SEX PISTOLS frontman John Lydon has slammed singer Chrissie Hynde in a furious rant after accusing her of ‘doing a very nasty thing’.
The former I’m A Celeb star, 69, had a lot to say about The Pretenders band member, even admitting that she was jealous of his late wife Nora Forester.
John, who’s stage name is Johnny Rotten, first crossed paths with music star Chrissie in the 1970’s becoming close friends, amidst London’s punk scene.
But years later, Lydon has revealed he has a very different view of his longtime pal, launching into a furious rant about the singer.
Speaking to comedian Paul Whitehouse and his wife Dr Mine Conkbayir, on the latest episode of their podcast I’m ADHD! No You’re Not, John unveiled the shocking revelation.
Paul opened up the line of fire, saying: “Anyone would think you were in the Sex Pistols?
“Talking of which, by the way, Chrissie Hynde sends her love,” he chimed.
John replied: “F*** her. No, no. She did a very, very nasty thing. I met her before Nora died and on all of that. And she never told me what they were doing behind my back.
“Oh, sorry,” Paul quipped.
John continued: “And she knew, and she was involved with all that, that film and like and these are my friends. Yeah. And you’re not telling me, you know.”
“It was hurtful,” he added.
Mine went on to further question the music star: “And you never had it out for her?”
To which he replied: “She was always jealous of Nora as you know. Right. I don’t date horse hair blankets. Hello, Chrissie. How you doing?”
The punk icon became the primary carer of his beloved wife Nora following her battle with Alzheimer’s – she sadly passed in 2023.
Chrissie herself opened up about her own experiences with Lydon this week.
Speaking to The Guardian about a wild night with the star, she said: “The one thing I remember about that Nashville Rooms show was that I had drunk a lot of tequila beforehand and I never drank before a show again because it impaired my abilities.”
“That night, I pierced Johnny Rotten’s ear in the toilet, by pushing an earring through it into a bar of soap.”
The American born singer had even proposed to Johnny Rotten and his Sex Pistols bandmate Sid Vicious in 1976, but not for romantic reasons.
Chrissie proposed the idea of marriage after needing a visa so she could stay in the UK.
When asked what she thought her life would be like if she had married either star, she said: “That was just so I could stay in the country, but life with either of them would have been chaos.”
‘I’m ADHD! No You’re Not’ is available every Thursday on all podcast platforms.
