BBC banned Johnny Rotten in 1978 for telling the truth about Jimmy Savile

[@roelkomduur8073]

Nothing rotten about this man, stayed by his very sick wife till the very end. Now that's love and courage! Solid to the core!

[@gavinroger2274]

Very true

[@roelkomduur8073]

Is this you mr.Rotten?@@cv507

[@swinetownswine]

he is a true gent ...

[@TerraExodus]

I believe she was his ex wife and still stuck by her

[@camelcase811]

It's awkward being a decent fella in a rotten world.

[@southlondon86]

The irony of it all. The 70s badboy was the only one who had the guts to speak out against the true monster. It's always the rebels you ultimately respect and the overly polite good people who have so much to hide.

[@HollandDamien]

Yup. Most people don't respect rebels, though. They pretend to but they don't. They're more comfortable when everyone is predictable and pretentious.

[@patrickparker8417]

Im afraid he should of shouted it from the roof tops , it is too late now .

[@redplanet667]

And yet today we still silence the rebels instead of listening to them as soon as someone speaks out against the status quo they are shouted down, have we learned nothing?

[@patrickparker8417]

Fools never do .

[@oldfart4751]

Some young woman did inform their bosses about Saville, but decided to keep quiet, probably protecting their jobs.

[@TrussttN01]

There was something rotten in the UK, but it wasn’t Johnny.

[@exsappermadman25055]

Jerry Sadowitz knew also, Google his bit from the 1980's I think it was.....

[@hawajane3532]

Well said!

[@adrianpeters2413]

WAS !!!!!! NOW.......

[@TomTom-so6hc]

John knew but didn't do anything . Hes part of the cover up too

[@BreeMorgan43]

@@TomTom-so6hc what could he have done? It goes so so deep, he would have been murdered.

[@moviesmemesandstuff2759]

My respect for Johnny Rotten just skyrocketed after watching this. He's the hero we always needed, and the fact that he was vilified for calling out a legit monster for years on end is absolutely disgusting.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

I wanna know who the _"whole bunch of them"_ were that Johnny refers to here.

[@wibblelord2633]

Chris denning, dave Lee Travis, rolf Harris, garry glitter, max Clifford, Stuart hall, and quite possiy a good few more. It seems there are a lot of wrong 'uns at the BBC

[@louisejackson8770]

​@@wibblelord2633and they expect us to pay for a TV licence so they can cover for their mates!! Not happening

[@don__hector7845]

@@wibblelord2633 it why jill dando was assisanted by the bb c as she was about to expose them all

[@Godloveszaza]

Johnnys whole career is honorable if u didn't have high honor for him in the beginning then you won't in the end. Yall will keep hating and loving him saying how he's dumb arrogant and obnoxious and then later how he's a "national treasure" and legend. The dull can never understand the artist not even death can help your fractured minds.

[@MrUnidyne]

A formal and profound apology to John Lydon is overdue from the BBC.

[@zztopz7090]

Among many...

[@cattathat]

Will never happen

[@Restless_Hermit80]

@@cattathat Yeah good luck with that

[@cattathat]

@@Restless_Hermit80 never the BBC is horrid

[@cattathat]

Johnny 'rotten' is better than the BBC

[@frenchys_prospecting]

Johnny is a proper punk. He goes right against the grain but, he’s also incredibly intelligent, observant and articulate.

[@joelguiton9102]

Erm yeah right lol a rightwing Trump supporting... real punk... l....o.....l

[@xalienprinc3ss725]

He used to be but then became right wing which is the opposite of punk

[@Supermariocrosser]

@@joelguiton9102 this means he implies something is wrong now with the left in its values. They have become the vile establishment. WAKE UP! There is no more real liberalism anymore!

[@thesaurus9226]

@@Supermariocrosser You must be a yank. We have actual socialists in Britain, we don't need to call it "liberalism" like your pathetic democrats.

[@Supermariocrosser]

@@thesaurus9226 Social democracy has social liberalism , not liberal conservatism.

[@sistadee7939]

Well done Johnny. I also got in trouble for calling Saville out. I grew up in the care system. We knew about the nasty Jimmy, and couldn't understand why people thought he was such a nice guy. I then met him fourty years later in the Gibraltar cruise line terminal. I refuse to serve him and told him clearly that I knew who and what he was. I thought the truth would never come out. Many kids reported him. The police knew what he was. He was just untouchable. And he was just the tip of the iceberg.

[@maccabbee2014]

He was a greasy pig. Like Weinstein, so obvious what he was doing. The Beeb should be disbanded.

[@tonymontana-uw1bq]

Sir Cliff Richard seems shady...

[@nikreece6295]

why did'nt you not go to the press then sista dee?

[@Bjornieman]

@@nikreece6295 the truth is, only the red tops were willing to unmask Jimmy So Vile, and nobody treated them seriously.

[@davekiddie4467]

Being untouchable just made him feel invincible.

[@bigrobbo75]

Johnny Rotten is a fiercely intelligent man indeed . after watching this clip my respect for him is off the scale indeed . he has more morals and integrity than any of the establishment indeed

[@richardplume3212]

Agree lydon dont ly

[@richardplume3212]

Agree lydon dont ly

[@richardplume3212]

Lydon dont lie down get up stand up

[@Michael-vh3tj]

Or just mind blowing compared to your own.

[@ig2d]

it's a bit ironic that in a piece exposing BBC's cover up when johnny says "not only him but a whole bunch of them" the Rottweiler Piers Morgan demonstrates an incredible lack of curiosity as to who those others were

[@disasterincarnate]

because ppl like him think its fine to seem outraged about people actually caught but keep the silence for those who are yet to be found out, business as usual.

[@blueshift7320]

I think Piers knows who they are...

[@trackdusty]

@@disasterincarnate Morgan worships the established fact/s. Safe that way. Yapping arsehole.

[@deluxedjsireland224]

for legal reasons, not lack of curiosity. The man is the nosiest cunt in media. He just didn't want to be sued by anyone.

[@ig2d]

@@deluxedjsireland224 surely you can't be sued for asking a question

[@Guru316]

The thing that gets me about this is even now no one is holding the BBC to account for this. They funded, enabled, protected and then covered up for Saville, Harris... the lot. Disgraceful.

[@frankmcnally01]

Yes and they are culpable in many of these crimes, the people at the BBC should have been arrested and charged accordingly.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing!

[@scienceevolves4417]

And for cliff richards... andrew o neill... peter schofield...

[@antlerr]

dumbass wtf about epstein or did you forget so soon how they redacted every name and no one got arrested huh how odd unless theres more on the list then you realize like say gates, and many more..... you mindless fruiyloop.

[@vickywilliams8320]

And people knew. If you worked on a childrens ward where he hunted, they were threatened into silence.

[@ShookOnesTO]

The Irony of a man named Johnny rotten (the face of punk music) exposing rotten people. It's beautiful. When I was in grade 8, my teacher made me leave class because I wore a sex pistols shirt. The man who everybody feared, was right all along.

[@chrissouthall411]

people are scared of the truth, especially those with things to hide

[@DoctorSess]

Shook Ones there’s nothing more punk rock than that right there

[@SuperDeansWorld]

@@chrissouthall411 fantastic

[@kevinwilliams1421]

Bet you wish you still had that t shirt because they sell for a few quid

[@fliptrick5155]

Shook Ones because people hate facts even if it was presented at face value, but still nobody could give a damn and this’s why corruption with in media, Hollywood and other various organizations have gotten away with so much because people fear the truth and what would happen if there was retaliation from those organizations!!! That’s why some many actors, actresses, ppl in the music sphere have all died under weird deaths!!!!

