal with that stuff.
+Christian Freud Good on him! For speaking the truth, John sang about peace and love sadly there was little shared with his family. Johnwas screwed up with fame, drugs, etc.
Which song is that? and I'm not on any side here I was just giving my opinion on humans in general - some are more flawed than others, I'm not looking for confirmation that some dead man was good or bad - he's dead, its done - I love The Beatles but why should I care about their inner demons and personal lives when I can listen to their amazing music. I'm here because I also admire Julian Lennon, don't insult me.
He abandoned Julian, which is nothing short of criminal. He treated his son like something that the cat dragged in, hence he was a piss-poor father, at best. He was an all-time great musician, and an extremely selfish and inconsiderate person. Cynthia was an adult, and she could fend for herself. Julian was a kid that needed his father (emotionally and financially) and he essentially got nothing from him, right up until the day that Lennon died when he left Julian with hardly a pittance of his overall estate. Finally, "Jealous Guy" was not written about Cynthia. The origins of the song were written while he was in India with Cynthia in early 1968 as "Child of Nature", but it was not written for Cynthia. In fact, when he rewrote the song and released it several years later in 1971, it was rewritten for Yoko, not Cynthia.
That's down to his Mum; Cynthia was never a confrontational or self-promoting person - a gentle and loving wife and mother who did her very best in exceptional and difficult circumstances. Julian was justifiably very close to her and it's easy to see why he dislikes Yoko so much - not only did she mess up his life but she helped to break his mother's heart and continued to make her life very unpleasant. There is nothing good to say about Yoko.
Cynthia was John's soul mate basically.. and like many of them we tend to ostracize ourselves from them sadly.. John and Paul I suspect were under some kind of mind control .. look into the Tavistock Institute. Also Paul is a sort of closet Thelemite. He drops clues about it though.
@Ken Fullman Actually you’re the one who’s wrong John realized the mistakes he made, and wanted to be about Love and Peace and you’re also wrong about him being manipulative because there’s no stories or anything about him being manipulative, a hypocrite is someone who’s doing something their against while at the same time doing it and he didn’t do that he changed as a person also if you watched any interviews with Julian you’d know that Julian said he and John’s relationship was getting better and he was happier but you don’t know that so there’s no point in discussing this 😂
This is why I feel kind of uncomfortable being a John Lennon fan. I love his music and his quotes, but I can't deny that he did some horrible things. It became even more uncomfortable after I found out a friend of mine has an abusive father, and she's told me about the kind of affects that it's had on her life. If you were to look at John's interviews and listen to his music without knowing these things, you would never have thought. I'm wishing the best for Julian, and my friend, and everyone else who had to grow up like that.
I feel you on that. I was only 21 when my first son was born, and I loved him and took care of him immediately. It had to be insane with the Beatles fame, but still....still, I love John
@@FNAFEDITS171 Julian doesn’t blame him in the early years because he couldn’t be home all the time when you’re touring around the world since he wasn’t given love at all and abandoned by both parents how could you expect John to know what fatherhood is like?
It's normal to feel conflicted about your idols. At the end of the day, they are only human. If you can acknowledge their work and their flaws, good on you, but if you can't, that's also ok.
One of my favorite songs of all time is "Too late for goodbyes" what a wonderful person Julian turned out to be despite the way things went early in life for him
My boyfriend and I went to see Paul McCartney in concert about 10 years ago. A lifelong dream for me since "Band On The Run" came out when I was in 8th grade. McCartney told many stories about his songs, what influenced each one, who the song was really about, etc. When it came to "Hey Jude", Paul told us a story that had just about 30,000 people in tears. "Jude" was Paul's nickname for Julian. Then Paul began singing the song. Wow! The entire arena joined in, in unison. It was very moving as we all joined together for the love of Julian. McCartney is a deeply heartfelt man, a neat dude, a bitchen' dude, and a really funny dude. I already dug Julian. And for his unrelenting strength in having to be who he is, while the world adored his father. I was a child of divorce and it was painful, still is. But it wasn't under a microscope forever. Yikes, the shame, humiliation, sadness. It's amazing that Julian endured all of that. I'm stoked beyond comprehension!
As a youngster when I first discovered the Beatles, Lennon was my idle, as I got older and read more about him I realised what I prat he was. True a genius and a genuine talent. But a prat... to spend so much of his life whinging and whining about how awful his childhood was, and how his Father didn't care, and pissed off when he was small (all of which is debateable if you read Lewisohns Tune In book) but he then procceded to do EXACTLY the same thing to his own son !!! What an asshole? Difference is that rather than spend his life bleating about it like John did, Julian seems utterly grounded, thank god he had his Mum as his steady influence..... Perhaps he was better off "without" his father
Yes well lots of people love you when you're a god that you can't possibly live up to, and then everyone pisses on you when they discover you're just human. Lennon didn't create the religion that wnt on around him. He DID bank on it, and use it to one ideological end or another, and I don't blame him for that one bit. Resources are rare, clout is rarest of all. But everyone shits on him while they're fucking up their own lives. It's fucked up. I'm not defending the fucked up things he did so much as admonishingthose who basically only hate on him because he was famous. SHIT tons of people are like JOhn Lennon. He just wasn't THAT special. They don't get shit on though. They certainly don't have entire GENERATIONS of people, who have absolutely nothing to do with what went on in the 60s 70s and 80s passing endless judgement on them. No one can perform under those circumstances, as an artist or as a human being. Not one of us measures up to the myth we forced on John Lennon and the rest of the beatles.
Cynthia certainly always comes across as a very thoughtful lady. I think she did her best for Jules. John Lennon was a dick, and as much as I loved his music, as I get older, I find myself listening to Paul's stuff most often. Paul had a greater talent for melody.
I've always wondered if John saw how much Julian was like him and abandoned his mother and ignored him so that Julian would have the same experience growing up as he did, and maybe, turn out the same. It's an absurd hypothesis I know.
@Eduardo G. You hit on the truth. On top of that, Yoko not only manipulated John, but she played on his insecurities hence why he couldn't be emotionally and mentally present. I've been a fan of Jules since age 8 when Valotte came out and for someone who has had his heart broken by his own dad, he really has dug deep to not let the bitterness break his spirit. He could have easily ended his own life from the being rejected and then losing John for good. That would have pushed anyone to the edge. I thank Cynthia for raising him to be strong, kind and compassionate. He always was as a young man and will always be because of her.
yes thats very true but step parents dont care they dont have the same love and connection as there own but i totaly agree with you its wrong to abuse a child like that i love julian he seems a great guy god bless him.
Right? I mean first of all, who in the world would want to date someone who is currently married with a young child! And I'd never want a guy to put me before his own children!
Or she shouldn't have stopped John from seeing Cynthia and Julian. But you have a good smile and preach peace most people will think you're good, shit judge of character most people, I tell you.
