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torchlitinthedesert · 10 months ago

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I think Alex wanted to be a very loyal friend to John. He wanted John's attention. There were enough men that wanted his attention at that time. It wasn't physical, it was mental. They were almost desperate, the heterosexual ones.

Pattie Boyd on "Magic" Alex Mardas and John Lennon, interviewed in 1980. Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, All You Need Is Love (2024)

#go pattie go!#it's so interesting to see it spelled out #so near the time #john absolutely did have this effect on a lot of men #but because most of the histories have been written by those men #they've been very very bad at acknowledging it #(pattie isn't the only one to mention alex being starstruck. but she's the bluntest and the best)#pattie boyd #john lennon #magic alex #all you need is love: the end of the beatles #peter brown

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