January 22nd, 1969 (Apple Studios, London) George reads aloud a letter from Millie Sutcliffe (Stu's mum) asking for financial help. amoralto.tumblr.com/post/8242...
from what it sounds the guys aren’t being insensitive here it more or less sounds like Stuart’s mom was a drunk that not even he wanted anything to do with, and judging by their reaction this isn’t the first letter john has received
I get that they were sick of people they knew begging for money but this is really heartbreaking. I wish they’d shown a little more compassion. But I don’t know the situation. They knew better than I do.
Honestly, it's a little rich of Lennon who had been on and off heroin a couple of times to point out that Mrs Sutcliffe was an alcoholic, as if her plight was a moral failing.