[@musicarap1208]

Its nice to know that there are courageous and caring people like Johnny Rotten in this world.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

The irony that Savile was knighted and Johnny Rotten was slaughtered by the press.

[@WHU63]

Johnny spoke out and got banned. Meanwhile the BBC is still telling lies 46 years later.

[@Stevieboy74]

Lydon is a good man, demonised and misunderstood in his youth, but at his core there was and always has been an honest man with morals.

[@fatcat7657]

I think he played a lot of that up, he was a punk, but yes, I agree with you

[@graemenicol6377]

There another to look at it why didn't go to the Newspapers with what they found out makes you wonder.

[@Stevieboy74]

@@graemenicol6377 Because not one paper in the country would have printed it, never in a million years. Savile was a protected man, practically untouchable.

[@riceracing3184]

Because newspapers are run by paedo’s too

[@wilcross50]

He's a piece of shit.

[@allergictowoke]

He had the balls and spoke out and the bbc silenced him, Johny you should be honoured and the bbc, Shame on you

[@tezwharton6599]

Not just the BBC higher up in power did, his life would off been on the line even members off his family and he new it that why he not say much even to this day he not say.

[@TomTom-so6hc]

John silenced himserlf. He cou l d have gone anywhere if he knew about Savill, but old motor mouth kept shtum

[@fatdad64able]

And he'll never become knight of the british order.

[@siobhancrawley1487]

I honestly think politicians, police commanders and members of the Royal family should be investigated independently. Savile's type of crimes are often taking place within the higher echelons of our society. And they have the power to make sure those crimes don't fall under any spotlight.

[@guspeake6167]

BBC are completely hypocritical.

[@muddywitch9016]

John Rotten - far more brains between his ears than anyone give him credit for.

[@firstnamelastname-oy7es]

Jimmy Saville - far more evil in his chest than anyone gave him credit for.

[@Apathesis0]

His (Jonnie's) autobiography was quite possibly one of the most entertaining and hilarious things I've ever read.

[@eddymunster4857]

agreed

[@strewf]

@Muddy Witch - Who's fault must that be?

[@MI-jp4nq]

+Apathesis0 I need to pick up a copy.

[@juana9483]

John Lydon is an honest respectful man with guts, which is why they tried to shut him down. Totally love him to bits. ❤

[@GH-lo8vl]

"Did you ever try to do something about it?" So many people having a go at Lyndon over this, but let's not forget that "Jonny Rotton" was the most hated man in Britain and saville was the most loved, what chance did he have to do anything about this other than to voice his opinion, as he did?

[@gavpowell7864]

Jimmy Saville was never the most loved man in Britain, that's total fantasyland.

[@michaelf4506]

All fuelled by the "media"

[@Money4NothingUK]

Lol he would of been "dealt with" just like diana and many others..

[@carolineweisskopf3338]

I never liked jimmy saville ....even as a child I recognised there was something creepy about him .

[@locksie70]

Exactly. He did do something about it by speaking out and what happened? His interview was banned and he was banned by the BBC for years. I fail to se what more he could have done. Lets not forget, this was 1970's Britain where public figures like nonceville could do no wrong and people like Johnny Lydon were looked on as a trouble makers

[@clairewheeler2937]

I have an added respect for him for this. Well done to him for trying to speak out.

[@jeramease89]

Yak yak yak

[@yehudimcewan5167]

If you want to see the warmest documentary you'll ever watch, look on here for Never mind the Baubles. Its about the pistols playing a benefit gig in huddersfield on xmas eve 77. You get the real pistols and what they were really doing. Prepare to feel the love...

[@jeramease89]

Jonnyrottenapple

[@yehudimcewan5167]

@@J5X7 there was a lot more to them than you think. They were obviously being notorious to create headlines to sell more records but watch the documentary Never mind the Baubles and you'll see the good stuff they kept quiet because they knew the scandalous stuff brought in more money. Watch that documentary for an example of the good they done. It's also a magic watch.

[@yehudimcewan5167]

@@J5X7 they are well overrated musically. A handful if decent songs. Mark e smith summed them up when he said they were a decent garage band on the first album but then just a novelty act. You're right in that lydon really protects his 'brand'

[@clark5401]

All of you saying; why didn't he say something ?He did!! But he was silenced.And more to the point, society are brainwashed sheep.Have you tried to tell ignorant people the truth? They laugh at you and think that you are crazy.

[@ZER0--]

+Clark Graham Lots of people knew what was going on but trying to be a whistle blower would leave you with out a carrer. It's not that people are sheep, they are well aware of the situation but want to keep their jobs. An Mr Rotten was one of those people.

[@ZER0--]

Paul H I was being a bit harsh. Yea, it seems like a lot more has gone on than I ever thought. I always thought there was a lot more abuse than was seen back in the 80's, and I it still happens.

[@Onmysheet]

And Esther Rancid of course.

[@ZER0--]

Polly Potter You're right, and it is so depressing. It's all been fix now right ? The thing that I see is that the major paedos, ie Savile, and MP's only ever get caught when they are dead or dying. It's a brilliant trick. Oh the other one is to be a priest.

[@talesfromthejails]

+Polly Potter Yes Polly you are correct as soon as anyone in the Showbiz business attempts to expose the abuses openly perpetrated against innocent young people they are ostracized. Its a case of career over all the doors shut as you become a danger to the established practices. It is not just showbiz either I tried to report Government Officials/Employees and found the machine turned on me. Read my book on Amazon 'Psychic Screw'.

[@elizabethl6187]

Piers Morgan studiously avoided Rotten’s multiple references to other offenders. The more things change…

[@keithtimmins4464]

Beneath the surface John is a decent warm human being and very witty.

[@billparry3591]

John

[@american11asshole]

Bill Parry Rotten

[@uglycustard1]

They said the punks were scum and sleaze...we know better now

[@DeathofaShade]

Piers Morgan on the other hand is an utter c**t

[@McDeathUK]

He does masses for charity, and doesn’t advertise it

[@zackzallie8735]

The more I learn about John Lydon, the more I loved him even more. He's the real deal that the elitists hated. We need more Johnny Rotten in this rotten world.

[@paulfrost8895]

It 's the same with the fictional character Wolfie Smith ' if you watch the show Citizen Smith ' you can relate to his often ill fated tactics to fight the establishment all in the name of freedom.

[@sebastianzuleta5542]

John es una persona demasiado inteligente

[@patthompson8591]

Gosh! Johnny Rotten😩 Jimmy Saville 😫 Cliff Richard 😠 Give me a hermit's life any day.

[@vickywilliams8320]

Dont and cant like him. But I admire what he did.

[@ianmaluk1]

Unfortunately, many ofthe people who Johnny Rotten inspired turned out to be unprincipled sellout and elitist fakes.

[@danallured5806]

i was born in 71 and remember asking my mum if me and my younger brother could go on jim'll fix it, be about 77 78 and she just said NO there is something i dont like about that man, there is something that dont ring true! my mother knew just by seeing him around children on tv!

[@raydenwins1071]

Prince Andrew appeared on that show. What a coincidence that he's a close friend of Epstein. The royal family are guilty once again of housing pedophiles. What a disgrace. British people worshipping pedophiles and funding their luxurious lifestyles, when are you going to wake up? Coincidence that Charles was an associate of Savile?

