Julia Baird (John Lennon's Sister) on Wogan

[@tommycosgrove4769]

Julia taught me French for 2 years in the early 1980's. A nice lady and a bloody good teacher too.

[@elijah1971]

You from Wallasey then?

[@knowmusicman157]

Only women bleed. Alice Cooper

[@sentimentalbloke185]

the language or the kissing?

[@tommycosgrove4769]

Had it been the latter she probably would've gone to prison lol.

[@sprsmoke]

That's very nice. I have my favorite teachers.

[@belindahudd2464]

Brilliant answers from Julia . She’s very articulate and gracious . I’ve read her book and I thoroughly enjoyed it . I also liked the fact she dedicated her book to her mum !

[@marym5664]

Wogan was a popular Irish interviewer in the UK. She’s articulate with a light Liverpool accent, typical of well educated people.

[@TheMarkEH]

A masterclass in holding an interview, from both of them.

[@iamtheralwus]

You can see the resemblance to John. She seems like she was well brought up.

[@jhibberd6290]

Yeah she resembles John and it's not just the glasses

[@thebeatnumber]

You mean she's his half sister?​@@cuda426hemi

[@ivanconnolly7332]

When her mother died she wasn't told ,she and her sister were sent to a relative in Scotland for a year ,her Dad was considered by the court not to be of good character because he hadn't married her mun , she had to meet him in secret.

[@aaarauz1]

quite the likeness to John and with Julia's body frame (as been described to us over the years).

[@janemmb]

I hope her book is still available. I would love to read it. Remarkable woman 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@johnmccaffrey4454]

It’s still available and is worth every penny, a must read for any Beatles fan,, Enjoy

[@sarahperks8226]

I never knew that john had sisters she's lovely 🌹

[@60sbaby456]

Yes 3 from his mother they are younger

[@sarahperks8226]

@@60sbaby456 John was amazing 💖

[@sexobscura]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3jUZquEYrCIeqc

[@user-sv1gh2mr4n]

Julia may be a bastard half sister.

[@4-dman464]

Totally looks like her brother, and it's not just the glasses. She looks bright too. And not being in showbiz herself, she copes well with the interview talking about personal stuff.

[@jhibberd6290]

She must have John's confidence and she looks like John

[@notaclue822]

A very strong resemblance. Seems very intelligent too, just like John.

[@starrguitargoddess]

She looks like their Aunt Mimi !

[@tsiddig]

Isn’t that John Lennon,just like prince hiding in plain sight, masquerading as the sister? Why would The good discerning public, that do not idol worship, allegedly believe a single word coming out of the mouths of hellyweird Satanick Masonick Entertainment Industry created,controlled opposition shill deceiver sellout who spent decades, deliberately mocking, misleading and gaslighting the good public by masquerading as a male beatle?

[@cuda426hemi]

No. She looks like a Baird. Freddie is the Lennon genes and John is 100% clone of him, no Baird. 🎬

[@cuddlybear4108]

This is great to see this old interview with Julia and Terry Wogan, thank you.

[@jimbrew4529]

Julia seems to be a lovely lady, and very bright. Thanks for the interview!

[@johnmccaffrey4454]

Julia’s book is a brilliant read and will really open your eyes to what an awful person Yoko was towards Johns family after his death. What a sad & awful childhood Julia had and how badly she was treated by Johns aunties growing up, still she comes across as a lovely woman.

[@brianarbenz1329]

I had not heard of her until now. She was so genuine. I may look up that book.

[@rheailiarome2287]

What a lovely sister! I'm sure John would have got together with his family again. Hope they are all happy 🙏 I love John.🙏 I miss Terry Wogan too. He brought a lot of laughter to my life. Rip both

[@brigidsingleton1596]

❤ Terry Wogan's birthday (not the year) was the same as mine (3rd August) Terry was older than me.(I was born in 1953). Rest In Peace Terry Wogan, and of course, John Lennon. Both sadly missed.

[@crazyantny9161]

Yeah, like how he was an absentee father to his first born, seriously

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@crazyantny9161 Some fathers are not absentees in their children's lives yet are still no good at being good decent Dad's... (Speaking from experience as both a divorcee, and a bereaved Mother.) 😟😟

[@mjw12345]

Thanks for posting - lovely lady,

[@mark11967AD]

Classy on both parts both the subject and the host. Good interview some journalistic inquiry and guts if you will but also respect and kindness. You can see she’s truthful and a well meaning person. Definitely some facial resemblance. Hope the family is happy today.

