John Lennon's older son Julian Lennon opens up in a new interview about how he hasn't felt connected to the Beatles throughout his life, telling 'The Guardian': 'I’m not part of the inner circle — I never have been.

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"We had nothing to do with the Beatles or Dad," he continued, explaining that when new content about the iconic band comes out, like Peter Jackson's Get Back, it's "It's news to me half the time." Julian said he isn't "upset" about the difficult relationship with his father,

"I'm just as curious as anybody else, although I do find myself going, 'how is it possible that there's another Beatles film?'"

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Despite his last name, John Lennon's son Julian Lennon wants to make it clear he rarely has the inside scoop on The Beatles. "I'm not part of the inner circle - I never have been," Julian, 61, shared in an interview with The Guardian published Sunday,