Yoko Ono told Beatles superfan Liam Gallagher he was “silly” for naming his son Lennon after her late husband John. The former Oasis rocker, 47, met artist Yoko in New York in 1999, the same year his boy was born.
He revealed: “Yoko said, ‘I’ve heard you’ve called your son Lennon’. “I said, ‘Yeah’, she said, ‘Why? Do you not think it’s a bit of a silly name?’ “And I said, ‘No, it’s a bit silly being called Yoko isn’t it?
So Lennon it is.’ “And she said, ‘Don’t you think he’ll get picked on in school?’ I was like, ‘Nah man, he’ll be buzzing with that name.’” John was shot dead by a crazed fan in 1980, aged 40.
Liam revealed Yoko “made us a nice cup of tea”, adding: “She asked me if I wanted a go on the piano, I said, ‘No you’re all right’.
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