[@1jackct]

@@raydenwins1071 thing is you have any idea how many people the royals know or have met, and statistically speaking everyone of us is likely to meet a paedophile at some point or already know one who hasnt been exposed the difference is our lives are not under a microscope

[@gabisterio8004]

My husband said he and his sister use to want to go on Jim'll Fix It! when they were young and my father in law gave them a long speech on people like him and how they are to familiar with children he said at the time he didn't understand the ins and out but as he got older he could see it for himself what his dad meant.

[@rowanandwillowsdad]

A lot of us knew but who listens to joe public and gut instincts

[@ShanghaiRooster]

Remember how Saville had that chair with all the hidden features on that show. I wonder if that was a sly allusion by whichever BBC staffer designed it to suggest there were things about Saville that people didn't openly know.

[@leebattick5874]

The only real punk, the original and final punk rocker. No posing, no parsing. An honorable man.

[@richardplume3212]

Spot on right on the money

[@pcm9969]

Well said.

[@anb7408]

Johnny is a prime example of never judge a book by its cover. (and exterior looks!)

[@BeatKasterG]

3 words - Country Life butter.

[@michiveritas1420]

​@@BeatKasterGAll got bills to pay in the end... At least he didn't use it as lube for molesting little kids🤔😉

[@lisahastings2927]

This man deserves far more credit than he was ever given, much respect 🙏

[@djrychlak4443]

What an empty life you lead. You see heroism in your toilet bowl.

[@joestrummer3100]

Why he said nothing at all a shitty quote yet by saying nothing in order to keep his career it allowed Savile to carry on . Lydon ain't no hero at all

[@DaviniaHill]

He said one thing once in 78, then didn't go to the police, didn't go to the press. Nothing for years. Then he kept taking credit, he didn't do anything.

[@joestrummer3100]

Davinia well said

[@joestrummer3100]

@@DaviniaHill well said .like I've quoted he said and done fuck all yet keeps going on as if he exposed him

[@TheWatanna]

Back in 1978 I was an old Fart, hated Johny and his Pistols "he will corrupt the young". Now I am a young oldie, because I realise the only corruption is in the Governments and the BBC. Johns right, and he helped free a lot of young people from a corrupt establishment. Cant say I took to his music, but, the words in his songs are so true. Respect for John.

[@lemsip207]

We used to watch Jim'll Fix It as it was fun to watch and to see those children having their dreams come true. Back then it was very difficult to be able to do the things that those children wanted to do. But there was always a nagging feeling about him. No self respecting teenager or young adult would want to go on that show as they had already sussed him out. There were only three channels at the time and even when Channel Four first started you couldn't watch it on older TV sets as they only had three buttons. You could only watch them on the TV sets with a dial for the channels. And in Wales you could only get S4C unless you had a second aerial pointing to the Mendip receiver. So I missed out on the first few years of Channel Four. The BBC in the 80's hadn't moved on much from the 60's and 70's and in some ways it was better in the 70's with Play for Today, the Good Life, the Goodies, Steptoe and Son, Monty Python's Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers. So effectively in the 80's it was regressing rather than standing still with programmes to fit in with Thatcher's Britain and Mary Whitehouse. ITV hadn't moved on either. So unless you could get Channel Four there wasn't much to watch on TV then. Ironically Channel Four was ground breaking with its programmes such as Brookside and The Comic Strip in the 80's and Queer as Folk in the 90's yet they didn't knowingly employ paedophiles.

[@danw1374]

Not old, just an experienced teenager with wrinkles.

[@dariowestern]

@Knobcore I’m a musician myself and back in the mid 90’s I wrote an anti-abortion song called “The Extortionist And The Abortionist” from an aborted foetus’ perspective. I haven’t recorded it, but I still have the lyrics to it.

[@lunadrurie6686]

@Knobcore if you Google it, Johnny says it wasn't pro or anti abortion.

[@jamesb7120]

@@dariowestern mate. I would love if you shared the lyrics ❤️

[@Boertje247]

Johnny Rotten was and is a very honest person. He was straight up about his own life, and was very decent to people who worked with him. He was an indefatigable performer, once going onstage when he had the flu, running offstage between songs to throw up, telling fans he could only do one encore because he had the flu. This was in a small club, and the fans said, “Naw, you’re sick, go take car3 of yourself. You should have said so sooner!” Next time he played that club, he did a 30 min encore set to thank his fans. The whole Jimmy Saville/Gary Glitter debacle was known about on both sides of the pond, and tolerated if not encouraged, why, I could never figure out. Shameful. Kudos to Johnny for having the backbone to stand up and say when kids are being preyed upon by powerful (or any) pervs.

[@Earnshawfully]

I saw him perform more than once, and he was no angel! I went to Leeds Fan Club (known as the eff club, obviously) with my sister, to see PIL among others. He spent the 20 minute set with his back to the audience growling into the mike. We didn't care too much. I was a huge fan and that was the spirit of the day.

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

I wish I knew who Johnny meant when he said _"And it wasn't just Savile, a whole bunch of them"_

[@lisamcmullan6484]

Dear dear,as children we didn't have a television set till I was twelve but I had a friend who watched it avidly and loved the Jimmy Savile show I watched it with her but found him totally weird we didn't know much about pedophiles at that time so I couldn't really identify what I found so weird and possibly it was just revulsion how many children were taken in by him and the fact that it was covered up by the BBC and the establishment at that time even the Royal family were fooled its a deplorable situation that was allowed to happen thank you John Lydon

[@davidlamb7524]

​@@upturnedblousecollar5811Yes. He didn't stand up to any of them at all. Including Saville. He just muttered that he knew something and then shut up about it..He is no hero.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

When i was a kid in the 80s i was frightened of him but as an adult i think he is such a wonderful kind man I have a lot of respect for him.

[@patrickgallimore6896]

John Lydon is a very intelligent, very articulate, very outspoken, brutally honest, and a very interesting man...His life is the stuff of legends, and there's never a boring moment, when he's around.

[@JohnSmith-el9qn]

DJPaulgee1.... AHHHH............NO!!!!

[@psycheevolved1428]

Yet you disrespect him by calling him by the name he does not like. Strange

[@glaswegiansouth-side2350]

The guy is a genius and very intelligent and honest..+....he knew what was happening at buckingham palace too

[@MELLYBOY58]

That sir is 100% spot on !✌✌🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@paulharrison443]

Honest? He was on BBC and TOTPs in 1979. He claims he was banned from BBC radio but this is nonsense as they were playing PIL tracks throughout the late 70s. And why would they ban him from BBC radio and then have him performing on TOTPs?

[@edwoodsnowden]

And the BBC censored him, scum organisation

[@JTKKavanagh]

But he was supposed to be a rebel. You know, two fingers outside Buckingham Palace. He said he heard "rumours". Yet he doesn't have the balls to save other potential victims because the BBC said no? Wanker

[@edwoodsnowden]

You have a point but he done a lot more than the others around that time.

[@JTKKavanagh]

Yes I do.But he set himself up as 'the antichrist-an anarchist' didn't he? The BBC interviewed Savile with a view to sacking him and questioned him about the stories. But nobody came forwards. All those ones that now say 'oh we all knew' but were on the gravy train. And now he says 'I was right weren't I?' No. Because all you heard were rumours. And you did nothing. Like the rest of them.

[@karlclarke]

absolute scum, i refuse to watch any program by them now.

[@OdinzEinherjar]

And we all know they are the masters of keeping things quiet!