Growing up I always adored the Beatles. Couldn't decide who I loved more Paul McCartney or John Lennon. It's hard to turn our backs on the idols and heroes of our youth. People can be so ignorant. I remember what it was like when John Lennon died. The public outpouring of grief. The last hope that you would ever see the Beatles together again one last time. When I read Cynthia Lennon's book about her beloved husband, I cried more than once. My illusions were all smashed. Julian is only human like the rest of us but I admire his strength. His mother must've been an amazing woman indeed to have done such a wonderful job, raising such a kind and thoughtful son. It's easy to sing songs about love and helping the world and a lot harder to actually get it done. Julians work with the White feather foundation has helped more people than his father ever did. I find the word "Imagine" is more suited to his persona. Keep up the awesome work Julian! I don't have to say RIP Christina, because I'm sure she is. God Bless
i feel you. i was introduced to the beatles at age 10 in 2007 thanks to my music teacher who grew with them. i truly thought john lennon was a hero. it was all lies. this is what happens when you take celebrities as role models.
@@sharmisthachakraborty287 It's easy to judge, try to think of where John is coming from and everything that had happened in his life. Everyone he'd lost. Trauma since a very young age. Anger issues can be a natural consequence of traumatic life events. It sure hadn't been easy for him either.
@@LaMYsteriosa87what does a child to deserve the neglect and abuse due to that ? He was a grown man and he failed his child simple as , if he weren’t a legend you wouldn’t defend his actions , I love the Beatles but please don’t excuse disgusting behaviour for music
What an honest introspective from Julian Lennon..... wonderful, brilliant, sensitive guy...!! Thanks for your candor. 'An honor to see inside your personal window. Thanks for inviting us all..
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So much respect for Julian. I think he's done remarkably well considering he not only had a distant and disinterested father, who pointedly showed he preferred his younger half brother, but Julian has also had to grow up in his father's shadow. Being in the music business himself, this can't have been easy. Add to that, as he says here, people continually telling him how much they loved John....., poor guy.
That must be such a hard thing to deal with, people coming up to you and saying ‘we loved your father, he was a great man’ when they just knew him as the icon, whereas Julian knew the real man, who treated him appallingly. Never trust the mystique of celebrity. It often makes us think they’re all good because they’re successful.
one thing that makes me uncomfortable with john is how he's all for peace and love but was manipulative, crude and overall a horrible person to his family and friends. :( i'm a huge beatles fan but john is such a hypocrite that it makes me feel sick... julian seems like such a sweet man and it's a shame that his mother died last year.
YES THERE WERE TIMES WHEN JOHN DID ACT UNKINDLY TOWARDS THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE CLOSEST TO HIM, WOULD lLIKE TO BELIEVE THAT HAD HE LIVED HE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT UP TO JULIAN FOR THOSE LOST YEARS. ALSO LOSDING HIS MOTHER, HJIS UNCLE GEORGE AND FRIEND STUART SUTCLIFFE IN QUITE A SHORTSPACE OF TIME. ITS THANKS TO THAT MURDERING B-----D THT HE WASNT ABLE TO6
He made mistakes he fought his friends like we all do he’s not a hypocrite because he changed as he got older that’s why he was about peace and love because he realized his mistakes with Julian he probably felt years later he doesn’t need me
Truly a wise and amazing person to be able to speak so honestly about his extremely difficult and public relationship with his dad. Sadly his dad wrote so many songs with deep lyrics but couldn't get it "right" with Julian. So very sad.
Being a father for your son is the bare minimum. He was the world's shittiest father because he wasn't even there past 3. Paul fucking McCartney did more for Jules than John.
arnold ziffel Yeah, he was a terrible father to him. In his last interview he said that Julian came from a bottle of whiskey, that he wasn't a planned child. But Sean was.
Never will understand how any person, man or woman could ever leave a child... never visit .. poor guy, but......BUT he looks the most like his Dad and he is very talented musically.... to not be around him, he still got his voice and his mannerisms, which were very sexy to me... i understand where he is coming from, when he says he has no respect for his father... his father, John missed out. Yoko, was grosso
very nice man...his sensitivity shows a lot. I can imagine, he and Mum were left behind and almost forgotten. It was all very wrong and that is hard to forget. But, I like Julian, and in the end of the interview, I hope he finds true love and have a family of his own. He's got a lot of love to give to a lucky woman and child.
1 Pill555 Sean is SOOOO HAIRY nowadays! And still wearing the same granny glasses like John did. He always tries so hard to look and be like John, but he comes off just plain ugly. If he would get rid of the facial hair, he’d be more attractive IMO. In his younger years he looked like an “ Oriental John Lennon” (Yoko’s words, not mine - look up interviews done circa 1983-84). Could be again if he would SHAVE, possibly.✌️
This scene is from the movie Pop and Me in which feature a father and one of his sons travels around world. The son decided to interview father and sons where ever they meet. One my favorite documentaries.
I miss him i miss him i miss julian i miss you and i loved hes concert in miami fla.i cry so much for julian lennon about when his dad wasn't around.julian so right in this interview.dont worry julian i love you sooo much and always will 4ever.
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I can totally relate to Julian. My Dad did the same to me and my Mom!! My Mom cleaned people's houses to put food on the table, eventually got hired on with the school district. I can understand the anger he has all to well!!
Julian will never get over the scars of his childhood.He can forgive his father a million times and it will not make any difference.I grew up with a shitty abusive father and it just never goes away,that feeling of being cheated out of something that every kid should have.There is rarely a day that goes by that I don't think about it or that something doesn't reminds me of it.I admire John as an artist and as an intellect but is track record as a father is very disappointing .
Why would you say he didn't get over the scars of his childhood? If you believe that then you haven't been paying attention. In this piece he reveals what he went through and moreover has no problem discussing it without even the slightest hint of anger. Of course someone never forgets any past pain or trauma but along with the other successes he's had in his life it would be more reasonable to think that he's "gotten over" all that in his past.
Eyeswideopen 111 no it doesn't my father was jealous and I was physically and verbally abused till over 20. I studied, travelled my father is dead . He never acknowled his brutality . So it stayed inside me .
I'm not sure why i am so drawn to this video. Watched it about five times. Maybe because it's so refreshing and moving to see such unfiltered honesty. Julian must have had to put up with some awful things in his life. Can you imagine that your dad is this extremely well loved & famous public figure yet not only is he on the other side of the Atlantic, but you barely know him 'and' you're having to put up with bullying & going everywhere knowing that people are looking at you saying to themselves 'oh my god, that's John Lennon's son'! The fact that he grew up to be a no-bullshit gentle person is a tribute to his mum and himself. I suspect that he had/has a certain amount of depression which likely kept him grounded too. Another reason i'm drawn to this video i think is i had a similar thing with my mum, emotional bullying and how it affects you into adult life. It hangs around like a bad smell. I met Julian a number of years ago when he did an in-store appearance thing for Photograph Smile and he was just a real person. No entourage, no faking anything, just no bullshit. I can't say that i am that familiar with his music but i'll always be a fan of the man.
