Video: Yoko Talks Beatles Breakup With Anderson Cooper

Recently Yoko Ono discussed that whole thing about breaking up The Beatles, with Anderson Cooper on CNN. She told him, "I think I was used as a scapegoat, and it's a very easy scapegoat, you know, Japanese woman." When he asks if she believes it was mostly about sexism and racism, she answers: "sexism, racism, but also just remember the United States and Britain were fighting with Japan in WWII, it was just after that in a way, so I could understand how they felt. [It hurt] in a way, but it was sort of like a distance thing... John and I were so close, and we were totally involved in each other."

John Lennon discussed the allegation, alongside Yoko, on the Dick Cavett show—asking, "how could one woman split The Beatles?"

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on October 14, 2010 2:55 PM

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John L

I recently read an article about how during the time he was with May Pang that was the only time he was able to see his son and get reunited with Paul McCartney but as soon as Yoko Ono came back into the picture again, all that stopped.

So she might not be the primary reason for the break up but I'm sure she had something to do with it.

Stewart

Right on hotstepper.

Yoko is a talentless twat who should crawl back under a rock. What is her claim to fame aside from being John Lennon's cum dumpster?

Gothampc

She was actually born into a wealthy, well connected family. She had a better beginning than John Lennon.

Bakey

Oooh. You're edgy.

hotstepper

oh STFU. Yoko Ono's only talent is making a career out of riding John Lennon's coattails.

the Beatles were bound to break-up sooner or later, that's what massive international fame often does to bands, especially with the oversized egos of Paul and John. if blame belongs anywhere its John Lennon, for unleashing that talentless screeching hack into the public eye.

Bakey

Get over it, hotstepper.

She was a Neo-Dada artist and yeah, that's not for everyone. But John liked it. A lot.

At least he didn't marry someone like Carly Simon. Could you picture it? Both of them, capitalist sellouts wearing Land's End chinos and phoning in boring adult contemporary music for Disney from Martha's Vineyard.

hotstepper

i believe the person who needs to "get over it" is the one going on national TV to pull the race/gender card on a band from the 1960s she did nothing to create.

FranklinBluth

Everyone sells out. Yoko Ono gave permission for Instant Karma to be used in a Nike commercial.

At least she's no Courtney Love.

Bakey

True.

John_Matrix

i don't believe in beatles

i just believe in me

yoko and me

and that's reality

Dogsbody

Racism/Sexism? I think it was more a case of "you're not one of the Beatles, so why are you interfering in the studio"-ism.

Unless of course the other band members were ok with non-Japanese/female partners hanging out in the studio.