[@parttimetourist]

When I was about 14 my father and I had a discussion regarding modern society and he told me that while water runs downhill the sewer of society runs uphill and the higher up the echelons the worse it becomes. Since then I have realized through particular events that he was 100% correct

[@bromisovalum8417]

The higher uphill you go, the less normal empathic people you'll meet, up to a level where the majority are narcissistic psychopaths. The royal family and high nobility are even intently brought up like that. They will for example remove an infant from the mother for long times and ignore its crying, as to develop in them a degree of psychopathy and counter the normal development of empathic traits. Just listen to royals like king Charles or the late prince Philip, one laments that there are too many humans in this world, the other hopes to reincarnate as a deadly virus or plague.

[@parttimetourist]

@@bromisovalum8417 Exactly

[@springwood1331]

Another, similar saying I heard from my great aunt is 'The scum rises to the top'. Certainly seems to be true in many cases - politics, finance/banking, corporations, these public school (mostly men) are a particular problem in this country uk. Not in every case, of course, but far, far too many cases

[@mrmap4875]

@@springwood1331 sc**m rises to the top that sounds like some marxist sh!*t

[@mrmap4875]

The reason why higher ups are so sinister bcoz they can afford to nd they are capable of getting away if someone else's capable of that they would've done the same in west most of the crimes are done specific group of people nd the government doesn't share their identity in public

[@jarrodfisher7089]

What an absolute legend Johnny Rotten is he always knew and told the truth it was a disgrace how nobody listened it would’ve saved all them poor children it sickens me to the core

[@WhisperingJohn]

Banned from the BBC for telling the truth

[@adlofheltirchiefadvisortot40]

anyone rich who sides with the poor is a champagne socialist... i'm not knocking the idea of it.. i think its sound, I think those who are poor who agree with conservative ideas should be called champagne conservatives.

[@Dave..1978-i9t]

Oh bollocks...... he didn't tell the truth about Saville cos he didn't know th truth about Saville....... this is all said now, 30 yrs after the abuse took place...... Don't try and tell me thet Lydon tried to blow the whistle on Saville because he didn't..... He called Saville a "hypocrite"........ not a paedo.

[@rayjr62]

Man, Lydon nailed it. He spoke up about it but no one was going to do anything about it. Now they bitch and complain about it, but Savile is already dead.

[@jsjhdhg533]

@ mmmhumummhmm The Pretend Spirit "champagne conservatives" how about pot-noodle conservative

[@danw1374]

Kutta Kyte He or nobody could prove it was the truth at the time but obviously now we know he was right, he just happened to mention that he "heard some rumours" about savile.

[@MimiYouyu]

Morgan almost shitting a brick for a moment that John was going to start naming others.

[@kevinrussell2718]

I wished he had!

[@romelmunoz7957]

I doubt that was a live show...

[@kevinrussell2718]

@@romelmunoz7957 It was recorded in front of a studio audience.

[@romelmunoz7957]

@@kevinrussell2718: yeah but I doubt it was broadcasted live, usually they'd record with a delay of some minutes in case someone says something it shouldn't be said... Well, in some cases I'm guessing.

[@kevinrussell2718]

@@romelmunoz7957 It would have been recorded, as all of these shows are. Talk shows here in the UK tend not to go out live.

[@moorethanable]

Piers Morgan helped to suppress this filth.

[@michaelprice6776]

Anne Moore did he ?

[@dieselscience]

Piers Morgan *_IS_* filth.

[@-jb89-35]

They all knew and kept quiet

[@outdoormirrorist3404]

dieselscience I already said that. Stop stealing my thunder.

[@theTORTUGAZUL]

He's a gatekeeper.

[@ghezoi]

Rude people have hearts of gold and balls of steal because they don't have to hide behind the facade of fake politeness that consumes your soul.

[@Smithpolly]

Sometimes. A lot of the time they're just assholes.

[@fearghal10]

Notice that he mentions "and others" with a dangerous flicker, then keeps a close eye on Piers, who immediately moves on from what was clearly a lead...

[@davidthomas7897]

Did you all catch the most important part of John's statement? "Not only him(Saville) but a whole bunch of them. A statement so up to date today its scary!

[@Torquemadia]

A bunch he didn't give a name to. I wonder why?

[@godfreyharper8171]

@@Torquemadia Because, as he said, "libel."

[@Torquemadia]

@@godfreyharper8171 So he didn't "tell the truth" about anyone then, did he?

[@cyd2416]

Torquemadia sound like you’re defending pedophiles mate. Sick bastard.

[@Torquemadia]

@@cyd2416 Possibly. If you are a simpleton.

[@HawaiiKnut]

I love the smirk when he recognizes the clip. That's the face of vindication.

[@dalefc9331]

No, that's the smirk of a man receiving adulation for doing sod all.

[@stuartkiernan7892]

Johnny knew and spoke up and then got a ban by the BBC. He's still here and is the same guy as he was back then. Love you Johnny Rotten

[@FontaineDerby]

Lydon did not out Jimmy Savile in 1978, nor was he banned from the BBC Lydon spoke of Savile in an interview for radio in 1978 that was never broadcast until after Savile's death. The interview from 1978 can be found here on KZbin which Lydon says he wants to kill 200 famous people including Mick Jagger and Savile. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Lydon was not banned from the BBC in 1978. He was banned from live interviews. All the videos below can be found on KZbin He is on Juke Box Jury in 1979. TOTP in 1979 - Deaths Disco TOTP in 81 - Flowers of Romance Savile died on 29 Oct 2011. His crimes were exposed nearly a year later by the ITV Exposure programme broadcast on 3 Oct 2012. Lydon included the interview as a bonus track on re-release of the first album PiL in 2013

[@CrossCuntryFranco]

Stop giving credence to Johnny's lies. He was never banned from the BBC in the slighest. In fact, the year after the radio interview, he did the Peel Sessions with PiL, PiL appeared on _ToTP_ playing "Death Disco", and did other appearances there (including the famous _OGWT_ performance with "Poptones") up until their hiatus in '92 or so (a search for PiL BBC proves this!), and Lydon would do the _Dancing in the Streets_ (1994/5) and _Seven Ages of Rock_ (2007) documentaries, in particular, the episodes where they talked about punk. Safe to say that he was close to the mark with Savile, but he was never banned from the BBC.

[@jimreily7538]

​@@CrossCuntryFranco Sounds like John Lydon didn't know more than he said. He called Saville a "hypocrite" and nothing more. If he'd known more he could have done more. He SHOULD have.

[@Yahowah777]

As if Piers Morgan didn't know.

[@brendandaly2493]

Piers is a cunt.

[@jayjay-do8ew]

@@brendandaly2493 never agreed with anyone as much as I do with you

[@Joiedevivredesilives]

Piers was one of willing victims

[@Beamboy555]

MediTruth of course he didn’t know. Can you imagine if he had info like that he’d have had it published the moment he heard

[@iamthatguyfromslipknot1137]

I was just thinking the same thing..

[@burlykim132]

John Lydon was and always will be ahead of his time. He’s moral and sees fame for what it is. The more I see of him over the years the more I’m a fan of how unflappably himself he always was and remains.

[@alleycat5026]

Great he spoke up. Very sad that his remarks were all brushed aside and innocent children had to suffer.

[@ryang790]

not just that john was banned by the bbc!! terrible.

[@offrampt]

Why didn't he try again?

[@queenslander7756]

I used to dislike this guy until I grew up and realised his brutal honesty only offended the Establishment. I’m listening now Johnny!