Julian's always come across as a good guy; the sadness is that John just appeared to be moving into a happier and more mature and accepting phase of his life when he was shot. I'm sure some of the major problems his behaviour had caused Julian would have been resolved - John wasn't stupid or without a conscience and he would have known exactly how much pain and damage he'd caused, purely because his upbringing had done the same to him. I hope Julian has a wonderful life, and even though I'm a huge Lennon fan I have no trouble whatsoever in accepting Julian's viewpoint..... John knew he was flawed; just listen to some of the lyrics. The interview was very indicative of Julian's giving and classy nature.
Yes I agree...having read all the Lennon personal history...very sad indeed...not only for Julian ...but for John aswell. It has been written John was going to make it all up to Julian by going back to England for awhile just before be died...sadly that wasn't to be. As for Cynthia what a wonderful woman she was in raising Julian the correct way. Julian ..what gentleman ...and a courages spirit in forgiving his father. R.I.P Cynthia....and John.
Piatequila I dunno. My relationship with my father has been similar to Julian’s, with the difference being that mine is still alive. And if he chose to put in the effort to try to make up for it, he definitely could. I’m not holding my breath, but the opportunity is there. The tragedy is that Julian can no longer even hope for that.
nobody deserves to have gone through what he went through. Thank you, our beautiful Cynthia, for raising such a wonderful, warm man and may God bless you, Julian!
***** i see alot of Cynthia in him too, especialy around the mouth. but evrything else is John, eyes, nose, body shape. Sean looks alot like John too, but in a differant way it seems
Julian comes across as so loving & warm in all his interviews. He is such a genuinely nice person. Cynthia did well bringing him up as his life couldn'tve been easy!!
Linda T, it shows you didn't have that absent father growing up. You don't know how it hurts and Julian has ALL the rights in the world to express what he thinks. A million times if he wants too.
As the child, he earned the right to say that, no? He was in a different position than his mom was. He also was upset because of the way his mother was treated, so perhaps was kind of speaking on her behalf as well.
I truly admire Julian’s honest - to - goodness opinions and decisions about his father , his legacy , fame, and so forth. Very well said and spoken with a true and clear mind and heart, very intelligent human being ( 1 st Baby Beatle).Julian you are truly blessed and loved!
For all intenses and purposes, what fucking issue you expect Julian has to face with every single interview? Uncanny appearence and voice aside, I find him remarkably open and honest.
Well after seeing this I've lost respect for John I've been a fan all my life. My dad was a monster too.i get it your name julian is so beautiful.ill say I love you & proud of you.be proud of you.keep singing looking forward to hear more
After seeing this, I’ve lost respect for Julian. John set up a trust account for Julian, at the sum of about £100,000 a week if I’m not mistaken. Numerous photos all over the internet of John with Julian all through his childhood, even photos of Julian with a baby Sean Lennon at the Dakota Apartments with John and Yoko also photographed with him. A young Julian in photos out and about in New York with Yoko’s relatives. Photos of a young Julian being given a sweet 16 birthday party in New York, as well as the nice motorbike John bought him as a gift. Handwritten letters from John in the height of his fame with the Beatles sincerely apologizing for not being home (because he was working hard to make his money for his little family), and asking Cynthia to please tell Julian his father loves him. And the list goes on. The whole my father was never a part of my life is a fib. Photos and videos don’t lie.
Paul said that he loved Julian and tried to make it up to him. There is countless postcards that Julian talks about in other interviews. Then it shows them. There is also some songs that the Beatles sung that John wrote for Julian. Guys you have to think about John;s past. His father beat his mother until he was 4 when they split. He then lived with his aunt for years. His mom barely got to see him. Then when he was 18 he saw his mom get hit by a car. He was trying to become the man that he showed off in the news before he died. I am sure by then he knew he had fucked up with Julian and so he tried to make it better with Yoko and Sean. Actually that is exactly what he tried according to many. This was a ludicrous way I admit to somewhat give up on Julian to try to make it better with Sean. Paul Mccartney said that John was a hard man but hid it on camera with his "unnerving wit." He stood for peace and tried to give it to the world but John was always fighting a battle on the inside. In the videos he is always looking off into the distance and thinking and he was still playing the music. He was a man with a lot built up inside. Respect what he stood for. PEACE
A genuine and wonderful person, despite having suffered so much. I really wish John could hear this interview and realize how much he deprived him of in terms of love and support. And yet he grew up to be graceful and classy, just like his mother.
Julian is so well balanced. His mother deserves a world of credit. She raised him to be his own man, beyond the B.S., yet fostered his natural musical talent. I wanted to hug him too! =)
What a gentleman, Julian... spilling his heart without a tear. But I know he cried a lot. A man defines himself by his blood and his children. If you abandon your children, you will pay the price. Sadly, John did.
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McCrtney wrote many beautiful songs, and him and Lennon had an agreement to share 50 percent....hence, McCartney lennon or reversed...didn't matter, Paul has stated, he did not like yoko sitting on his amp when there were chairs...LOL...he hated her and still does....
John and Yoko preached love and peace and forgiveness; Julian actually did it. He is clearly a warm, compassionate man - and I think that is because of his mother, not his father. Cynthia's book "John" is the best book I have read about the Beatles - and it sure opened my eyes about a lot.
John awknowledged all the wrong he did to his son Julian and wife Cynthia. He said it is the violent people who learn that love and peace is the way and he changed to become a better man and began to renew his relationship w Julian. John was just a man. People put others on pedistals but John was a down to earth guy who was broken through his own life. He repeated the cycle of disfunction that he grew up in but once he realized this, he had courage and strength to admit it and he did make changes. His mean spirit came from his own lack of self esteem when he was young and he carried inside for many years before coming to terms w it and being able to help himself. Being aware of your problem is the first step. I am sure had Zkohn lived, he and Julian would have developed a much deeper happier relationship as that was starting to be the path they were taking at the end. Julian as he matured came to peace with it all. Julian is the best most decent human being. He could have destroyed his father s image but clearly he loved him to the end as did Cynthia.
julian such a nice human being, I believe, John would be fascinated with his boy, he would probably return back to Europe and lived close to his family and friends, and his band, Julian is the best part of his mind, body and soul. We all love Julian, reminds us the best years of The Beatles, that little boy had been an inspiration to Paul and the Beatles, playing quietly among them, taking part to some of their vacatios and travels, any kind like that is giving hope and positive inspiration.Love u Julian Lennon, thank you so much.
Wow, talk about grace and maturity, and honesty, coming from Julian Lennon. On top of his self-described experience, *imagine* having Yoko for a step-mom😳
I had the exact same experience with my mother growing up hating when I was enjoying myself and smiling . I got dirty looks from her and it does effect you for life. Julian couldn't figure it out why his father was like that. Well, I know why. She resented me, and hated when I was happy. I feel so sad for him. But he turned out to be a wonderful human being, and it's to bad his father didn't live to see that, and the difference between him and Sean. Sean grew up being spoiled rotten and just look at the difference in the two.
