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“Shutup!” ‘Johnny Rotten’ turns on Carrie Bickmore

Video: "When a man is talking do not interrupt," former Sex Pistols singer tells Carrie Bickmore.

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2013-04-10_0029In a pre-recorded cross to former Sex Pistols punk rocker John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) The Project panel got a little more than they bargained for.

But when Carrie Bickmore attempted to ask him about the late Margaret Thatcher, Lydon told her to shutup, not because of her question but because he said she was shouting into his earpiece. Even when she attempted to ask the question into a bizarre sexist rant towards Project host, Carrie Bickmore.

“Bad press is his thing, but his thing ain’t funny, it’s just damn rude,” Bickmore said after the interview.

It’s unscripted moments like this that are the reasons viewers warm to Bickmore and nominated her for a Gold Logie -and probably the same reason they won’t be buying tickets for Johnny Lydon.

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  1. Adam : Who care’s? Darn – I wish rebelling teens cared about the Sex Pistols. They blasted open the doors for visceral expression of social frustrations. The Sex Pistols (and PiL) remain important, a reminder of the dangers of becoming complacent and dull. This interview was not one of Lydon’s prouder moments (as a fan, even I’m embarrassed by how he failed to move on). But to write him off completely on this one big stuff-up is indignant in itself.

  3. What a tool. Seriously who cares about the Sex Pistols anymore apart from rebelling teens?
    He himself admitted he didn’t understand what he was singing in God Save The Queen… but that’s their bread and butter they were trained to be arrogant and controversial

  6. That was a bizarre over-reaction to what he should’ve recognised was a techie issue, not a personal one. A rare mis-step from Lydon and I don’t begrudge the panel for reacting that way. I still think Lydon is a total champ though.

  7. I think Johnny was drunk.

    He had obviously been celebrating ‘Big Birds’ death.

    And although I don’t care about Rotten, the worst segment of the entire show had to be Amanda Vanstone’s interview.

    Blasting a few hundred thousand Brits for celebrating her beloved apartheid loving Thatcher was much more offensive than Rotten’s antics.

  11. benji raises a good point about the 4 voices in the earpiece. But i come back to that he didn’t understand what the cross would entail, or if he did he just wanted to be a pratt. Tony Bee is right as well – Billy Bragg would have been a saner option.

  12. Regardless of the difficulties of using an earpiece on a live cross, this douche should remember that the purpose of this interview was to give national publicity for his tour.
    Sure, sometimes being controversial in an interview is good for drumming up sales, but being a misogynist pig really won’t cut it.
    He’s a washed up has-been and its a testament to Bickmore and the Project’s professionalism that they didn’t just say “don’t buy his tickets, folks!”

  13. Poor Carrie – Jeremy Renner couldn’t understand her, and now this twat over-reacts to her higher-pitched voice.

    It must be hard though for an interviewee to have 4 different voices come at you during a live cross.

  16. He’s Johnny Rotten. What do you expect? If they wanted an articulate “punk” assessment of Thatcher they should have been talking to someone like Billy Bragg.

  21. Well he is pretty rotten isn’t he? I don’t think he knew what the show was, how it would be conducted and he was true to form. No fine line between rock star persona and real person. Just a d**k! Dave handled it best and thankfully they bailed.

  24. Frankly I agree with John Lydon, she and her voice are incredibly annoying.

    Still, it does go to show that these guys weren’t geared up for a decent bit of trolling, which is odd, given John just about invented the passtime.

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