[@Clodhopping]

Thing is Savile was part of the club which included the "privileged" people in society. Those in that club will never speak out against others otherwise it'll end their career. Anyone in the BBC who wanted to keep earning a living kept their head down and ears closed as it was (and perhaps still is) an odd cloistered world. Savile was known for hosting coffee mornings with senior police officers and often schmoozed with other establishment bigwigs, and I'm sure he posed for pictures with all of them - and nobody would want those in the public domain with the awkward questions that would follow. Savile did the crimes but others were complicit in their silence.

[@esoxlucius6884]

Exactly!

[@griffinharvey3910]

The police force were ordered to not investigate by Queen E, Charles & upper politicians.

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

this is part of "the deep state" and how its holds power... once you are in you cant escape. Many such reports still today with same "senior" faces, still the whistleblower targeted and ignored, and the media is missing in action.. same as it ever was.

[@shinysidesmusic6634]

Absolute sickening that Saville and his cronies were allowed to get away with it and the BBC, Police and Government did nothing about it. Makes you think who else was involved and who got away with it.

[@wickedwitchoftheeast88]

The fact it didn't come out until he died should tell you everything. The police went after the easy targets the higher ups in the BBC, NHS and probably the Police Service got away with it I have no doubt it went higher than its been reported how else do you explain the cover ups and lack of police action over the years all the higher ups were in on it with him or Savile knew some of their other dirty washing

[@esoxlucius6884]

The very thing that Johnny Lydon was alluding to.

[@mrljgibson]

It's been looked into, Thatcher was keeping the police out of it.

[@thomasmcnulty5111]

They was all involved the fu*King lot of them!!!

[@kisertherednose]

Well he’s friends with royals an politicians an to get close to the royals the mi5 know the ins an outs of your arsehole so he had files on the people in power he’s even stated it to Louis Theroux every one turned a blind eye shame but nothing has changed we all know Andrew is a nonce

[@robbiepeterh]

“Cigar muncher” 😂 he manages to pull out a hilarious image even when talking about something as tragic and serious as this.

[@jontalbot1]

I knew about Jimmy Seville in 1975 when my cousin (who was working at Stoke Mandeville) told me. I didn’t believe him at the time but it lodged in my memory. And if l knew then, thousands of others must have also known.

[@bondvillain5817]

I love John Lydon. Always spoke the truth, and the ugly truth offended those in charge. Long live Johnny Rotten, he's an icon.

[@andrewgreen6429]

John Lydon has my utter respect. A man who tells it like it is.

[@upturnedblousecollar5811]

It just goes to show - if Johnny knew about Savile, the management at the BBC certainly did. Why weren't they as vocal as Johnny?

[@danw1374]

​@upturnedblousecollar5811 They didn't want to lose their well paid jobs.

[@timmellor2599]

He has an honesty almost to the point of brutality. I know he sometimes likes to play up to the media, but he's always worth listening to. And he's not a hypocrite like some, those suppressing Savile's seediness, for instance.

[@FontaineDerby]

Lydon did not out Jimmy Savile in 1978, nor was he banned from the BBC Lydon spoke of Savile in an interview for radio in 1978 that was never broadcast until after Savile's death. The interview from 1978 can be found here on KZbin which Lydon says he wants to kill 200 famous people including Mick Jagger and Savile. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Lydon was not banned from the BBC in 1978. He was banned from live interviews. All the videos below can be found on KZbin He is on Juke Box Jury in 1979. TOTP in 1979 - Deaths Disco TOTP in 81 - Flowers of Romance Savile died on 29 Oct 2011. His crimes were exposed nearly a year later by the ITV Exposure programme broadcast on 3 Oct 2012. Lydon included the interview as a bonus track on re-release of the first album PiL in 2013

[@richardplume3212]

Spot on

[@ladyluckapologies6077]

The clarity and deep sadness in his eyes when he hears his interview is heartbreaking. He knew, he tried to say somthing and now it hurts him.

[@gavpowell7864]

Of course, which is why he didn't actually say anything in the interview, wasn't banned from the BBC and continued to appear on its programmes, enjoyed several decades of being interviewed in print, on radio and TV and...never said anything about it at all.

[@leahevehumphries]

@@gavpowell7864 he knew there was no point. The media can control EVERYTHING people try and speak up about. If he tried to speak out again, it would just be edited out. The past couple of years have shown this very well...

[@rhonafenwick5643]

@@gavpowell7864 Except he WAS banned from the BBC for a time, as this video makes quite clear. And even these allusions he DID make regarding Savile's behaviour were censored and never allowed onto the airwaves. Within that political climate, he was in no position to say or do anything more that would either be published, or be taken seriously.

[@firedoesnotdiscriminate]

@@gavpowell7864 100% agree, people painting Lydon as a hero for doing fuck all are ridiculous, he's as guilty as the rest of them

[@maxputhoff1436]

@@firedoesnotdiscriminate What the hell could he do beyond saying his piece? He's a musician, not a criminal prosecutor. By that logic, you are as guilty as the rest of them too!

[@catherinethomas1276]

You were right. You're always right Johnny. I hope you are ok xx

[@iamseetherfan]

The BBC should be just shut down period.

[@birddog9708]

Deadpool if the British had any moral fibre left the BBC would be a smoking hole in the ground

[@caydenlaffey2019]

Without the BBC, stations wouldn’t be able to function.

[@gman2253]

Bbc is the death star of television

[@thomassheldon7606]

If everyone was to stop paying their TV licence, they wouldn't have the money to operate.

[@gman2253]

Tommy Sheldock not everyone would stop paying grans and old people still will

[@craig374]

The most outspoken and honest man. Greatest respect for Johnny Rotten

[@JudgeJulieLit]

It is not Johnny who is "Rotten."

[@chrishansen9731]

The rotten list is very long

[@tablet_1233]

Search YT for ITNJ jon wedger this will explain how they get away with it. When police are part of the cover up, they are part of the problem. But i must say the vast majority are good.

[@kimthetruthofit6965]

HRH !

[@harrynac6017]

@Kev Dale He said he wanted to kill 200 people, then he said there were 5 people he wouldn't kill. Doesn't make Jimmy Savile very special to him does it?

[@rayoflight9709]

Really well said.

[@MrMagoo-hf8yk]

MaSsIvE respect to the "Rotten one" for outing the GENUINELY ROTTEN SOULS AT THE BBC. HE'S A GOOD MAN.. I'll never forget this.

[@zippyzipster46]

Nothing but admiration for this man. He was patient and knew he was right. He didn’t have to crusade. He was a musician and an artist. He heard enough rumors to know about smoke and fire.

[@thomaselliott2755]

Savile said that Mountbatten introduced him to the Royal family back in the early 1960s as a 'useful contact'. How could a commoner DJ be a 'useful contact' for the Royals at any time?

[@youareaspook5897]

probably how Prince andrew got into epsteins far ranging club eh?

[@juliawitt3813]

Because he had access to their drug of choice. Young children. So, he was like any drug dealer. A useful contact 😡they are all despicable. Yes all of them.

[@sledge1960]

Supply and Demand, It's the basis of all Service Industry. You got the money and the prestige, I got the product. Saville wasn't in Buck House or Windsor playing records and CD's. As for Mountbatten, if only the world knew the truth.

[@designer-garb572]

Try and name a part of British society that is not infected or run by paedophiles, Royalty, the Police, The CSA, The Church, The BBC, Child Welfare Services, Politicians, Celebrities, the Media etc etc Maybe the Army and Navy but I doubt it. i often wonder how Islam managed to get such a strong foothold in the UK with its acceptance of child brides, I wonder no more. The Uk is riddled with Paedofiles like a cancer. if all the Paedophiles in the UK died suddenly we would have very few people left in any position of power. it's a sickness that destroys lives.