Leaon, To this very day I have trouble laughing and smiling. All through my childhood and as a teenager and adult she would rip from my face any laughter or happiness I was experiencing. Even after I was out on my own for years she didn't like to see me happy and have nice things in my life. I would have to hear how terrible her life was. For a very long time, I could not stand being around my mother, I had such hate in my heart for her and could not stand to look at her face.I would feel such anger boiling up inside me and resented having her in my house. I would see that same look in her eyes and feel such rage welling up inside me. It wasn't until years later I told her all about how cruel she was to me and how she would always cast me dirty looks all my life and how much that affected me so negatively. It wasn't until she apologized sincerely to me, is when I could start healing and forgave her, but it took a long, long time with the help of therapy, I could now say today, I love her and enjoy talking to her and have forgiven her but it was a very long process. I hope it's better with your mother today. All my best to you
For someone who lost his parents early in life, one would expect that John would have treated his own kids a whole lot better.
+Jimmy C
True that.
+Jimmy C - Doesn't seem to work like that. If you've never been taught to be a parent, via a role model - then how do you know how to do it? John Lennon really had no frame of reference. His mother was in and out of his life - his Dad, absent. Having said that - some people with such childhoods manage to do it instinctively. Many don't though...
+aerialkate I think you've hit the nail on the head--and Julian here (at age thirty-six) is clearly afraid he'd be the same way. As it happened, now at age fifty-three he has still never married and has no children. While it's still biologically possible he might do this, statistically at this point the chances are vanishingly small. (Men do sometimes marry and father children later in life, but, statistically speaking, most of these men have been married before and have fathered children before.)
Herbert Wells
Well....none that we know of! I think he was a bit of a party lad in his day. I've heard him say that about himself in a couple of interviews anyway; but he's kind of coy about it, didn't call himself a hellraiser or anything. Perhaps you're right though and he was subconsciously scared of screwing it up.
Wasn't this a great interview though? So candid and kind of moving. Fascinating stuff.
So true! Sometimes history repeats itself.
Jules is a gentleman. I met him with my wife in a bar in palma nova. He bought us a couple of bottles of champagne !! for our wedding anniversary
He talked about keeping good family values and wished us well . he is a genuine good guy .If you read this Jule's thank you for that night we were worse for wear didn't have time to say thank you Paul and Bron x
you are welcome
Hey, it's me, Julian.
No problem my friend. By the way have you got that tenna I lent you.
Hmmm three Julian's
@@shirajonathan6990 Three scum bags.
John missed out on raising a wonderful son. Love Julian.
Maybe that's why Julian is such a wonderful man?
julian has a wonderfully soothing voice. bless his heart and soul.
It must suck to have everyone telling you how much they love your father when your father never loved you, so I can understand how he feels. That's too bad because he seems like a nice guy. It is ironic because John sang so much about love and yet he wasn't there to love his own son. Yoko also had a child that she didn't know growing up.
Yoko's ex husband kept her daughter, Kyoko, away from her. I feel she was being selfish. If she couldn't ever see her daughter, then John wouldn't have contact with Julian. What piece of shit human being would do such a thing? I will never respect her for what she did. As much as I love John and his music, I just want to scream at him for not growing a pair and be there for his son and telling Yoko to fuck off about it.
I'm certain somewhere in the great beyond, John is sorry for being, in his words, a "thoughtless bastard". Their father/son story is truly tragic and heartbreaking and I have nothing but empathy for Julian.
I have always said, Yoko Ono is/was one of John Lennon's biggest protests ever to prove how much people can hate someone just by looking at them. Just another part of his genius that unfortunately he had to live with.
@@joellebrodeur1015 I can relate to Julian so much even though mine's a father/daughter relationship (obviously) It leaves me Angry/Sad🙁
Julian and Kyoko sameness
This man is a 1000 times the man his father was. I have always believed this.
I guess
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Julian deserved so much better
@@TheMrDan-ys4to
I completely agree
Do you mean " his father wasn't "? His father did nothing for him !!
cynthia has done a great job bringing julian up she is such a lovely lady!
Baloney. She rushed into marriage with an Italian gigolo who bilked her out of divorce money. Dumb and needy
Yes, sounds like she was lovely and a good mother. Julian obviously took after his mother, a decent person, forgiving and not bitter...John may not have been ready for children but he could have been there for Julian later on atleast..
All John Lennon fans should listen to this,like myself, a real eye opener.
We don't need to talk about the music, but I think John was a difficult and uncomfortable character. Not easy to deal with.
I'm a casual Beatles listener, but John's decision to leave from his first marriage was his biggest mistake in his life.
I love John. This doesn’t change anything for me. I’ve seen tons of photos and videos of John with Julian all through Julian’s childhood. Seen Julian spending his 16th birthday with John, John buying Julian a nice dirt bike for his birthday. Seen photos of Julian with a baby Sean Lennon at the Dakota Apartments with Yoko and John there. So even though I can’t figure out what Julian’s talking about only seeing his father a handful of times in his childhood, I will always love John Lennon and his music.
@@MeeMee-gz5vp Notice how you’ve just described events that happened when Sean was born. Meaning you’ve just proven Julian’s point that he only started seeing John again around 1975 on occasion when he was 12/13. You are disregarding the years of neglect that came before that. I love the man’s music but as a person, not so much.
@@mysteriousmrocd8384 Julian is saying he didn’t see his father much at all during his childhood, which is a lie. That was the point I was making. And the times that I’ve mentioned may coincidentally pertain to after Sean was born, but that’s not the full list. There’s a video of John, Yoko and Julian (a happy Julian I might add) at John’s house going for a boat ride when John lived in England.
What Julian is not being honest about is that he had a severe drug/alcohol addiction, and that’s why he wasn’t awarded a large sum of money from John’s estate. Sounds to me like someone was looking out for his best interest, knowing if Julian got his hands on a lot of money to burn, he probably would have overdosed or drank himself to death. Just my two cents.
I think that hug was something he needed for a while. And for him to go on with it was great and he didn’t care. Good on the interviewers for listening and comforting Julian.
Julian says that for years he didnt laugh or smile.Well according to Cynthias book that was Johns fault for when Julian laughed at some Mickey Mouse pancakes ,John yelled at him and said he didnt want to hear that fucking ugly laugh again.So much for the man of peace and love.
Ron Slack Im so glad he has turned into yhe man Cynthia rased.
Wow, this breaks my heart even now. Julian is such a sweetheart and didn't deserve being treated like that. No kid should experience that.
John was a whack and an asshole even to his bandmates.
@@zackzallie8735 First of all you don’t know that you’ve never met him and second he wasn’t an asshole he got mad sometimes but that’s he believes in love and peace
@@Arwen1964 You never know John could’ve had a headache that day and was stressed and didn’t want to hear anything loud
He seems like such a grounded and intelligent guy, it's a shame his father didn't give him the respect he deserves. I never knew my real father. My step-father would yell at me when I was a child, called worthless, stupid and so on. It does take a toll and it does scare you off being a parent. Julian seems very well-rounded for a guy who had to deal with that stuff.
My step father would abuse me,but fuck it,we don't have to chose to let it bother us,those things don't bother me.
Wow. Julian has guts. Good on him for speaking out.
