Yoko Ono on John Lennon's assasination, their son Sean and influencing The Beatles breakup. 

40 years later it still hurts. John Lennon brought a lot of joy to the world through his music. His spirit is eternal.

My left ear is lonely and it makes it sad 😢😭

The amount of hatred this woman had to endure on top of her loss is unimaginable. What a powerful soul must she have. What struck me was how she once said that her son was his own man now, that it would be no good for him to be busy with what his father or mother did all the time - this too is of a profound wisdom and true love for her child.

I love how she says his spirits still alive

I couldn’t help but jump on the hate bandwagon not knowing the full story, and not being willing to open my mind to Yoko. But tonight’s video dive has made me realise, I can understand why John was in love with her. She is a very conscious, aware and strong woman.

He died on the same date as my mother December the 8th 22 years before. I think that is amazing. She always communicated to me through music, it was where we were at peace. Music is like that it's energy that runs off the movement of the earth but it's not quite of the earth, it's the in-between, it's what's in the middle of what is here and there, it's where one person finds the other. Mother is music.

This is a really good interview (good questions from the panel too). Thank you!

Its amazing she can walk and talk straight. She heard the five bullets come out of the gun, saw him fall and say im shot. Saw the killer and waited for the help to arrive. How horrible.

Mind you, my right ear wholeheartedly enjoyed this interview.

No mention that he was MARRIED when they met. No mention that Cyn was on vaca and when she got home Ono was sitting in Cyn's house in a bathrobe! No mention of Cynthia at all!

eventually she admits she knew who The Beatles were...amen!

John Lennon was a minus figure when it came to being a father to Julian. He made it very apparent who was more important....Sean over Julian. Yoko Ono fought Julian over so many things of his dad's. He had to purchase these things himself rather than Yoko just giving him items that belonged to his dad. The only good thing that came out of this is that Julian has gotten passed all of the mess he had to go through with her; which she should be ashamed of by the way. He loves his brother very much and has said in many interviews, that he had to let it go because it hurt Sean. Yoko used her son as a pawn to get her way. She should be so ashamed of herself.

5:34 It's remarkable that she was able to find Paul McCartney to ask him for a manuscript when she'd never heard of him, what are the odds?

She seems warmer in this interview than in most of her other interviews.

A very pleasant video, in times of so much conflict, a beacon of hope. ❤

What a wonderful interview , Yoko quite the lady. I once met her in L.A and she was just as sweet in person.

You know I think people would have warmed to Yoko had she treated Julian better after Johns death, for Julian to have to buy letters and cards John wrote him etc was a disgrace. Julian, the first born son should be entitled to half of everything once she leaves this world, I so hope Sean shares the wealth when this happens, Sean seems a nice guy

Really no one knows what is in anyone’s marriage but them. All the books and speculations are just that. People forget though that she is a crime victim after he was shot in front of her. Its amazing she can talk normally.

My right ear enjoyed this interview...

People talk a lot of smack about Yoko and whatnot. I'm not a fan of her music or her 'art", but who cares? At the end of the day, this is a woman who witnessed her husband getting murdered in cold blood and that's something I'll never take away from her. I've always felt bad for her and never would want to endure what she had to.

So sad that Yoko and everyone no longer have John physically in our lives. Sad, when John created beautiful music that we continue to enjoy. Thank you for this post.

My right ear enjoyed this a lot...

Inconvenient truth-Yoko was living (in the Dakota) with Sam Havadtoy when this was filmed. He moved in in 1981 and stayed until 2001 (so, with Yoko far longer than John). No secret. They even did a major magazine interview together in 1990, where they discussed their relationship and living at the Dakota. He's now been erased from history as the Lennon/Yoko fairytale myth makes $$$ and keeps media/fan interest. Havadtoy and Yoko were certainly seeing each other before John's murder too.

It's 2022 and my heart still breaks. The world lost the best of the best. 😪

Let's not forget about julian and cynthia

People need to get to know the real facts and stop putting the responsability to the Beatles' break-up on Yoko's shoulders. When they broke up, they had been together as a band for almost 10 years, so they knew what they were doing. They wanted to be independent, to create, produce and release stuff without a constant need of assessment and approval from their three other bandmates. People say the break-up was Yoko's responsability as if the Beatles were a bunch of 12-year-old naive stooges. Oh please...