[@sledge1960]

@@designer-garb572 The more I study the matter, the less inclined I am to disagree with your depressing, yet defensible suggestion.

[@christopherhulse8385]

John spoke honestly throughout his life, something which is sadly lacking today with most of the media.

[@charlestaylor3027]

Except on the TV adverts.

[@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg]

​@@charlestaylor3027and politicians

[@younggoat3521]

​@@Heygoodlooking-lk9kg politicians lie also so

[@barrybrownless4704]

John Lydon always a teller of truth, a genuine British hero!!!!👍👍👍👍👍

[@ruiseartalcorn]

John Lydon is an honest, totally reliable and honourable man. He's never to afraid to speak his mind and you can guarantee that it's always the truth as he sees it. Much respect!!!

[@michaelmarshall1713]

Yes and I much older when I realised what he was saying and was about.

[@henridelagardere4584]

May Johnny be blessed with a long, happy and healthy life! The courage to speak up has to be rewarded. We're living in pivotal times, and the odds seem to be against the honest and brave. Calling evil by one of its many names is risky as ever. You can lose your job, social standing or even your life. But if you stay silent, you're dead already, you just don't know it!

[@beachbob8542]

+Thundereous One he's more than enough of a hero more than most he never had any power to get anywhere or change anything why aren't you blowing parliament Congress no.11 whitehouse you make a change then goon instead of giving yourself more cancer to write a pointless comment. goon.

[@captainpinky8307]

and what have you done about the bbc pedo's Thundereous One?

[@marthabond-bassom8832]

SO TRUE!

[@fubar101AB]

Stone hearted iz a netter term...

[@SuperMissblueeyes]

Having been abused (every way except sexual) myself, this guy is a hero to me. Not one single person believed & supported me, never mind speaking up for me! It just makes me angry that people wouldn't listen to him & put a stop to kids being hurt in the worst ways possible! This guy put his livelihood on the line to speak up for those who couldn't speak up for themselves. It's very sad that we live in a world where speaking up for vulnerable people isn't the norm, & even discouraged!

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Hope you are ok now.

[@SuperMissblueeyes]

@@thatguyfromcetialphaV I am, thank you. I've had a lot of help & support from some awesome people.

[@toast47624]

If one of these pricks touched my daughter I would not be going to the cops. Where are these gutless fathers with no balls?

[@eviltaylor1]

I bought country life butter.

[@amyk9813]

Do you have any advice on getting past this trauma? I appreciate this is a really personal question but I'm going through recovery from it myself right now

[@nancyhagan7553]

the truth will always come out no matter how long it takes salute to you Sir

[@LFC303606ACID]

See Morgan swallow hard after Lydon mentions not just Saville, but a whole bunch of em.... Classic panic reaction.

[@RealityCheck6T9]

Yeah I watched again and didn't see that happen at all

[@someguy2775]

I think he means 1:58

[@leemadden3able]

The bosses at the bbc were as guilty as saville for turning a blind eye to his antics which they knew about . John Lydon should have a full apology from the bbc .

[@sillysod33]

Honest, snarling, articulate, perceptive, compassionate. God bless you, Johnny Rotten 💜💜💜

[@julianlinsel4346]

I have the utmost respect for Johnny Rotten. It's just a pity he wasn't allowed to say his piece before now. The main problem with celebrities such as Saville is that as long as they did charity work, establishments turned a blind eye. In a documentary made after Saville's death, in which hospital staff where interviewed about his "visits " to see patients, they admitted they were told to ignore what he did, because if it got out, they'd lose the funding his charity work provided. So in theory, who can you trust.

[@Earnshawfully]

Just to be clear, it was the charity work which guaranteed contact with vulnerable little girls in hospitals and care homes. Not that this scarcely hidden motivation was ever examined or acknowledged.

[@Mistersandyrobertson]

​@@EarnshawfullyHe was a Catholic and also seems to have believed that doing good works in this life would somehow exonerate him for the evil things he did. I wonder if that bizarre thinking was shared by the priests that have abused children globally and who mostly got away with it. There's just been another shocking report - Spain this time, and many bishops got angry and refused to cooperate with the inquiry.

[@timmellor2599]

He did raise, or help raise, a heck of a lot of money for charity, but if I were the head of one of those charities and knew about his activities, I think I would look for other funding. The rejection doesn't have to be rude, just firm and polite. The damage he caused his victims isn't worth even the amount he raised in charitable donations.

[@Mistersandyrobertson]

@@timmellor2599 I doubt anyone had the courage to consider ditching a guy with a knighthood and a Papal knighthood too, a friend of Prime Ministers and royalty. He was protected.

[@MarcusIllgren-lt1ge]

It's not just about charity work it's more about people in "power" the higher ups "royals" people with titles just to cover up they ALL just want to F young people eat all the real food while we get "food" do drugs and yeah bla bla ( if u know u know)

[@carltonbanks9898]

Why does Piers Morgan STILL have a career?

[@DoctorKandosii]

I actually heard DC Douglas's voice in my head as I read that.

[@notme4680]

because he is one of them.

[@patrickparker8417]

Huh , why is sodomy being rammed down our throats , people don't know the difference between a male and a female anymore , [ so called ] same sex marriage is being promoted all over the world , well the same here -- the world is totally corrupt , upside down .

[@oaxacaflockaflame9294]

Carlton Banks because your bitch ass took Adderall that wasn't yours

[@zayhertz-deeprest878]

Patrick Parker You seriously have a hard time telling the difference between sexes? Well that's your fucking problem. All of the vocal and rabid gaybashers wind up being closetee gays. Here's a hint on how to pass for a straight guy: REAL heterosexual males don't give a shit about other peoples' sexual preferences or issues because we are what we are

[@georgiadixon3046]

What a gutsy man you are Mr Lydon! If only this earth had more like you.

[@michaelgrabowski467]

There are many others but they get suppressed by the evil ones with the powers to destroy their lives. Peace to the World 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@EvelynLogan-h2k]

Proud of you for this John

[@RealityCheck6T9]

I've never been sure about Johnny Rotten, but then you hear this and realise he's a righteous man, wow

[@GraemePryce1978]

He's a good man. He just had a mouth that was a little too wide for the time he was most famous in. He's had his faults of course, but who hasn't? At least his faults weren't anything as heinous as Saville's eh?

[@RealityCheck6T9]

Graeme Pryce I'm with you Graeme

[@GraemePryce1978]

Mikail Elchanovanich Yeah, spot on mate.

[@GraemePryce1978]

Mikail Elchanovanich True. If everybody was just good and behaved ( and played their music at reasonable volumes ) the world would be a very boring place!

[@SirPhilMcCrackinVonBeggington]

He's an infesting guy, especially now. Very clever, wonderful to hear in interviews.

[@brownin1989]

My cousin was a world champion speed skater in the 80’s, a few years prior she was asked to go on a show where they wanted her to skate. My father took her and was watching from the sideline. He said he heard numerous staff in the studio laughing and joking that she’s lucky Jimmy wasn’t there. It’s clear it wasn’t even a hush hush thing between a few staff. Everyone was complicit.

[@UberOcelot]

A rare moment for Piers, he's spent most of his career protecting the interest of the very people John Lydon is talking about

[@Theweouthereforrealclub-]

I don’t follow him at all, has he mentioned the grooming gangs ever?