+Christian Freud Good on him! For speaking the truth, John sang about peace and love sadly there was little shared with his family. Johnwas screwed up with fame, drugs, etc.
No, were not all equally flawed, there are people who are extremely more/less flawed than others.
Which song is that? and I'm not on any side here I was just giving my opinion on humans in general - some are more flawed than others, I'm not looking for confirmation that some dead man was good or bad - he's dead, its done - I love The Beatles but why should I care about their inner demons and personal lives when I can listen to their amazing music. I'm here because I also admire Julian Lennon, don't insult me.
He abandoned Julian, which is nothing short of criminal. He treated his son like something that the cat dragged in, hence he was a piss-poor father, at best. He was an all-time great musician, and an extremely selfish and inconsiderate person. Cynthia was an adult, and she could fend for herself. Julian was a kid that needed his father (emotionally and financially) and he essentially got nothing from him, right up until the day that Lennon died when he left Julian with hardly a pittance of his overall estate. Finally, "Jealous Guy" was not written about Cynthia. The origins of the song were written while he was in India with Cynthia in early 1968 as "Child of Nature", but it was not written for Cynthia. In fact, when he rewrote the song and released it several years later in 1971, it was rewritten for Yoko, not Cynthia.
@@arricammarques1955 ....John was also deserted by his dad at a young age!
Boy he's gotta carry that weight his whole life
Savage
so that song was a roast to jules? 😟
@@buti nah , it was just used as a pun in this comment
Julian - what a gentle and caring man..very like his mother, good job, Cynthia, RIP.
Julian seems like a better man than Sean.....very gentle soul
+Angelina Richards
Sean is a whiny bitch -- check out any of his interviews.
kewkabe thanks
That's down to his Mum; Cynthia was never a confrontational or self-promoting person - a gentle and loving wife and mother who did her very best in exceptional and difficult circumstances. Julian was justifiably very close to her and it's easy to see why he dislikes Yoko so much - not only did she mess up his life but she helped to break his mother's heart and continued to make her life very unpleasant. There is nothing good to say about Yoko.
Quite right.
Cynthia was John's soul mate basically.. and like many of them we tend to ostracize ourselves from them sadly.. John and Paul I suspect were under some kind of mind control .. look into the Tavistock Institute. Also Paul is a sort of closet Thelemite. He drops clues about it though.
Lesson for other fathers! Take care of your children!
Cynthia should be proud that she raised such a sweet, compassionate and intelligent man.
All that "Love & Peace" mantra, yet he's left his own son feeling like this..? The hypocrisy in people never ceases to amaze me...
People are dadgum MEATHEADS. Thank God that Julian is a level headed gentleman. ❤
Good god he changed then he was about peace and love stupid
@Ken Fullman Actually you’re the one who’s wrong John realized the mistakes he made, and wanted to be about Love and Peace and you’re also wrong about him being manipulative because there’s no stories or anything about him being manipulative, a hypocrite is someone who’s doing something their against while at the same time doing it and he didn’t do that he changed as a person also if you watched any interviews with Julian you’d know that Julian said he and John’s relationship was getting better and he was happier but you don’t know that so there’s no point in discussing this 😂
@Ken Fullman He was 5 when they divorced so get your facts straight
i love Julian's honesty and strength!
Amen!
What a lovely, sound, noble and down to earth man.
absolutely. No denying that.
This is why I feel kind of uncomfortable being a John Lennon fan. I love his music and his quotes, but I can't deny that he did some horrible things. It became even more uncomfortable after I found out a friend of mine has an abusive father, and she's told me about the kind of affects that it's had on her life. If you were to look at John's interviews and listen to his music without knowing these things, you would never have thought. I'm wishing the best for Julian, and my friend, and everyone else who had to grow up like that.
John got better he tried knowing nothing about parenthood
I feel you on that. I was only 21 when my first son was born, and I loved him and took care of him immediately. It had to be insane with the Beatles fame, but still....still, I love John
@@FNAFEDITS171 Julian doesn’t blame him in the early years because he couldn’t be home all the time when you’re touring around the world since he wasn’t given love at all and abandoned by both parents how could you expect John to know what fatherhood is like?
It's normal to feel conflicted about your idols. At the end of the day, they are only human. If you can acknowledge their work and their flaws, good on you, but if you can't, that's also ok.
One of my favorite songs of all time is "Too late for goodbyes" what a wonderful person Julian turned out to be despite the way things went early in life for him
Julian Lennon may look like john Lennon but Julian Lennon probably have his mother ways of thinking and which it is a good thing
Maybe he wouldn't have turned out as great as he is if John had played a bigger role in raising him.
He looks nothing like John Lennon. Neither of the Lennon sons really do.
You're kidding right??? hum....hope someone picks out your clothes for you...................:-)
@@ComedyLoverGirl They both look a lot like their dad, what are you talking about? Julian is also basically John's spitting image.
Joanna Edwards he looks more like his mum, especially the eyes
My boyfriend and I went to see Paul McCartney in concert about 10 years ago. A lifelong dream for me since "Band On The Run" came out when I was in 8th grade. McCartney told many stories about his songs, what influenced each one, who the song was really about, etc. When it came to "Hey Jude", Paul told us a story that had just about 30,000 people in tears. "Jude" was Paul's nickname for Julian. Then Paul began singing the song. Wow! The entire arena joined in, in unison. It was very moving as we all joined together for the love of Julian. McCartney is a deeply heartfelt man, a neat dude, a bitchen' dude, and a really funny dude. I already dug Julian. And for his unrelenting strength in having to be who he is, while the world adored his father. I was a child of divorce and it was painful, still is. But it wasn't under a microscope forever. Yikes, the shame, humiliation, sadness. It's amazing that Julian endured all of that. I'm stoked beyond comprehension!
As a youngster when I first discovered the Beatles, Lennon was my idle, as I got older and read more about him I realised what I prat he was. True a genius and a genuine talent. But a prat... to spend so much of his life whinging and whining about how awful his childhood was, and how his Father didn't care, and pissed off when he was small (all of which is debateable if you read Lewisohns Tune In book) but he then procceded to do EXACTLY the same thing to his own son !!! What an asshole? Difference is that rather than spend his life bleating about it like John did, Julian seems utterly grounded, thank god he had his Mum as his steady influence..... Perhaps he was better off "without" his father
Yes well lots of people love you when you're a god that you can't possibly live up to, and then everyone pisses on you when they discover you're just human. Lennon didn't create the religion that wnt on around him. He DID bank on it, and use it to one ideological end or another, and I don't blame him for that one bit. Resources are rare, clout is rarest of all. But everyone shits on him while they're fucking up their own lives. It's fucked up. I'm not defending the fucked up things he did so much as admonishingthose who basically only hate on him because he was famous. SHIT tons of people are like JOhn Lennon. He just wasn't THAT special. They don't get shit on though. They certainly don't have entire GENERATIONS of people, who have absolutely nothing to do with what went on in the 60s 70s and 80s passing endless judgement on them. No one can perform under those circumstances, as an artist or as a human being. Not one of us measures up to the myth we forced on John Lennon and the rest of the beatles.