She is right... The Beatles were growing apart, she did not split them.

Good interview

You know, I gotta say, even though she sang like shit and looked really weird in the later Beatles pictures/films with John Lennon just sitting there, when you hear her talk in these interviews she _really_ sounds nice. I feel a sense of warmth about her, and it definitely shows that she loved John deeply. I think maybe it just looked weird to people back then, because you had all these British guys in a rock band, and then you had this random Asian woman standing there in the middle, and she looked a little something like the girl in the Ring. xD Just goes to show, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

Okay she looks so gooooooood in this interview. She’s wearing something from 2021 😤😤

I wish he peace of mind and lots of love always best in health Yoko, Mrs. Lennon .💝

Quiet insightful Enjoyed this

I believe that they loved each other.

Giving 'family' peace a chance would of been a respectful, loving start. Walk the talk.

When was this filmed?

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I like that Yoko is helping children with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. And supporting Dyslexic children. John Lennon was a proud Dyslexic and Free Thinker.

When was the date of this interview? I wish they would say the date of these things

Haven’t seen Yoko in years. Anyone knows about her whereabouts?

She preaches peace but never could manage just that with John's first born son Julian. Shame.

I thought my neighbor was torturing his cat..... nope it was Yoko singing on the radio.

People need to get over it and move on. Nobody can look into a person and know them especially public people. Their own personal feelings are their own. We don't own anyone's life. John did what he wanted to do. He was not a puppet to Yoko. He sought her out and was cheating on Cyn way before Yoko because of being portrayed as a singlean and all of the Beatles have history. It was the 60's , single guys,musicians on the road, get a clue. Leave it alone. John loved her and hated everyone being cruel to her. John was too young when he had Julian and yes treated him badly but sitter this and was sorry about it. He said he did not want yo make same mistakes w his second son. He was more mature and learned by his experiences in life like we all do. We are all human Not everyone handles fame well.

I loved this.

She is fundamentally really not nice that’s the problem. Must be odd for Sean who has a father who is revered and a mother who is detested. Having said that, over the years my opinion of John has gone down and down - especially because of the horrible way he treated Julian, something she was very happy to contribute to.

Haha you people are so deluded. Just because you’ve read a few books that state Lennon didn’t want to be cremated doesn’t mean it’s so. He only had a fear of being alive when cremated, like most people do. Yoko and he probably discussed it more than any biographer and he ever did.

it is some high quality material she is made of.

The year and/or date of this interview would be useful.

What is it with her glasses she looks like a spaceship

Its been 40 years... She hasnt married. That was her one and only true love. You go yoko

They’re relationship was different? There’s other ways to describe it but I do believe they loved each other even if the way they got together was through cheating, I don’t like John nor do I really like Yoko but I do respect how much they fought for the beliefs they had. I don’t think she split the Beatles up of course John probably finally saw a reason to leave but they were all obviously fed up. Reading these comments really shows that some people don’t understand that John wanted peace and not for his wife to be insulted?

THANK YOU * * * Y O K O O N O * * * !

yoko ono, prominent 20th century peace activist and conceptual artist. what a legacy

A lot of people don't stop to think that John Lennon was just another human. He had feelings of pain and jealousy as we all do. The best thing to happen to John was Yoko. Her words were used for the imagine lyrics. John was so great at putting words together with music and creating such emotions inside all of us. Basically they were a perfect couple for each other. Sorry for such a huge loss. She had to share him with all of us but all he wanted was her.

When she said “some came, some didn’t” about the other Beatles visiting her after his death, George was definitely the one that didn’t visit. I can’t imagine Paul or Ringo not showing up for support

I Love that for the first time I saw yoko’s Face..not ALL hairs cascading down

This Women was in pieces when Mark chapman killed John pieces, give her credit why don,t you. Yoko loves all of her children, and feels more closer to them since the death of her husband. yoko is 85 years old now an old lady and has carried the guilt with her ever since, butnever gives up on herself and kids.

Is she close to her son Sean? I get the feeling she is very close to him.

Where's Julian in the family picture.

Who is the Fro man?

I thought my headphone just broke lmao

Ok I’m 66 and I’m a fan of Sean Ono Lennon 😘

I never understood the hate for Yoko. She seems a very kind and intelligent woman. I wish I could find someone like that.

my right ear enjoyed this

RIP John, so sad for Ono and family.

