Yoko Ono overheard John Lennon’s infidelity at a party.
A new memoir details how the artist was “forced” to listen to her husband with another woman.
Elliot Mint, a close friend of both John and Yoko, detailed the incident in his book We All Shine On: John, Yoko, and Me.
He alleged that on the night of Richard Nixon’s election in 1968, John was so upset by the politician winning that he got drunk and had “loud, raucous sex” with another woman in their bedroom, while guests tried to ignore the noise.
“Throughout it all, Yoko sat on the sofa, in stunned, mortified silence, as other guests began awkwardly getting up to leave – until they realized that their coats were in the bedroom where John was having sex,” Elliot, 79, wrote.
The media consultant told People magazine the scene was excruciating.
“He was placing his wife in the most embarrassing position that you could ever place a woman in – having a romp in the hay in another room with thin walls while your wife was attending a small party and could hear everything,” Elliot said. “Yoko is a very stoic woman, but it would have severe consequences.”
Elliot explained the event created a rift John and Yoko struggled to repair, adding Yoko told him, “I can forgive him, but I don’t know if I can ever forget what happened. I don’t know if it will ever be the same.”