How would you feel if ur parents dumped you
John didn't know how to be a father because his dad never showed that to him
*idol
Cynthia certainly always comes across as a very thoughtful lady. I think she did her best for Jules. John Lennon was a dick, and as much as I loved his music, as I get older, I find myself listening to Paul's stuff most often. Paul had a greater talent for melody.
I've always wondered if John saw how much Julian was like him and abandoned his mother and ignored him so that Julian would have the same experience growing up as he did, and maybe, turn out the same.
It's an absurd hypothesis I know.
Julian seems a nice Guy:-)
I really like julian,i think he had a raw deal .John could have behaved better.
@Eduardo G. You hit on the truth. On top of that, Yoko not only manipulated John, but she played on his insecurities hence why he couldn't be emotionally and mentally present.
I've been a fan of Jules since age 8 when Valotte came out and for someone who has had his heart broken by his own dad, he really has dug deep to not let the bitterness break his spirit. He could have easily ended his own life from the being rejected and then losing John for good. That would have pushed anyone to the edge. I thank Cynthia for raising him to be strong, kind and compassionate. He always was as a young man and will always be because of her.
If yoko was such a good woman, she would never had let John verbally abuse Julian!
joseph weaver apparently John was just as abusive to yoko. Don’t know if it’s true though, might want to look into it though
yes thats very true but step parents dont care they dont have the same love and connection as there own but i totaly agree with you its wrong to abuse a child like that i love julian he seems a great guy god bless him.
Right? I mean first of all, who in the world would want to date someone who is currently married with a young child! And I'd never want a guy to put me before his own children!
Or she shouldn't have stopped John from seeing Cynthia and Julian. But you have a good smile and preach peace most people will think you're good, shit judge of character most people, I tell you.
Tbf maybe she wasn't there to witness it.
Growing up I always adored the Beatles. Couldn't decide who I loved more Paul McCartney or John Lennon. It's hard to turn our backs on the idols and heroes of our youth. People can be so ignorant. I remember what it was like when John Lennon died. The public outpouring of grief. The last hope that you would ever see the Beatles together again one last time. When I read Cynthia Lennon's book about her beloved husband, I cried more than once. My illusions were all smashed. Julian is only human like the rest of us but I admire his strength. His mother must've been an amazing woman indeed to have done such a wonderful job, raising such a kind and thoughtful son. It's easy to sing songs about love and helping the world and a lot harder to actually get it done. Julians work with the White feather foundation has helped more people than his father ever did. I find the word "Imagine" is more suited to his persona. Keep up the awesome work Julian! I don't have to say RIP Christina, because I'm sure she is. God Bless
i feel you. i was introduced to the beatles at age 10 in 2007 thanks to my music teacher who grew with them. i truly thought john lennon was a hero. it was all lies. this is what happens when you take celebrities as role models.
@@iman-2880 i always loved paul more, he is a much better person
@@sharmisthachakraborty287 It's easy to judge, try to think of where John is coming from and everything that had happened in his life. Everyone he'd lost. Trauma since a very young age. Anger issues can be a natural consequence of traumatic life events. It sure hadn't been easy for him either.
@@LaMYsteriosa87what does a child to deserve the neglect and abuse due to that ? He was a grown man and he failed his child simple as , if he weren’t a legend you wouldn’t defend his actions , I love the Beatles but please don’t excuse disgusting behaviour for music
What an honest introspective from Julian Lennon..... wonderful, brilliant, sensitive guy...!!
Thanks for your candor. 'An honor to see inside your personal window. Thanks for inviting us all..
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So much respect for Julian. I think he's done remarkably well considering he not only had a distant and disinterested father, who pointedly showed he preferred his younger half brother, but Julian has also had to grow up in his father's shadow. Being in the music business himself, this can't have been easy. Add to that, as he says here, people continually telling him how much they loved John....., poor guy.
That must be such a hard thing to deal with, people coming up to you and saying ‘we loved your father, he was a great man’ when they just knew him as the icon, whereas Julian knew the real man, who treated him appallingly. Never trust the mystique of celebrity. It often makes us think they’re all good because they’re successful.
Julian is a Great loving human being , so down to Earth , that hug was like if it was me hugging him. God bless him.
What about that slap in the bicep? :P
one thing that makes me uncomfortable with john is how he's all for peace and love but was manipulative, crude and overall a horrible person to his family and friends. :( i'm a huge beatles fan but john is such a hypocrite that it makes me feel sick...
julian seems like such a sweet man and it's a shame that his mother died last year.
YES THERE WERE TIMES WHEN JOHN DID ACT UNKINDLY TOWARDS THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE CLOSEST TO HIM, WOULD lLIKE TO BELIEVE THAT HAD HE LIVED HE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO MAKE IT UP TO JULIAN FOR THOSE LOST YEARS. ALSO LOSDING HIS MOTHER, HJIS UNCLE GEORGE AND FRIEND STUART SUTCLIFFE IN QUITE A SHORTSPACE OF TIME. ITS THANKS TO THAT MURDERING B-----D THT HE WASNT ABLE TO6
He made mistakes he fought his friends like we all do he’s not a hypocrite because he changed as he got older that’s why he was about peace and love because he realized his mistakes with Julian he probably felt years later he doesn’t need me
@Materazi Islam Um okay
@Materazi Islam 🤨
Truly a wise and amazing person to be able to speak so honestly about his extremely difficult and public relationship with his dad. Sadly his dad wrote so many songs with deep lyrics but couldn't get it "right" with Julian. So very sad.
Such emotional intelligence, so much talent, a remarkable man. I have a lot of admiration for this man.
While it's commendable for John to be a father to Sean, he ignored his oldest son. But Julian seems a very grounded and level headed guy.
Being a father for your son is the bare minimum. He was the world's shittiest father because he wasn't even there past 3. Paul fucking McCartney did more for Jules than John.
Yea he totally just ignored his own son while giving all his attention to yoko and her child !
Her child was also his child.
True..But he totally aleinated Julian !Which was one his son too !
arnold ziffel Yeah, he was a terrible father to him. In his last interview he said that Julian came from a bottle of whiskey, that he wasn't a planned child. But Sean was.
arnold ziffel story of my life with my dad..
Julian is a great and cool guy without bitterness in his heart!
All kids are a gift from God, they dont ask to be born so treat em right - thumbs down for bad dads
humans are created from a chemical biological reaction. that's like saying all the craps we take is a gift from god
Ira Divad a gift?😂 how exactly? Shitting, pissing, screaming, crying😂😂😂
They do ask to be born. We chose our parents. It's karma passed on from another life time.
Never will understand how any person, man or woman could ever leave a child... never visit .. poor guy, but......BUT he looks the most like his Dad and he is very talented musically.... to not be around him, he still got his voice and his mannerisms, which were very sexy to me... i understand where he is coming from, when he says he has no respect for his father... his father, John missed out. Yoko, was grosso
very nice man...his sensitivity shows a lot. I can imagine, he and Mum were left behind and almost forgotten. It was all very wrong and that is hard to forget. But, I like Julian, and in the end of the interview, I hope he finds true love and have a family of his own. He's got a lot of love to give to a lucky woman and child.
