- by Jason Gregory
- Tuesday, November 11, 2008
- filed in: Pop
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is reported to have told a fan to “fuck off” at an awards ceremony in Monaco.
The incident is said to have happened after Starr collected a Diamond award on behalf of the band at the World Music Awards.
An unnamed source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "A middle-aged woman ran over and threw her arms around him, almost knocking him over.
"Ringo was a bit shocked, he just wanted to get away. After he shouted at her” - reportedly saying "Get off me. Fuck off." - “she looked absolutely stunned, but he just walked away."
Starr caused controversy recently when he told his fans to stop sending memorabilia for him to sign.
In a video message on his website, the drummer claimed he was too busy to deal with requests – and that anything sent after October 20th would be “tossed”.
As previously reported on Gigwise, Beyonce, Mariah Carey and Coldplay were among the other winners in Monaco. CLICK HERE for highlights.
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- what a cock!
- "A middle-aged woman ran over and threw her arms around him, almost knocking him over. "
Yeah, she should fuck off, looks like the media is watching his every move now for anything they can twist to portray him in a bad light.
- He's allowed. Paul McCartney told me to "fuck off" once. It stung for a long time, but truth is, I was intruding and ... we're ALL entitled to some privacy and space. Ringo is a good man. Let it be.
If someone ran at me and almost knocked me over I'd probably tell them too fuck off too. And they would deserve it. Just becuase he's famous doesn't mean he has to let people treat him like that. Fair play to him!
- Good on you Ringo.
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