[@youarealooser121]

specious sound bite

[@goldenox7896]

He knows when to jump ship at the right moment. He’s a populist chameleon and nothing more.

[@TALKCalgary]

Yep, you nailed it.

[@scienceevolves4417]

That piers is the greatest hypocrite of them all. Had this innerview taken place at any point prior to saviles death, he would have been slamming rotten like all the rest of mass mainstream. But now all of a sudden he's acting oh so knowledgeable and pontificating on the decline of the moral fabric at the big black c...😅😅😅 It's all laughable actually 😅😅

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

The amazing thing about John Lydon is that he has always been honest to himself. People see that as a fault because he calls out people for what they are. That is no fault, it’s honesty. People should stop covering up their faults and admit to them and learn. You will be better for it and become enlightened. Society will improve as a result.

[@Dy1oco]

"whole bunch of them" why doesn't piers ask who

[@AlpacaHacker]

Cos he's one of 'em!

[@-Jester]

@@AlpacaHacker I doubt it. I don't think someone like Johnny would even be on the show if Piers was one. Piers is a wanker but he isn't a paedophile.

[@sazzaxeight3124]

Mentioning names without evidence will allow them to hide the evidence and use legal tactics to stay free I think

[@ryanmac2309]

I was just thinking the same who are these people I'm sure some are still alive

[@Dy1oco]

piers does look nervous after he replies

[@beany2456]

I remember him saying this and he was right but no one listened, how the BBC did not look into what he said is unbelievable..... Good for him speaking out.

[@oliver5479]

how can you remember him saying this it was never released

[@Vingul]

@@oliver5479 Lydon at least alluded to Saville being shady on other occasions back in the day.

[@m.j.c.6969]

It wasn't a matter of "not looking into it," it was a matter of broadcasting potentially liablous information. Don't re-write reality.

[@FontaineDerby]

Lydon did not out Jimmy Savile in 1978, nor was he banned from the BBC Lydon spoke of Savile in an interview for radio in 1978 that was never broadcast until after Savile's death. The interview from 1978 can be found here on KZbin which Lydon says he wants to kill 200 famous people including Mick Jagger and Savile. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Lydon was not banned from the BBC in 1978. He was banned from live interviews. All the videos below can be found on KZbin He is on Juke Box Jury in 1979. TOTP in 1979 - Deaths Disco TOTP in 81 - Flowers of Romance Savile died on 29 Oct 2011. His crimes were exposed nearly a year later by the ITV Exposure programme broadcast on 3 Oct 2012. Lydon included the interview as a bonus track on re-release of the first album PiL in 2013

[@ThePhobos100]

They protected the cigar muncher for too many years.

[@rantersparadise]

He's 'one of them'. The guy in BBC who was CEO at the time now works for the New York Times.

[@djm9937]

Trouble is, too many times things like this are reported and then swept under the carpet. Despite friends and colleagues knowing the truth, they lie and protect the perpetrator.

[@johnwicks8299]

Mr. Lydon was absolutely right! Good for you, Johnny!

[@FragginCap]

Rotten had a bad habit of canceling and storming off interviews and honestly it was our loss because the man can interview very intriguingly.

[@minners71]

@Wc Fields Couldn't agree more the guy is a complete prick.

[@hanorabrennan8846]

@Wc Fields He put it out there! What have you done for survivors? Precious little I daresay!

[@gavpowell7864]

@@hanorabrennan8846 He didn't put anything out there, all he did was say "I've heard some rumours..." Note the only thing he actually accuses Saville of is hypocrisy. Hardly the first thing that comes to mind if you're exposing a paedophile is it? Like saying you outed Weinstein because you said you thought he was a poor businessman.

[@nikkiscornwallsangel1808]

@Wc Fields Hmmm?! Me thinks u protest too much?? 🤔

[@nosmoking2480]

@@minners71 aw, did he say sumthin' that wuffled yer wittle feathers?

[@nikkiclayton8261]

Full respect to him for always speaking his mind. It's one thing I admire in people. He's a legend.

[@zoecoote3746]

He’s honest. He lives his life authentically. Brilliant role model. Thank you for speaking up Johnny. Thank you for being a good man,

[@alanphillips4303]

I was in my teens in the early 1960's, when Saville was emerging as the ex-coal miner made good as a DJ / TV personality, riding around in a Rolls Royce, smoking cigars, dressing outrageously and dying his hair blond. But all the teenagers I went around with knew the rumours about his vile ways even then. If we did, and it was so widely known to the public, how come nobody else did, and how was it that no one did anything about it?

[@wallyjansen898]

A lot of people knew, they just didn't do anything about it. Saville was protected from someone higher up. BBC very in the wrong.

[@benbirch2393]

Same reason you didn't do anything about it

[@penjameson]

Because they were all at it too..

[@paulfrost8895]

Cover up to save their reputation ' all executives are gifted for deception.

[@Milamberinx]

I was only born in 85 but always thought Jimmy was creepy too. That's not really enough for a police investigation though. He actively cultivated that creepy air too, it's a kind of genius when you think about how that gave him an excuse when an accusation was made. Remember there would only have been one accusation at a time, no one was making a database of this kind of stuff.

[@michaelparanormal]

Johnny should be knighted & the sexpistols should be in the hall of fame, no wonder they was banned from top of the pops and radio 1 top of the charts back then, shame on the BBC, they should be closed down!.

[@patriziodonnati4663]

knighted by the queen who's son was best friends with Savile mmm don't think that's likely to happen anytime soon

[@n0odles86]

They won't knight him. Theyll knight Saville and Harris though. To be fair, after this shite and how much I detest the royal family, I'd tell em to shove it. And I hope Johnny would too

[@ladyi7609]

The Sex Pistols were already inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. John Lydon refused to participate because of the exorbitant ticket costs that would've been necessary for him to go, plus he objected to the establishment people participating in the induction and ceremony.

[@jamesmichael4698]

Michael Broadbent and public image limited

[@UnreliableUsername]

Do you actually know who John Lydon is or what he thinks of the queen!? 😂😂😂😂

[@scotty101ire]

imagine how many kids would of been saved if they had listened to john

[@johnnycalvino7490]

scotty101ire *would HAVE been

[@Night-rage]

Imagine how many kids will be saved if they actually investigated Epsteins pedo network.....

[@javalavadingdong]

@LGR Car Videos and More! You would have been non-existent if your dad had pulled out.*

[@guymadgesam24]

Don't think it was broadcast

[@thewomble1509]

None.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

Johnny Rotten is no hero for speaking out, he should have raised his concerns with the Old Bill. Not doing so allowed Saville to ruin countless more lives.

[@stevefowler3398]

Name ONE life that Savile ruined.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@stevefowler3398 You must be a right Sicko to ask such a ridiculous question 😮

[@stevefowler3398]

@@KryptonitetoallBS far from it. Trial by media, with ZERO evidence is abhorrent. But you believe what you want. Are you ready for your next vax?

[@stevefowler3398]

@@KryptonitetoallBS Incidentally, you still have not named ONE SINGLE VICTIM. Because there are none!

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

@@stevefowler3398 You're clearly a WUM. A very, very sick one!!!

[@davidbarnard1126]

1977 I was over in Germany and we were hearing about Saviles antics - yet BBC say they never heard a thing???? Yeah right.

[@charleswheaterwillcock578]

Saville was banned by the BBC for being involved with Children in Need - because management knew he had a problem.

[@Defunct231324141]

East or West?

