Tuesday 17 May 2022 01:46 AM John Lydon slams Sex Pistols biopic over sleazy content. trends now
John Lydon has hit out at the upcoming Sex Pistols biopic, insisting it's sexy to be realistic.
The musician, 66, who has been critical of his former bandmates for making the series without him, is unimpressed by the content of the Disney+ show titled Pistol which is based on the band's former guitarist Steve Jones's memoir, which goes into detail about his sex addiction.
On steamy moments in the project, an indignant John told the Mirror: 'It’s upsetting as a lot of it has sexual connotations which are dubious at best.
Unimpressed: John Lydon, 66, has hit out at the upcoming Sex Pistols biopic, insisting it's sexy to be realistic (pictured September)
'They have gone for the wrong end of things just to be sensational.
'I think there is much more quality to the Pistols than that.'
While John has said he's not yet seen the show but plans to watch it so he can 'fact-check' the band's history, it is said to touch on Steve's vast hunger for sex, his steamy relationship with Nancy Spungen, his Pistols bandmate Sid Vicious' girlfriend, and Steve's childhood sexual abuse.
Speaking out: The musician, who has been critical of his former bandmates for making the series without him, is unimpressed by the content of the Disney+ show titled Pistol (pictured 1976)
John has claimed he was 'completely ostracised' from the biopic, insisting: 'Cutting me out is a shockingly stupid move.'
He has previously said his bandmates' career success was down to him.
In an interview with The Sun, John said: 'They can all f*** off. I supported them for years and years and years, knowing they were dead wood.'
John went on to explain that he will watch it when it airs next month, to see what his former bandmates have said behind his back for the past three years while creating the show.
He continued: 'I don't really want to watch it but I will need to fact-check it. I have not seen one single second of it. Not any script, I've been completely ostracised.'
John has been kept in the dark during the process and strongly feels that the documentary will not be a true representation of him.
Speaking out: John has hit out at the trailer for Danny Boyle's new FX series Pistol, saying it is 'rewriting history' (pictured September)
He said: 'To be misrepresented in such a rude manner is unacceptable. If there was any truth in it, they wouldn't have kept it from me.'
The songwriter feels the other Sex Pistol bandmates wouldn't have a career if it wasn't for him as 'they did nothing before, they’ve done nothing since'.
John recently slammed the trailer for Danny Boyle's new FX series Pistol, saying it is 'rewriting history'.
The new drama miniseries follows the band's guitarist Steve Jones and the band's rise to prominence and notoriety in the 1970s, with Anson Boon portraying John.
The musician, whose stage name is Johnny Rotten, released a statement on his website where he said his 'likeness' was being used to sell the series, despite having no involvement with it.
He also criticised Disney, which owns FX, for creating a 'fairytale' that bares little resemblance to the band's real experiences.
The statement reads: 'We were originally led to believe 'Pistol' was a Steve Jones story, not a Sex Pistols story. Going by the trailer it doesn't seem to be the case.
Show: The new drama miniseries follows the band's guitarist Steve Jones and the band's rise to prominence and notoriety in the 1970s (Sex Pistols pictured in 1977)
'John's 'likeness' is clearly being used to sell this series, a series he was not involved in, and was put together behind his back. Putting words in John's mouth and rewriting history. A middle class fantasy.
'Disney have stolen the past and created a fairytale, which bears little resemblance to the truth. It would be funny if it wasn't tragic.'
It comes after John previously said he has been 'ruined' by his legal fight with former bandmates over the use of Sex Pistols hits in a TV drama.
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