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MCCARTNEY DEFENDS STARR'S OUTBURST
SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has defended former bandmate RINGO STARR's recent outburst against eager fans, insisting the BEATLES drummer should be praised for his honesty.
Starr upset fans when he asked them to stop sending him requests for autographs, announcing he was too busy to scrawl his name on memorabilia.
He later backed down, insisting he was only addressing opportunists attempting to sell signed items online.
But MCCartney claims Starr's only fault was his honesty.
The rocker says, "We love Ringo... In the world that we live in you're not supposed to say that, so he's always getting in trouble for speaking his mind... I think it's a good quality. It's called honesty, actually."
28 November 2008 01:31
Also see: Sir Paul McCartney - Ringo Starr - Beatles
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njmarlo 
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posted on 30/11/2008 16:16
refreshing as honesty can be, the press can bend it to their whim. there is no
law requiring anyone to sign authographs, especially when the request is shoved
between your mouth and the fork with your dinner, just before you get the food
into it.
it is rude and as uncalled for as chasing around someone who wants and deserves
some privacy.
Knowone has the right to force anyone else into doing things they just dont
want to do.
surely after giving of himself so much, Ringo, is entitled to his decisions./