[@notaclue822]

I love her directness. John was direct too. She looks even more like John than their mother does...

[@mariamuschajew2761]

Julia sounds like a very sweet lady. Good luck with your book and God bless . . .

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

book was published in 2007

[@lozr3792]

Julia interviews so well, she's a very intelligent lady. I've only seen a few photos of their mother but younger Julia looks just like her. John looks like his half sister but also like his father Alf Lennon too. A mixture of both!

[@louiseanders535]

Freddie lennon*

[@dreamitable]

@@louiseanders535 Freddies dad Johns great grand father is from Dublin. Its common for people from Ireland to go straight over to Liverpool. My great grand father did the exact same thing. I am a kindred spirit of John Lennon . We have so much in common in personality too. My family left in 1924 tho for Canada.

[@benpietrzykowski9216]

@@dreamitable I’m sure you’re just as good of a songwriter as well

[@kaymuldoon3575]

To me John is a spitting image of his father Alfred (Freddie) Lennon, and his voice is exactly the same. Just listen to this song Freddie recorded in the mid 60s. kzbin.info/www/bejne/laLHoJ93i82Dpqssi=cCJw0NA4bgWNndPe

[@kaymuldoon3575]

@@louiseanders535according to Wikipedia, he was actually called “Alf” by his family. He was known as Freddie to most people outside the family. So both Alf and Freddie are correct.

[@tommcconville677]

Julia is a very likeable, pleasant and intelligent woman who I'm sure had been a supportive and loving sister to John. She reveals very good details of John's life as a member of the Beatles, and touches on his marriage to Julia, and his first son Julian from what I glean. I'm very impressed with the love and affection, and the interactions Julia and John had. I commend her vocation as a teacher as well.

[@keryljensen978]

I think you mean his marriage to Cynthia. Julia was his mother.

[@tommcconville677]

@@keryljensen978 Yes, I meant to type Cynthia, thanks for the correction.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

​@@keryljensen978 I came here to say exactly that ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂🖖

[@paulhallatt4313]

I really like the way she keeps saying that Paul agrees

[@RustyRules426]

😂 does she even know Paul? She met John when he went to visit his mom, don’t think she saw him after she died. She’s like George s sister,who he was estranged from many years. Use the connection for a living,attention,etc. Paul’s step sister too. Says he doesn’t come around to see her. Never did.

[@paulhallatt4313]

@@RustyRules426 apparently John would sometimes bring Paul round when he went to see his mum. Obviously the girls were young so it's safe to assume they were at home with their mum and dad a lot. I think you can safely assume that she did Paul on various occasions in the very early days.

[@daviddowns7552]

faul

[@alukuhito]

@@paulhallatt4313 You think she did Paul?

[@ZeligUbique]

@@daviddowns7552- it’s the amusing crackpot theory again , but like a bad penny , keeps on turning up

[@gordeauxd]

Needs more volume!

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

And Dolby noise reduction ❤

[@janemmb]

Gosh she’s so like him. A lovely lady 🥳🥰😘😍🤗

[@jchow5966]

I read the book - it is excellent. ☮️💟

[@melodymundy5985]

Beautiful interview. I just love how she was very defensive but honest regarding her brother. She could make millions trashing him if she wanted to. But she doesn’t. She gains my highest respect. And it’s so sad he wanted to come home and making plans to do so. I don’t know, but I suspect well I’m sure he voiced his concerns to Yoko and like everything else even with Brian’s death, I wouldn’t doubt, well…she does have witchcraft powers.

[@AndySalinger33]

Yes, indeed. I very rarely see anyone ever bring up this point. But it’s a solid fact, which many in their inner circle confirm. Yoko is a black witch. John couldn’t take a crap unless Yoko said the “numbers were right”. A disgusting, vile creature. Cheers.

[@dreammachine2013]

Her book was like a breath of fresh air then❤ Highly recommended🎉

[@louisflores2552]

This guy was digging for dirt on John , but his sister wouldn't budge...good sister

[@-______-______-]

You need to put the audio though a low pass filter to get rid of the hiss.