🖤😔
He’s so humble. It’s quite sad how his own father treated him & I’m a massive fan of his.
Julian Lenon is a well bred/very soft soft spoken handsome young man
sorry to say unlike Sean yoko
1 Pill555 Sean is SOOOO HAIRY nowadays! And still wearing the same granny glasses like John did. He always tries so hard to look and be like John, but he comes off just plain ugly. If he would get rid of the facial hair, he’d be more attractive IMO. In his younger years he looked like an “ Oriental John Lennon” (Yoko’s words, not mine - look up interviews done circa 1983-84). Could be again if he would SHAVE, possibly.✌️
@@SusanCSmith-ik3jy I do like beards on guys (I'm a bisexual male), but yeah, Sean often goes too far with it...
1 Pill555 *Sean Ono Lennon
If you want a more in depth view on his childhood, you must read Cynthia Lennon's Book. Excellent read people.
Julian is so cool. So open. I love this video. My heart goes out to him.
the "hug"... OMG! Poor child/man... you go, Julian! sweet person
This scene is from the movie Pop and Me in which feature a father and one of his sons travels around world. The son decided to interview father and sons where ever they meet. One my favorite documentaries.
I miss him i miss him i miss julian i miss you and i loved hes concert in miami fla.i cry so much for julian lennon about when his dad wasn't around.julian so right in this interview.dont worry julian i love you sooo much and always will 4ever.
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I can totally relate to Julian. My Dad did the same to me and my Mom!! My Mom cleaned people's houses to put food on the table, eventually got hired on with the school district. I can understand the anger he has all to well!!
Julian will never get over the scars of his childhood.He can forgive his father a million times and it will not make any difference.I grew up with a shitty abusive father and it just never goes away,that feeling of being cheated out of something that every kid should have.There is rarely a day that goes by that I don't think about it or that something doesn't reminds me of it.I admire John as an artist and as an intellect but is track record as a father is very disappointing .
wish you the best buddy!
Why would you say he didn't get over the scars of his childhood? If you believe that then you haven't been paying attention.
In this piece he reveals what he went through and moreover has no problem discussing it without even the slightest hint of anger. Of course someone never forgets any past pain or trauma but along with the other successes he's had in his life it would be more reasonable to think that he's "gotten over" all that in his past.
Some shit in your life you never get over,some hide it better than others but it is always under the surface no matter how successful you become.
Eyeswideopen 111 no it doesn't my father was jealous and I was physically and verbally abused till over 20. I studied, travelled my father is dead . He never acknowled his brutality . So it stayed inside me .
Look up Gabor Maté.
I'm not sure why i am so drawn to this video. Watched it about five times. Maybe because it's so refreshing and moving to see such unfiltered honesty. Julian must have had to put up with some awful things in his life. Can you imagine that your dad is this extremely well loved & famous public figure yet not only is he on the other side of the Atlantic, but you barely know him 'and' you're having to put up with bullying & going everywhere knowing that people are looking at you saying to themselves 'oh my god, that's John Lennon's son'! The fact that he grew up to be a no-bullshit gentle person is a tribute to his mum and himself. I suspect that he had/has a certain amount of depression which likely kept him grounded too. Another reason i'm drawn to this video i think is i had a similar thing with my mum, emotional bullying and how it affects you into adult life. It hangs around like a bad smell. I met Julian a number of years ago when he did an in-store appearance thing for Photograph Smile and he was just a real person. No entourage, no faking anything, just no bullshit. I can't say that i am that familiar with his music but i'll always be a fan of the man.
An amazing young man truth honest caring wish I could give him a hug his mother beautiful lady.
Julian's always come across as a good guy; the sadness is that John just appeared to be moving into a happier and more mature and accepting phase of his life when he was shot. I'm sure some of the major problems his behaviour had caused Julian would have been resolved - John wasn't stupid or without a conscience and he would have known exactly how much pain and damage he'd caused, purely because his upbringing had done the same to him. I hope Julian has a wonderful life, and even though I'm a huge Lennon fan I have no trouble whatsoever in accepting Julian's viewpoint..... John knew he was flawed; just listen to some of the lyrics. The interview was very indicative of Julian's giving and classy nature.
Yes I agree...having read all the Lennon personal history...very sad indeed...not only for Julian ...but for John aswell. It has been written John was going to make it all up to Julian by going back to England for awhile just before be died...sadly that wasn't to be. As for Cynthia what a wonderful woman she was in raising Julian the correct way. Julian ..what gentleman ...and a courages spirit in forgiving his father. R.I.P Cynthia....and John.
Piatequila I dunno. My relationship with my father has been similar to Julian’s, with the difference being that mine is still alive. And if he chose to put in the effort to try to make up for it, he definitely could. I’m not holding my breath, but the opportunity is there. The tragedy is that Julian can no longer even hope for that.
nobody deserves to have gone through what he went through. Thank you, our beautiful Cynthia, for raising such a wonderful, warm man and may God bless you, Julian!
He looks and sounds so much like him it's SCARY! :)
***** i see alot of Cynthia in him too, especialy around the mouth. but evrything else is John, eyes, nose, body shape. Sean looks alot like John too, but in a differant way it seems
liliroquelin actually he’s NOTHING like his Dad!
I'd disagree. Both of Lennon's sons look nothing like him.
Really good interview and very honest, Julian sounds grounded and a decent bloke
A great example of forgiveness and inner peace. A kind hearted man.
what an amazing man (Julian). so forgiving and accepting of life's realities.
Very well spoken and honest.
Julian comes across as so loving & warm in all his interviews. He is such a genuinely nice person. Cynthia did well bringing him up as his life couldn'tve been easy!!
Linda T, it shows you didn't have that absent father growing up. You don't know how it hurts and Julian has ALL the rights in the world to express what he thinks. A million times if he wants too.
You're right. I experienced the same so I totally understand his feelings.
Wonderful interview. Hearing Julian's experience with his father is a inspiration for me to be the most caring and loving father I can be.
He has the balls to say right out there that his father was a bad father. Saw an interview with his mom and she never said one bad word.
As the child, he earned the right to say that, no? He was in a different position than his mom was. He also was upset because of the way his mother was treated, so perhaps was kind of speaking on her behalf as well.
I truly admire Julian’s honest - to - goodness opinions and decisions about his father , his legacy , fame, and so forth. Very well said and spoken with a true and clear mind and heart, very intelligent human being ( 1 st Baby Beatle).Julian you are truly blessed and loved!
For all intenses and purposes, what fucking issue you expect Julian has to face with every single interview? Uncanny appearence and voice aside, I find him remarkably open and honest.
“.....and it’s much too late for goodbyes.”