[@Friendly-Unit]

@Beefad 1 they clearly support the establishment / the Tories at heart, some people on the BBC might be left leaning but the bulk of what it does supports the goverments narrative because they have a Tory at the head and they will get their funding attacked if they dont do as they are told. Any one who wants to argue they are a left leaning establishment please bring some facts.

[@Friendly-Unit]

@Beefad 1 find me an article critising the goverment on their site now. Find them report the details about Princess Andrew, or the truth about our covid figures. No they prefer to display what they are told by the goverment. So its a fluff peice about beeches or why you should go out to eat even though we are still facing a pandemic. Goverment wants the economy working again and the expendable peons are told to do it by the loyal propoganda machine. If you dont see it you are truly brainwashed by your over lords. I have a joke for you about trickle down economics, but only 1% would get it. P.S. Just look at how they attacked J.C. over and over and tell me that they are supporting the political left. I think that is where we have our wires crossed. You are upset that people cant be racist and not be called out, I am upset that we are living in an Orwellian nightmare forcing what it pretends to be progressive ideas out in a draconian manner.

[@Friendly-Unit]

@Beefad 1 You know what I think we agree on a few things to be fair. They are just meaningless slogans. There are good people and bad people on all sides of things. Personnally I feel the bad ones are in charge but that is subjective and truth be told probably wouldn't change much if we had someone else. I guess the best any of us can do is use our voices and comments to try and make sense of it. I do not think that the media is on the side of the people (getting away from terms such as left and right), most of it is owned by a very small and very rich group. Everything has an agenda these days, we have to do our own research and draw our own conclussions, we just happen to disagree on one sources agenda.

[@coyote5735]

Johnny Rotten has really gone up in my estimation, a good man.

[@BradyIsAfagInHeat]

I wonder if Johnny was a victim. He had a certain look to himself while talking about it

[@eljanrimsa5843]

@@BradyIsAfagInHeat He was certainly very careful not to say everything he could say. He let Piers do the insinuating and gave non-committal answers.

[@minners71]

Shame he didn't do more to try and stop it.

[@elnegroik]

minners71 he did a damn sight more than the rest of them- everyone knew. Still fucking idiots worship royalty as if they’re not routinely raping and ritualistically killing our children’s .

[@brendadrumm9708]

And mine if u don't talk posh no one wants to know he is so blunt he tells the truth he should be the next priminister he'd sort things out x

[@MetallicAGirl14]

BBC in the 80’s: JIMMY IS INNOCENT! BBC now: HOW DID WE MISS THE SIGNS!

[@rhythmaster2350]

BBC knew exactly what he was

[@leolionheart3982]

They were definitely protecting that monster

[@Was_I_Here_Before]

They didn’t miss them, they covered them up.

[@jzen1455]

Mind is the bind that blinds. edit: I meant to type: Money is the bind that blinds.

[@darrenbartlett3283]

John Lydon a very decent fella , and is owed a huge formal apology from the BBC ,

[@stevesolo.]

The BBC had the AUDACITY back in the day to criticize Johnny God bless you sir for your honesty and integrity 🌹✊🇬🇧🕊️🙏💎😎

[@TBrewer64]

They should have cast Johnny Rotten in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. He would make a great pirate.

[@Theomite]

I think he's virtually impossible to work with. Couldn't take direction for anything.

[@JaimieRain]

My god, yes. Or Drop dead Fred even

[@laurentperaldi7531]

I think the old boy would never accept to play in any disney Hollywood production Shitmovie

[@Brandon10101011]

Jaimie Rain i thought i was the only one to see that movie...most because of my obsessionwith phoebe cates

[@rubytuesday5412]

@Laurent Peraldi. Agree, I doubt he'd ever sell out.

[@eliza6971]

Honestly, Piers Morgan probably would’ve been one of the biggest gaslighters had he been in media when Johnny Rotten originally spoke out

[@joestrummer3100]

He never spoke out at all Eliza, he only said what everyone knew , I'm a massive pistols lydon fan , but if he knew anything at all he should've went to police papers media but he never for sake of his career , in saying nothing it allowed them to carry on abusing if I knew an abuser or abusers I would've spoken out and fuck the consequences . He said and did nothing .

[@stum8374]

@@joestrummer3100JR was seen as a rebel and trouble,who would have believed him?

[@joestrummer3100]

It doesn't matter who would've believed him just by speaking out and airing it in public would've been enough for anybody to take notice . He said nothing and now wants to take all credit he's a fake . And I am a big lydon fan but he needs to stop this shit now

[@myhatmygandhi6217]

@@stum8374 don't know until you try. JR was famous back then so if he said something, it could have made front page news and been investigated.

[@louiseanderson1505]

Morgan I'm sure has his own skeletons in the cupboard so to speak. He's another snake in the grass.

[@raymondfunnel6856]

Well done John for speaking out

[@sajamor0811]

It's disgusting that Lydon was the one to be vilified and blacklisted when he was trying to protect innocent people from an evil, life wrecking man. I'm no vigilante but I could totally understand it if he'd taken matters into his own hands!

[@oliver5479]

he didn't try to protect anyone, he just mentioned there were bad rumours. Didn't elaborate, didn't go to the police, never said another word about it.

[@FontaineDerby]

Lydon did not out Jimmy Savile in 1978, nor was he banned from the BBC Lydon spoke of Savile in an interview for radio in 1978 that was never broadcast until after Savile's death. The interview from 1978 can be found here on KZbin which Lydon says he wants to kill 200 famous people including Mick Jagger and Savile. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Lydon was not banned from the BBC in 1978. He was banned from live interviews. All the videos below can be found on KZbin He is on Juke Box Jury in 1979. TOTP in 1979 - Deaths Disco TOTP in 81 - Flowers of Romance Savile died on 29 Oct 2011. His crimes were exposed nearly a year later by the ITV Exposure programme broadcast on 3 Oct 2012. Lydon included the interview as a bonus track on re-release of the first album PiL in 2013

[@briansmith7721]

never liked his music but surely like his ethics. What a legend.

[@Viking-cs1fv]

He looks genuinely saddened that he couldn't do more to bring them down.

[@harrydrake4173]

You're projecting

[@Viking-cs1fv]

@@harrydrake4173 eh??

[@danw1374]

@@harrydrake4173 Projecting in what way?

[@spinach-colour-joey6776]

He could of, he didn't do anything

[@dannyH84]

@@spinach-colour-joey6776 are you stupid? Did you listen to it properly. He said his bit. I hope you were one of his victims

[@alanashore9570]

Love this man, so honest. Total Respect to you John Lydon 🤟🏼♥️❌️❌️❌️❌️

[@JasonL77]

Being an American, I never even heard of Jimmy Saville until a few years after he died. He was never famous over here. The more I know about him, the more I realize that he put Bill Cosby to shame. Saville was a true psychotic.

[@jackhamilton9604]

JasonL77 at least Cosby had talent

[@ultravioletgaia]

@@jackhamilton9604 exactly. This guy is just a host who isn't even good in hosting. I don't exactly know what he even does.

[@nikreece6295]

As far back as the start of the 1970s in the UK..there was rumours and accusations about savile and his private life... I actually said to my step dad in the early 00s that savile looked like a pedophile when I looked at him in a newspaper

[@JasonL77]

Nik Reece maybe that’s why he was never famous in the United States. At least Bill Cosby did something as a comedian and actor on The Cosby Show. From what I can gather, all Jimmy Saville ever did was go on TV and say “I’m Jimmy Saville and here’s something I’m introducing.”

[@whackoguv]

At least Cosby liked his victims to have a pulse. Saville considered this optional!