[@alextakacs768]

no sound i can hardly hear at max!!

[@Newfoundmike]

Captions

[@vrzM8]

Wow have never seen her young, she's really quite pretty!

[@randybackgammon890]

What a complient

[@FirstLast-nk3lm]

I liked her book. It was a good read about his youth.

[@whip57]

Never knew he had a Sister, great listen, just tragic his murder 😢

[@BenRabinowitz-1]

Never knew that the word "sister" gets its initial letter capitalized! KZbin commenters are educational.

[@johntate5722]

Yes whip57 julia has stayed under the radar...she became a languages teacher. The book is really good.

[@drees71]

John's horrendous murder is such a multifaceted tragedy, I'm pretty sure, if he had lived, he would have grown closer and loser to his blood family, he must have missed his sisters dreadfully.

[@alukuhito]

I doubt it. I think he would've kept the relationships as they were. Why would he suddenly need to be more close to his old family? He lived in NYC. He wasn't about to leave, find a house near his sister, and have Sunday dinners together on a regular basis. He was a rock 'n roller.

[@genevievedolan1288]

He was not able to leave America because of legal issues around his green card denial. He was eager to return for a visit after he got it. He missed his family.

[@crazyantny9161]

Yeah, like how he was an absentee father to Julian. Get real

[@davidhumphries1146]

I think he would have. Still had a lot of living to do ​@@alukuhito

[@alukuhito]

@@davidhumphries1146I don't. I don't think he would've avoided family, but I doubt he would make some sort of effort to be totally family-oriented outside of his immediate family. No time for that. Most people don't do that anyway.

[@Robin-lh9wr]

Julia looks pretty here. The dark hair, with more body, is much nicer. I'm sure she was a lot younger. It must've been a strange experience having such a famous brother!

[@tedtimothy9074]

It is sad to think that both John and Paul lost their mothers so early.

[@andydixon2980]

It is sad but I think those events spurred John & Paul to start writing songs. Tragedy feeds art.

[@charisselandise]

I'M SO HAPPY TO KNOW!!! 💙🐬🌺

[@guyjiminjapan9824]

Enjoyed that. Julia seems very level headed, and I for one just realized that I miss Terry.

[@riklionheart23]

Beautiful interview!

[@koolkatfelix9500]

Nice to see her! She looks like John Lennon!

[@charwest9449]

Julia is such a delight. Isn't it interesting that John's father Alf also went to another country and ran into legal troubles and "couldn't get back" until John was older. So John left Julian at the age of 5 the same way his father left him. And then left Sean at the age of 5 as well.

[@jk4675]

you make it seem like he left Sean by choice

[@patriciaeddy7629]

Yeah,all round so sad for all this boys.

[@Melons-vg8dq]

John supported Julian

[@charwest9449]

@@Melons-vg8dq No, he really didn't. Cynthia wasn't getting enough from John to support Julian safely. She couldn't afford to keep their home, but had to sell it and move to another neighbirhood, and put Julian in public school where he was bullied for being the son of a famous man. It wasn't safe for Julian. John didn't care as long as he was keeping his money away from Cynthia. He didn't give a thought to Julian. And of course Yoko was there whispering in his ear to keep as much money as she could. Oh, you doing da right thing John ... let's go get high.

[@MrRobChuck]

@@charwest9449 Whatever John did in his life, the worst thing was that he didn't provide enough for Julian. He didn't know he would die so he can be given the benefit of the doubt on that but not providing while he was alive was indefensible

[@noname-by3qz]

Its too bad the audio is low, and the closed captioning doesn't keep up. I'm shocked to learn he had sisters!

[@lyrebird9749]

John Lennon had 2 half-sisters. After his dad (Alfred Lennon) left, his mother Julia was not coping and was forced by her family to give John up for adoption. Her sister Mimi took him in. Later, Julia got together with 'Bobby' Dykins and they had 2 daughters: Julia (interviewed here) and Jackie. John started seeing his mother again (and got to know his sisters) when he was about 11 and would stay over sometimes. She taught him some banjo. But she was killed by a car when he was 17.

[@susanleitch8649]

He had three half sisters. Another illegitimate daughter was born to Julia Lennon to a soldier she had an affair with. This daughter was adopted before Julia Lennon took up with Dykins. She was never divorced from Alf Lennon, so she couldn't marry Dykins.

