8. John Lennon
As a man who once declared that love, love is all you need, it would be a safe bet that John Lennon is a latter-day saint, kind to children and small animals and never eats the last chip out of the bowl. It would also be hilariously inaccurate – by his own admission, John spent the vast part of the sixties and seventies being a Grade A asshole.
He was often cruel to his manager, Brian Epstein, who was secretly homosexual and in love with Lennon: he commonly referred to him in public as a “fag jew”. He frequently cheated on his wife, Cynthia with groupies and spent a good portion of his time in The Beatles, strung out on heroin before alienating his bandmates with his selfish behavior.
All this pales into comparison with how he treated Cynthia behind closed doors. Lennon was propelled by a burning inner rage due to his dysfunctional upbringing and frequently settled arguments with his fists. He abused Cynthia throughout their marriage, penning the telling lyric in Getting Better, “I used to be cruel to my woman/I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loves”.
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