JOHN LENNON - LENNON'S ANGRY OUTBURST 'DAMAGED SON'S HEARING'

LENNON'S ANGRY OUTBURST 'DAMAGED SON'S HEARING'

A controversial new book claims JOHN LENNON had a temper so volatile his son SEAN had to be rushed to hospital as a young boy to repair his damaged hearing.
Sean Lennon remembers his dad in a postscript written in Philip Norman's new biography about the star, John Lennon: The Life.
He claims his late father screamed into his ear during an angry outburst.
Sean says, "(He was) teaching me how to cut and eat steak, which was a mystery to me at age four; how to stick the fork in and cut behind it, and that was how you got a piece in your mouth. I think it was that night when he got very upset with me, I think because of something I did very cheekily with the steak. He did wind up yelling at me very, very loudly to the point where he damaged my ear, and I had to go to the hospital."
But the 32-year-old admits his father was mortified by his own actions, adding: "I remember when I was lying on the floor and hurting, and him holding me and saying, 'I'm so sorry'. He did have a temper."
Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and his former Beatles bandmate Sir Paul MCCartney have both distanced themselves from the book, which is scheduled to hit shelves later this month (Sep08).