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

He also had 2 half brothers on his dad's side.

[@brucewalters8635]

Everything changed when Sean was born. His song Watching the Wheels says he's settled down to family life yet everyone he knew couldn't understand how he could stay home with his wife and Sean. Of course, he then wanted his family back. Usually when most people hit around 60 their need for family becomes a priority. John Lennon lived enough for 3 lifetimes so perhaps it hit him 20 years sooner. After all, he's always been ahead of his time. Btw The song Julia is on The White Album Peace, John

[@alukuhito]

Yada yada yada.

[@louiseanders535]

Yeah we know

[@brucewalters8635]

@@louiseanders535 So because you and whoever we is know that's supposed to mean everyone? Wow I've never been contacted by someone who knew every last one of the millions of Beatles fans world wide! How'd you gather the information? Read their minds?? LOL Either that or you're just a common troll with no purpose other than criticize others. 😢 awe..

[@louiseanders535]

@@brucewalters8635 who would be watching this who doesn't know the white album

[@notaclue822]

Well I don't honestly get it. He could have his domestic life with Sean and Yoko in NYC and still keep in contact with his family and friends.

[@scottbreseke716]

I bet she sings better than Yoko.

[@mikeonfreeserve2926]

My cat sings better than Yoko and makes 'art pieces'

[@GuitarrayCanto]

Sean looks after her a lot

[@Ernest_Thesiger]

Am I the only person who can see a bit of Alfred Lennon but absolutely nothing of John Dykins in her face? Of course this would be impossible if, as stated as fact, the latter is her biological father. I note with interest that it says on Wiki that Alf and John Lennon's mum Julia had an argument in Blackpool in June 1946. Julia Baird was born in March 1947.

[@Si-ew3ff]

I've always thought that. He had the same nose as his dad but so does she so it's interesting you say that about Alf and Julia arguing in Blackpool in 1946.

[@kw4224]

The Julia in the video is Julia Lennon's daughter - also, called Julia. It was Julia Lennon (born in 1914), i.e. the interviewee's mother who was involved in the altercation in Blackpool in 1946

[@Ernest_Thesiger]

@@kw4224 I can't work out what I wrote to give you the impression that I didn't know that. Anyway, to make myself clear - It is stated as fact that Julia Baird's biological parents are Julia Lennon(John's mother) and John Dykins but I think she looks a bit like John's dad Alfred in this video, who was with John's mother Julia in Blackpool nine months before Julia Baird was born. Therefore, I am suggesting there's a chance that John's parents didn't just argue with each other whilst in Blackpool and Julia Baird is Alfred's daughter rather than John Dykins' daughter.

[@charwest9449]

Omg I've always wondered about that. I mean she really looks very little like her mother who had a full face, and everything like John and Freddie! But how us that possible, I've always wondered. But, if Freddy and Julia had unfinished business in 1946 that would explain things. Julia wouldn't have wanted Freddie to know Julia was his.

[@charwest9449]

There's one true test - can she sing?!

[@raecoyote]

I just love this woman … she’s awesome 💛

[@lynnmcquillan2338]

Very nice.. god bless 😊👍🙏

[@josephleehooker5256]

Hello Julia ,you were rocking on the rooftop with Mark Hudson and McDonalds Farm.

[@krollpeter]

Was this transmiitd via AM-radio?

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

I'd love to see more pictures of Julia, the mother of John.

[@patricksmith4424]

Yes there is a huge resemblence there. You can tell straight of that she is an educated teacher type. Middle class? Paul used to say that out of the Beatles John was actually the middle class one, it seems that the Lennon family were smart cookies and did well at school. Apart from Ringo all the beatles passed the notoriously difficult 11 plus exam which basically dictated the path you were to follow in life. If you passed you went to an academic Gammer school which was the route to university. So it could be said that John, Paul and George were destined to become middle class. I find it unfair that so many people get the meaning to John's wonderful working class hero song wrong. They think he is portraying himself as a working class and he is the hero of them. Of course he was a hero to all classes. The point about the song is that the song is not about him, it's an observation on society and in the crucial line, "if you want to be a hero follow me" he is not saying I am the leader of the working classes he is just saying open your eyes to what's going on, just like I am doing in writing this song.

