Yoko Ono: John Lennon Wanted to Sleep With Men
In DepthYoko Ono, the 82-year-old experimental artist and widow of John Lennon, just revealed some interesting things about her late husband—namely that he was bisexual, and would have liked to have had sex with men, but just never found one that was good enough for him.
Ono spoke to The Daily Beast in an exclusive interview, in which she discussed racial discrimination, her fear that Lennon’s killer might one day be released from prison, and the fact that Lennon believed that all people were bisexual, including himself.
“Well, that’s another thing. John and I had a big talk about it, saying, basically, all of us must be bisexual. And we were sort of in a situation of thinking that we’re not [bisexual] because of society. So we are hiding the other side of ourselves, which is less acceptable. But I don’t have a strong sexual desire towards another woman.”
While Ono said that she’s never had sex with another woman due to a lack of desire, she told The Daily Beast that Lennon may have avoided a relationship with another man due to fear: