Johnny Lydon, Nightmare Interview
I’m a big fan of Johnny. I’d consider it an honour to be ripped apart by him in an interview just because he’s Johnny F**kin’ Rotten.
That’s exactly what happened to an interviewer in Australia when Johnny was asked about the death of Margaret Thatcher. From TheMusic.Com.Au
“Bad press is my own sport,” Lydon says roughly two minutes into the chat, giving the camera a cheeky raised eyebrow. It’s from here that you can sense there’s something brewing, and surelyThe Project did as well; I mean, this is Johnny Rotten they’re talking to after all.
It finally comes after Carrie Bickmore drops in a question about the death of Margaret Thatcher, a topic Lydon has been unwilling to talk about in the press in the almost 24 hours since it happened.
“Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up,” Lydon retorts childishly, getting a good, hearty laugh from the panel. “Now listen, when a man is talking, do not interrupt.”
Australia gets their tweeting fingers ready.
“You sound like one of those dreadful loud birds I don’t like,” Lydon adds, running further down the same track that has gotten such a hearty response.
“That’s really offensive,” Bickmore says. And fair enough too.
“You be polite,” interjects Lydon oafishly. “So are you when you do that, you gotta learn what manners and respect is.”
Then the clincher, Lydon stares deep into the camera, poses like a WWF wrestler and brags:
“And I’m Johnny fuckin’ Rotten and I’m telling you the truth.”