[@alukuhito]

Yawn.

[@mikeonfreeserve2926]

Grammar school...............oh dear

[@patricksmith4424]

@@mikeonfreeserve2926 OK, shows you I never went to one donit!

[@notaclue822]

Yes it was taken wrong. Great song.

[@melissagerber7231]

Yes,Sting went to that kind of grammar school as well,and, his dad bought h7m a new bike. His best friend didn't make it. Sting let him rife his new bike,as far as Sting's home,then,watched him ride away on his rickety,old bike,for the last time.

[@colindeer9657]

I have enjoyed this video very much

[@tray1813]

Very lovely lady.

[@dreammachine2013]

Shame on Yoko Ono! To this day she withholds John's inheritance to his lawful heirs like his son Julian and heiresses like his sister Julia, aunt Mimi, Cynthia and others. The original will was 50% Yoko and Sean, the other 50 % going to Julian and his british next of kin!!! Shame, Shame, Shame😮

[@todosmiros8119]

OH SHUT YOUR RACIST BOOMER *** UP! yoko yoko yoko.... just shut up. THATS HIS WIFE and the money goes to HER... just like ANYONE ELSE married.

[@whowahska]

No need to trash Yoko, the man's grieving widow. Especially over something like money. It's their personal business. None of any one else's.

[@spockboy]

Thanks for posting. Curious about the black and white? They played Imagine when she came in so it would be in color.

[@richardmorton4762]

She didn't have a strong Liverpool accent either, but I can see the facial resemblance.

[@alukuhito]

Seems like a British show. They were a little behind the times.

[@rossdelain1645]

This looks like it was taped in the Eighties. Obviously this source is from an old VHS tape and I think the tapeheads were just dirty blocking the colour signal.

[@spockboy]

Good answer : ) @@rossdelain1645

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

@@alukuhitoColour broadcasts began here in the 60s.

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

I had a mate and work colleague who had been an employee of the Piggy Grunt organisation. He had numerous requests to dish the dirt on LZ etc. As a consequence of not taking the bait from gutter journalists he was always written down by them to the status of chief leaner on the mop and bucket.

[@Zampan0]

After watching this video I searched for this song, and it brought tears to my eyes.- kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJjcnXVtiLilobc

[@youtubeviewer7030]

actully its his half sister not sister

[@delainepep22]

She still is his sister

[@jerrymoore838]

​@@delainepep22Exactly. Its probably yoko making the half comments

[@delainepep22]

@jerrymoore838 half sister is still a sister. They have the same mother. Sheesh. What does yoko have to do with that? Leave her alone she's 90 dang years old. I supposed people like you blame her for everything. John was a smart man and he loved hee very much to bad if no one likes it. It's his choice. He's dead and can't defend himself but he would have told those kind of people to piss off

[@petermiles2632]

She seems to apologise a bit in stating John is a genius but I agree and I do not use that term very often. I don't understand why it is necessary for people to "dig for dirt" he was open and honest and human, warts and all.

[@Julie-fu1tt]

John woudl loved you he always near u bless him and ur mum his mother ur brother musical genius

[@nisselarson3227]

Wow, I wish there was volume so I could hear it. great visuals though. I see people talking.

[@dennysmith7862]

Go listen to Audio tapes of Cynthia Lennon called "John"... Eye-opener of note about all things Lennon... I was a fan always until he viewed Sean as his FIRSTBORN son and not Julian who was the firstborn... Ironically he treated Julian exactly as he had been treated by his dad... Sad...

[@mumbles215]

His dad said Julia cheated on him and that’s why he left. Which is prob true. No excuse not to contact tho. You should listen to Freddie Lennons record “that’s my life” it’s charming, a good listen, and he sounds like John (in spoken voice as he doesn’t really sing exceot the last lines or so)

[@chorontexpliquepetitcon127]

😂😂😂 the same face 1:05 The same sarcastic smile

[@crazyantny9161]

But she's not sarcastic or hypacritical

[@NancyMoran-r3b]

They had different dads and still she looks a lot like John.

[@gibbo573]

Thanks Julia you were just like him

[@alukuhito]

Is she gone now too?

[@gibbo573]

@@alukuhito I don't know. I was saying what John said on stage when Paul sang Yesterday live for the first time. Check out The Beatles live in Blackpool.

[@Kermit_T_Frog]

The only surprise is the talk of their extended family. From Lennon's reputation, one would imagine that it was dysfunctional. From all appearances, nothing could have been further from the truth.

[@annenunney9907]

That was lovely she is the image of John

[@IngenerateIngenue]

I can’t see any resemblance…only her round glasses are similar.

[@nonstoprocker5377]

She has a way of staring right through you...Just like John did.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

Julia looks just like John it’s uncanny. She very well could be his full sister.

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

Strong genetics. Sean and Julian look like him too.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

John also looks almost identical to his father, Freddie Lennon (who is not Julia’s father). Especially the eyes and nose. The voices are almost the same as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/laLHoJ93i82Dpqssi=cCJw0NA4bgWNndPe

[@notaclue822]

The colouring and cheekbones, jaw and mouth they look very much alike. They're both fine featured and slight. When John got thin he looked quite slight like that. I love to listen to Julia and I read her book, which is good. I wonder about the other, younger half sister. It's said she was a hairdresser and that she had drug problems. It was heartless of Yoko not to provide for them when she has so much.

[@debbiehanisch2099]

Sean Lennon looks like his auntie.

[@PeoplesScience]

I knew he had a sister but never dove too far into the lore of the Beatles’ siblings….looks a lot like ol Johnny…if he were a m8, it’d be the sister who I would definitely have a crush on🫣

[@Sri-jp-mfa]

Did anyone read the headlines at the beginning of the video?

[@kimcrosby951]

Sadly I can hardly hear this x

[@Caifo]

Yes. I feel tempted to download it, fix the sound and upload it.

[@sallythomas8599]

Stream into your tv and turn volume up

[@merricat3025]

​@sallythomas8599 the background noise is as loud as her voice

[@rubyjames3105]

John had only just grown up before he was murdered, i think being a fab would hinder anyone's development. Sad that he never got to continue his growth here on earth. We will never know what he would have been in his later years, I'm sixty now and the thought makes more sense as I get older. His was an unfinished life.

[@jrcs1347]

Great interview, interesting answer when asked about homosexuality.... Different times would probably give a slightly different answer nowadays

[@67psych]

The Beatles all wanked together, but Ringo was not there ! Lads will be Lads! Is fine!

[@Multijoe84]

Fascinating insights here.

[@user-sv1gh2mr4n]

When was this interview?

[@beatlelennon9168]

Sean looks like her

[@Caifo]

Yes Sir. A lot.

[@KarmasAbutch]

lol it’s not a “bandwagon” when it’s yer Brother 😂 … about the only person that really has a born right to have input

[@FreeBrunoPowroznik]

And how did your mother's death affect John? 🙄 He's got the emotional intelligence of a pit bull

[@RuthvenMurgatroyd]

Not everybody reacts to death in the same way.

[@FreeBrunoPowroznik]

@@RuthvenMurgatroyd My point was: he didn't ask how it affected her, or at the very least how it affected the both of them; rathee, he tactlessly said to her: you don't count, just your famous brother. And whilst granted it is an interview about her brother, it's too delicate a subject question to only enquire about her brother's response.

[@RuthvenMurgatroyd]

@@FreeBrunoPowroznik She is being interviewed for a book she wrote about her brother hence it seems strange to insult the interviewer for not asking more questions about her when she herself "made it about her brother" so-to-speak and that is what audiences are interested in after all (not, I'm sure, that there isn't a significant portion of the audience interested to learn more about Lennon's half-sister). Yes, I see your point and while that would have been nice, it's clear that he didn't offend her so I would argue that he wasn't wrong or emotionally unintelligent for not asking her about her feelings given the context of the interview in the first place. Plus it doesn't seem like the programme has that much time anyway.

[@FreeBrunoPowroznik]

@@RuthvenMurgatroyd I admire your patience in taking the time to defend Wogan's emotional intelligence in spite of the fact I already pre-empted your argument about the context. With regards to your strawman about being offended: If you listen to her reply, it is pretty clear that she is somewhat offended, as she affirms that they ALL were affected and lists their ages, almost as if to say it was worse for us, what with me still being a child (11) another sibling younger than I and John being pretty much an adult (17). The time factor is a poor argument also, because she answered how it affected them ALL quite quickly even though he didn't ask and it would have not taken any longer to substitute the word "all" for "John" in asking the question.