Well after seeing this I've lost respect for John I've been a fan all my life. My dad was a monster too.i get it your name julian is so beautiful.ill say I love you & proud of you.be proud of you.keep singing looking forward to hear more
After seeing this, I’ve lost respect for Julian. John set up a trust account for Julian, at the sum of about £100,000 a week if I’m not mistaken. Numerous photos all over the internet of John with Julian all through his childhood, even photos of Julian with a baby Sean Lennon at the Dakota Apartments with John and Yoko also photographed with him. A young Julian in photos out and about in New York with Yoko’s relatives. Photos of a young Julian being given a sweet 16 birthday party in New York, as well as the nice motorbike John bought him as a gift. Handwritten letters from John in the height of his fame with the Beatles sincerely apologizing for not being home (because he was working hard to make his money for his little family), and asking Cynthia to please tell Julian his father loves him. And the list goes on.
The whole my father was never a part of my life is a fib. Photos and videos don’t lie.
Julian is a top guy....totally honest and no bullshit !!
What a genuinely nice guy!
just crying, much love Julian.
Love Julian very down to earth and a great musician too. Very happy that he’s successful despite the obstacles.
Paul said that he loved Julian and tried to make it up to him. There is countless postcards that Julian talks about in other interviews. Then it shows them. There is also some songs that the Beatles sung that John wrote for Julian. Guys you have to think about John;s past. His father beat his mother until he was 4 when they split. He then lived with his aunt for years. His mom barely got to see him. Then when he was 18 he saw his mom get hit by a car. He was trying to become the man that he showed off in the news before he died. I am sure by then he knew he had fucked up with Julian and so he tried to make it better with Yoko and Sean. Actually that is exactly what he tried according to many. This was a ludicrous way I admit to somewhat give up on Julian to try to make it better with Sean. Paul Mccartney said that John was a hard man but hid it on camera with his "unnerving wit." He stood for peace and tried to give it to the world but John was always fighting a battle on the inside. In the videos he is always looking off into the distance and thinking and he was still playing the music. He was a man with a lot built up inside. Respect what he stood for. PEACE
John may have been his father but Paul was his daddy
A genuine and wonderful person, despite having suffered so much. I really wish John could hear this interview and realize how much he deprived him of in terms of love and support. And yet he grew up to be graceful and classy, just like his mother.
Julian is so well balanced. His mother deserves a world of credit. She raised him to be his own man, beyond the B.S., yet fostered his natural musical talent. I wanted to hug him too! =)
What a gentleman, Julian... spilling his heart without a tear. But I know he cried a lot. A man defines himself by his blood and his children. If you abandon your children, you will pay the price. Sadly, John did.
Man I feel really bad for Julian. It's like his entire life he's destined to get attention about someone who didn't love him.
it's really sad that John wanted Julian to have his diary's and Yoko wouldn't let Julian have them.
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Yoko screamed instead.
John wants love but he doesn't know what to do with it when it was given.
So sorry for Jules to endure all the abuse. Bless you man 🙏
McCrtney wrote many beautiful songs, and him and Lennon had an agreement to share 50 percent....hence, McCartney lennon or reversed...didn't matter, Paul has stated, he did not like yoko sitting on his amp when there were chairs...LOL...he hated her and still does....
Thanks you for the Music Julian, stay cool.
John and Yoko preached love and peace and forgiveness; Julian actually did it. He is clearly a warm, compassionate man - and I think that is because of his mother, not his father. Cynthia's book "John" is the best book I have read about the Beatles - and it sure opened my eyes about a lot.
He seems so humble and down to earth❤️
What a great human being Julian Lennon. He is so humble. Cynthia did a great job. Raise my son the same way. Teach your children kindness.
Dear Julian im so sorry for your pain u seem like such an amazing man anyone would b proud to call u their son including me
For a moment I thought I was hearing john lennon's voice
He does sound a lot like his Dad.
You can’t deny DNA 🧬
He looks more like his Dad than his brother does!
Cynthia is mum as just passed away today.
John awknowledged all the wrong he did to his son Julian and wife Cynthia. He said it is the violent people who learn that love and peace is the way and he changed to become a better man and began to renew his relationship w Julian. John was just a man. People put others on pedistals but John was a down to earth guy who was broken through his own life. He repeated the cycle of disfunction that he grew up in but once he realized this, he had courage and strength to admit it and he did make changes. His mean spirit came from his own lack of self esteem when he was young and he carried inside for many years before coming to terms w it and being able to help himself. Being aware of your problem is the first step. I am sure had Zkohn lived, he and Julian would have developed a much deeper happier relationship as that was starting to be the path they were taking at the end. Julian as he matured came to peace with it all. Julian is the best most decent human being. He could have destroyed his father s image but clearly he loved him to the end as did Cynthia.
How endearing. What a beautiful soul Julian has. Just love you
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Thank you Julian. So kind of you, with all your words. Peace and love, for ever more.
OOOOH! AFTER WATCHING THIS VIDEO I WANTED TO HOLD JULIAN TOO!!! HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL! 💙💎🌌🙏♾
BIG respect!
You can't blame him. My heart was aching for Julian all through John's biography.
julian such a nice human being, I believe, John would be fascinated with his boy, he would probably return back to Europe and lived close to his family and friends, and his band, Julian is the best part of his mind, body and soul. We all love Julian, reminds us the best years of The Beatles, that little boy had been an inspiration to Paul and the Beatles, playing quietly among them, taking part to some of their vacatios and travels, any kind like that is giving hope and positive inspiration.Love u Julian Lennon, thank you so much.
It's incredible how sweet, understanding, loving, and forgiving this man is 💕
We all love Julian.....he truly was the original "beautiful boy" as a child. God bless 'im.
My father was a jerk too but not a famous one, Thank god for my mam and auntys and uncles.
Wow, fascinating interview. Respect to Julian and good luck to ya
Wow, talk about grace and maturity, and honesty, coming from Julian Lennon.
On top of his self-described experience, *imagine* having Yoko for a step-mom😳
An intelligent, thoughtful man.
I had the exact same experience with my mother growing up hating when I was enjoying myself and smiling . I got dirty looks from her and it does effect you for life. Julian couldn't figure it out why his father was like that. Well, I know why. She resented me, and hated when I was happy. I feel so sad for him. But he turned out to be a wonderful human being, and it's to bad his father didn't live to see that, and the difference between him and Sean. Sean grew up being spoiled rotten and just look at the difference in the two.
Leaon, To this very day I have trouble laughing and smiling. All through my childhood and as a teenager and adult she would rip from my face any laughter or happiness I was experiencing. Even after I was out on my own for years she didn't like to see me happy and have nice things in my life. I would have to hear how terrible her life was. For a very long time, I could not stand being around my mother, I had such hate in my heart for her and could not stand to look at her face.I would feel such anger boiling up inside me and resented having her in my house. I would see that same look in her eyes and feel such rage welling up inside me. It wasn't until years later I told her all about how cruel she was to me and how she would always cast me dirty looks all my life and how much that affected me so negatively. It wasn't until she apologized sincerely to me, is when I could start healing and forgave her, but it took a long, long time with the help of therapy, I could now say today, I love her and enjoy talking to her and have forgiven her but it was a very long process. I hope it's better with your mother today. All my best to you
Kim Gloria
💖😇💎 to you both