In a recent conversation with Express.co.uk, John Lydon responded to the accusations of being a ‘rich snob.’
The singer denied claims that he forgot his working-class roots in an interview. He thinks it is silly and ignores his childhood. Lydon believes it’s normal for working-class people to want to move up in life. He said:
“Wrong! Wrong! I spent my whole life putting a helping hand to people to get them to further their careers in any way. No, it’s not an entrapment being working class. It’s a lifetime’s experience which doesn’t go away lightly.”
Lydon Thinks People Are Jealous Of Him
The rocker continued, sharing his reply to the critics:
“People who begrudge me doing well for myself are the nasty dirty f****** in life that you really don’t want much to do with. They’re the jealous crabs at the bottom of the barrel who will call out any ambitious ones at the top.”
Lydon Believes Donald Trump Is A Better Option For Working Class
In a 2020 appearance on Good Morning Britain, Lydon again referred to his working-class roots while talking about his support for Donald Trump. The singer shared how he connects with Trump:
“I’m working-class English, it makes complete sense to me to vote for a person who talks about my kind of people. The media in America […] they tow the line of the Democratic Party with the assumption they know best but they don’t know nothing about say, blue-collar workers, Latinos, African-Americans in or outside of large cities.”
He added:
“How unusually, exceptionally wonderful is that for people like me, working-class people,” he said. “We are bored of your intellectual left-wing ideas; we can’t take much more of you. You talk such twaddle… you just miss the point of who the general population are. [The system] does nothing for these people and that’s why they now support him so loyally. Because he’s the only hope. You can call him a narcissist, you can call him nasty, but he’s the only hope.”
Lydon also recently supported Trump in the upcoming elections in the United States. The singer thinks Trump will beat Joe Biden and will be president one more time.