[@reddevil9554]

I'm not sure why Wogan would ask her if she thought John was gay or not. He has a rare opportunity to talk to the sister of one of the most famous men who's ever lived, and he asks her stupid questions like that. I'm sure John was at least bi-curious, and it wouldn't even matter today, but back then (1988) anything like that was still being commonly used as a slur. Julia does look a lot like John. John looks a lot like his father, but there was clearly a lot of his mother in there too with him looking so much like his sister.

[@gcrichman53]

Why is this interview in black and white?

[@judithzanzucchi5685]

She seems a very lovely person!

[@pamelawatson2366]

Why is this in black and white when all Wogan programmes were in colour?

[@robynsegg]

Damn, the Lennon genes are strong a.f.!

[@jchow5966]

I can see the resemblance.

[@redcoat4ever323]

What a despicable question from the moderator about alleged homosexuality.

[@alukuhito]

What was wrong?

[@David-uf8ex]

Yes I thought that typical rude wogan

[@skipskiperton4992]

such a resemblance that it’s startling

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

well it was WW 2 and 1940 = 45 very hard life with food stamps and rations ! every life was hard and many seperated families all living with relatives !

[@notaclue822]

Yes, some context.

[@paulrooney5831]

Cant really hear this interview

[@rossdelain1645]

I have a question , Is Alfred Julia's Dad or is Twitchey Julia's Dad?

[@chrisnewman7281]

you might want to correct the title Julia is a half sister, not a full sister. He has 3 half siblings.

[@chrismacdonald7955]

Plus the two (at least) sons that his Father Alf had to his wife later. 😀

[@jerrymoore838]

That sounds like something yoko would say

[@alukuhito]

So, you can't call someone your sister, even though she's your sister, just because you have one parent that's different? You always have to say "half-sister"? You know what? I've called people my uncle and aunt even though technically they were my dad's cousins. Shock! Horror!

[@utekrause8334]

@@alukuhito i am the same, half is a ridicilous term

[@alukuhito]

@@utekrause8334 "Half" is a useful term if you want to explain the relationship. My point was just that you don't have to state "half" just because a sibling is half. Same goes for "step". I'm not going to always call my step-brother my step-brother. It's perfectly fine and normal to just call him my brother. However, if I want to clarify the relationship, I would use "step".

[@sandrashevey8252]

Long neck. The Stanleys are Cornish, very very good looking.

[@Ocelot1962]

I can barely hear this. Can you fix the sound?

[@buddyneher9359]

Looks like that transcript was 'auto-generated' by a very early AI. Amusing, but could be very confusing to non-native English speakers trying to follow along.

[@alukuhito]

What transcript? LOL. You had KZbin's CC on.

[@buddyneher9359]

@@alukuhito no, the transcript shows on the right where a chat thread shows from a livestream. You have to click "transcript" to see it. It rolls along with timestamps matching what is supposedly being said on screen ... but as I originally commented, it's not very accurate.

[@alukuhito]

@@buddyneher9359Even then, at the bottom it says "auto-generated". Nobody sat down and properly wrote the transcript out, so I'm not sure what you were expecting. That stuff is never going to be accurate.

[@andreaandrea6716]

I find the commentator rather insensitive... treating her as if she's an appendage to her brother. Fame is a really strange beast.

[@CaptainRonAhoy]

Agreed, many missed opportunities by focusing on John and not her and life.

[@andreaandrea6716]

@@CaptainRonAhoy ❤

[@user-sv1gh2mr4n]

Well Julia is John's sister

[@gogoyubari366]

She's pretty.

[@anthonymcnamee6297]

Good listen 😎😎😎😎yeah yeah

[@jiji1946]

anybody happen to know, or can make an educated guess, at what year this was?

[@Elfwald]

1988

[@jiji1946]

@@Elfwald thank you kindly!

[@griswald7156]

The baggy jacket was de rigeur ,thats how you nail the year..

[@jiji1946]

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[@truth3358]

This is his half sister

[@todosmiros8119]

why are the beatles so DISTANT from their own siblings!?!? its crazy

[@davidblank3297]

This was never recorded in black and white,, nice special effects