John Lennon pulled no punches about how a lot he detested the Beatles’ 1964 knockout picture shoot with Muhammad Ali … that is in line with the man who snapped these iconic photographs.
Famed Beatles photog Harry Benson spilled the tea on the strain between the legends whereas celebrating 60 years of snapping pics of the band, telling Fox Information Digital … Ali wasted no time throwing shade, telling the singers their music wasn’t all that.
Not solely did he hit the Beatles the place it damage by questioning their musical chops, however Ali additionally went on to dimension them up, calling them “tiny, small, little males” in comparison with his towering body.
Harry says Ali continued delivering knockout blows to the Fab 4’s egos … claiming he was higher trying than them — however he stated that to everybody — and was supremely assured that John and co. would not sass him again, ‘trigger he was the champ.
It was solely when the shoot wrapped the Beatles popped off … with Lennon calling the entire thing a mistake and accusing Ali of constructing them look silly.
Whereas Benson says his imaginative and prescient for the shoot got here to life, and he was pleased with it … he says the Beatles, together with surviving members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, have by no means forgiven him.
A lot for letting or not it’s!
