Sunday Mirror

Yoko’s oh no to Liam

Rocker ‘silly’ to name son Lennon

- BY HALINA WATTS Showbiz Editor halina.watts@mirror.co.uk

YOKO Ono told Beatles superfan Liam Gallagher he was “silly” for naming his son Lennon after her late husband John.

The former Oasis rocker, 47, met artist Yoko in New York in 1999, the same year his boy was born.

He revealed: “Yoko said, ‘I’ve heard you’ve called your son Lennon’.

“I said, ‘ Yeah’, she said, ‘ Why? Do you not think nk it’s a bit of a silly name?’

“And I said, ‘No, No, it’s a bit silly being called d Yoko isn’t it? So Lennon it t is.’

“And she said, d, ‘Don’t you think he’ll get picked on in school?’ ?’ I was like, ‘ Nah ah man, he’ ll be e buzzing with that name.’”

John was shot dead by a crazed fan in 1980, aged 40. Liam revealed Yoko “made us a nice cup of tea”, adding: “She asked me if I wanted a go on the piano, I said, ‘No you’re alright’. Then she showed us around.

“I said, ‘ That’s a really nice picture of you’, she had loads round the piano.

“She looked cool, Yoko, she had these shades on and a playsuit and I said, ‘It’s a really cool picture’ and she said, ‘ That was John’s favourite’.” Liam recalls how brother br Noel, 53, refused to wear a flower flo Yoko gave them for a gig at M Madison Square Garden. He said said: “It was her favourite and she goes, ‘ John wore wo it at the gig with Elton’. There was one for me and Noe Noel, so I said, ‘Here, this th is from Yoko’ and he went, ‘ I ain’t wear wearing a f****** f lower’ lo and he

l launched it.”

 ??  ?? HIGH FLIERS Liam with Yoko at awards bash
HIGH FLIERS Liam with Yoko at awards bash

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