Editing Julian Lennon (section)

== Relationship with his father ==
Following [[Murder of John Lennon|his father's murder]] on 8 December 1980, Julian Lennon voiced anger and resentment toward him, saying, "I've never really wanted to know the truth about how Dad was with me. There was some very negative stuff talked about me ... like when he said I'd come out of a whiskey bottle on a Saturday night. Stuff like that.<ref name="whiskey bottle">{{cite web |url=http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/dbjypb.int2.html |title=Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Published in January 1981 issue. Interviewed by David Sheff, September 1980 |website=Beatlesinterviews.org |access-date=1 June 2017 |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515021430/http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/dbjypb.int2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> You think, where's the love in that? [[Paul McCartney|Paul]]  and I used to hang about quite a bit ... more than Dad and I did. We had a great friendship going and there seems to be far more pictures of me and Paul playing together at that age than there are pictures of me and my dad."<ref>{{Cite news |title=How Cynthia Lennon's doomed marriage to John Lennon inspired 'Hey Jude'|newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/02/how-cynthia-lennons-doomed-marriage-to-john-lennon-inspired-hey-jude/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323182436/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/02/how-cynthia-lennons-doomed-marriage-to-john-lennon-inspired-hey-jude/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Julian chafed at hearing his father's 'peace and love' stance perpetually celebrated. He told ''The Daily Telegraph,'' "I have to say that, from my point of view, I felt he was a hypocrite. Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world but he could never show it to the people who supposedly meant the most to him: his wife and son. How can you talk about peace and love and have a family in bits and pieces—no communication, adultery, divorce? You can't do it, not if you're being true and honest with yourself."<ref>{{cite web|last=Grice |first=Elizabeth |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4713954/Dad-was-a-hypocrite.-He-could-talk-about-peace-and-love-to-the-world-but-he-could-never-show-it-to-his-wife-and-son.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4713954/Dad-was-a-hypocrite.-He-could-talk-about-peace-and-love-to-the-world-but-he-could-never-show-it-to-his-wife-and-son.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Dad was a hypocrite. He could talk about peace and love to the world but he could never show it to his wife and son |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=1 April 2015 |access-date=5 November 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Julian added, "Mum was more about love than Dad. He sang about it, he spoke about, but he never really gave it, at least not to me as his son. The darker side definitely comes from Dad. Whenever I get too aggressive, which comes from Dad's side, I try to calm myself down, be more positive."<ref>{{cite web|last=Eden |first=Richard |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8933287/Julian-Lennon-blames-father-John-for-his-lack-of-children.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111212032015/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8933287/Julian-Lennon-blames-father-John-for-his-lack-of-children.html |archive-date=12 December 2011 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Julian Lennon blames father John for his lack of children |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=4 December 2011 |access-date=5 December 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Recalling his renewed contact with his father in the mid-1970s, Julian said in 2009, "Dad and I got on a great deal better then. We had a lot of fun, laughed a lot and had a great time in general when he was with [[May Pang]]. My memories of that time with Dad and May are very clear—they were the happiest time I can remember with him."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/julian-lennon-gives-family-peace-a-chance-3v8s3fh87x0 | work=[[The Times]] | location=London | title=Julian Lennon gives family peace a chance | first=Richard | last=Brooks | date=13 June 2009 | access-date=7 May 2010 | archive-date=3 March 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303171515/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/julian-lennon-gives-family-peace-a-chance-3v8s3fh87x0 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Julian was excluded from his father's will. However, a trust of £100,000 was created by his father to be shared between Julian and his half-brother, Sean. Julian sued his father's estate and in 1996 reached a settlement agreement, authorised by Lennon's widow, [[Yoko Ono]], reportedly worth £20&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harlow |first=John |date=4 August 1996 |title=Julian Lennon 'to inherit £20m' |work=The Sunday Times |location=London |page=5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oh yes! Ono is to give pounds 20m to Lennon son. – Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oh+yes!+Ono+is+to+give+pounds+20m+to+Lennon+son.-a061154584 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=thefreelibrary.com |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229015606/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Oh+yes!+Ono+is+to+give+pounds+20m+to+Lennon+son.-a061154584 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=I'm the thorn in Yoko's side. She would; prefer me just to shut up and disappear. – Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/I%27m+the+thorn+in+Yoko%27s+side.+She+would;+prefer+me+just+to+shut+up...-a060664279 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>

In an interview with CBS News in 2009, Julian stated, "I realised if I continued to feel that anger and bitterness towards my dad, I would have a constant cloud hanging over my head my whole life. After recording the song 'Lucy,' almost by nature, it felt right to fulfill the circle, forgive Dad, put the pain, anger and bitterness in the past, and focus and appreciate the good things. Writing is therapy for me and, for the first time in my life, I'm actually feeling it and believing it. It also has allowed me to actually embrace Dad and the Beatles."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Julian Lennon: I Finally Forgive Dad|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-lennon-i-finally-forgive-dad/|access-date=30 March 2021|website=cbsnews.com|date=15 December 2009|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624001646/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-lennon-i-finally-forgive-dad/|url-status=live}}</ref>