Je me pose toutefois la question suivante depuis le Bed’ in à Montréal le 26 Mai 1969: » » »Comment John Lennon et Yoko pouvaient-ils chanter et demander de: » » » Donner une chance à la paix » » »; quand ils ont tellement négligés le fils aîné (Julian Lennon)???-Évidemment Yoko Ono essaiera de rapprocher les deux fils de John vers 2009; mais environ vingt-neuf ans après la mort de John.-Il m’aurait semblé que nous balayons devant notre porte, avant de tenter de faire du ménage dans le monde!!!-Viviane. (13-05-2020)

" John, who's the poison dwarf?" ~ John's Aunt Mimi.

What year was this?

Yoko Ono made a generous donation of John Lennon’s cassette with his song “Now and Then” written and demoed by John Lennon at his home studio in the mid/late 1970s. Should we consider Yoko Ono to be a generous selfless philanthropist to benefit the history of music and promote the welfare of others? John Lennon's cassette was worthless remaining in Yoko Ono's possession. Why did she give it away? Todd Lowry, Former Music Business Attorney, wrote the following facts 4 years ago: Yoko Ono controls the estate of John Lennon. She receives royalties for “Come Together” and for every other Beatles’ song credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The vast majority of those songs are controlled by Sony/ATV Music. Any song-writing royalties for Lennon/McCartney compositions are split equally between Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s estate. Even the song “Yesterday,” which Paul wrote by himself, and who was the only Beatle to sing or play on, is split 50/50 with half of the royalties going to John, because the song was credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The copyright on those songs won’t expire for many years to come, so Yoko will continue to receive royalties until she passes and then, presumably, the estate will go to Sean Lennon (or maybe even poor Julian Lennon will finally get some consideration).

Never get between a dog and his meat.

pray for Yoko, she lost her husband.

Una gran Mujer por eso el la Amo ella A sabido mantener Vivo a YOHNLENNOn

Yoko and John loved each other. Cynthia and John loved each other. People grow and sometimes go their separate ways. Just think how it would be to have your every mood examined by everyone. We have an absurd attitude toward famous people. They need to be allowed to have a life w/o being constantly being subject to crazy fans grabbing at them. This goes for all public figures. We still have not learned even in the face of events like tragedy w Lady Dianna. People need to get real and love the people w/o making their lives a living hell.

Beatle fans in the 60s used to talk bad about her and I think most of them do till this day.. From what I see in this interview she's a very polite and nice lady.

A most genuine, sincere woman. Bless you! I cringe listening to the host... ugh

Yoko bless you

What's the name of those goggles????

Why did John leave Julian out of will???

How the fuck she not know who John Lennon or Paul were? the Beatles were bloody massive around the world.

You are wonderful

John wasn't Yoko's first husband dude. Awks. 3:14

LOL who is that woman at 3:22 dat stare

She’s an incredible woman. When the interviewer asks if the other Beatles contacted her when John died, she says that some did and some didn’t without naming names, and understands that they were all processing it in their own way. Yoko always was and always will be about peace and love.

Your right yoko san his spirit is still alive...

I think it's time to leave this woman alone with the criticisms and horrible words, at the end of the day she was johns wife and he loved her

She is 86 years old now. Doesn't she grow senile？

Yoko you are a wonderful person love, peace, you bring it and people connect to you. Love you so much sweet Yoko

Este Joko Ono y Yohn Lennon de musica de 1960s es muy psychedelico entrieste la vida encante murtudo en la caminandos de jente buenos

When we die, our spirit is somewhere. Heaven or Hell. No in between.

A strong character stood the test of time ❤ Mrs Lennon is 91 yrs old last Feb 18. Happy belated Madam..🎉

Why is she wearing a face shield did she work at a Fab shop?

And yes The Beatles will always be.......

Feel so sad for her!

I died when she would just occasionally throw a peace sign throughout the interview.

poor John...

Insanity that John is somewhere up there. I am glad Mrs. Lennon treasurers her name. XO

were the beatles welcome to visit Yoko after John's death??

Bless Yoko, such a strong woman considering all the slander she had against her by the press, which always demonizes women when they could.

I love this book!

Thanks for not mentioning when the interview happened. Obviously at least 3 decades ago, but somehow you preferred not to mention it.

She really looked her prettiest during this time