#but John's reaction to George's book seemed to be the culmination of something that had been festering for yesrs

[georgeharrisonsmiling]

This is so ridiculous, George mentioned John in a positive way about 11 times (he even didn't write about Ringo like that), John just didn't really read it. George said he also didn't write about how he helped him write songs (that's not what the book is about). John always belittled George and had a hard time acknowledging George's contribution to his own songs. He wanted worship, nothing more.

The book drama seems so absurd but I think it has many layers beyond John wanting worship. This is one of my theories with what I know so far:

When I said that John was on a mood I mean this:

His insecurities were already running deep. A lot of people praised him but John seemed paranoid and didn't know who to trust.

John did read the book because George sent him, Paul and Ringo a copy.

John had been weird about George's friends before the book. With Ravi he was resentful that George "went all indian and didn't need them anymore"; he didn't like that George invited Clapton to play with them and after that John tried to use Clapton against George more than once; with Dylan it was more complex, it ended up with John dissing George in his parodies of Dylan and also dissing Dylan lyrics in his parody of George.

So I think it was an unfortunate combination of John craving the admiration he used to get from George and also John feeling rejected/replaced in George's life by his other friends. John ignored George because that's how aunt Mimi used to punish him as a kid and he didn't get a chance to make it right. In that same interview, John highlighted that he still loved the guys and didn't want his comments to turn into another fight.

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