After berating Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield for a “lousy” introduction, John Lydon broke down in tears as he spoke about his wife Nora’s struggle with Alzheimer’s on This Morning.
Nora Forster, 80, a German publishing heiress who worked in the music industry for artists like Jimi Hendrix and The Clash, is the wife of the 66-year-old former Sex Pistols singer.
According to the NHS, the degenerative disorder has a wide range of negative effects on brain function, including memory, and the rock star announced her diagnosis in 2018.
Lydon said two years later that he had become his wife’s “full-time caretaker,” adding, “For me the real person is still there.” This is my life, and the one I love is still there every minute of every day and that is my life.’
The lead singer of Public Image Ltd. talked more about his wife’s condition on the ITV daytime show presented by Holly Willoughby, 41, and Phillip Schofield, 60.
But after their introduction, which Lydon called “lousy,” he scolded the two of them, stating he had done “far more” than “simply the Sex Pistols,” to uneasy laughter from the audience.
Lydon, thinking back on his time spent in love with Forster, said later in the interview, “At this moment in our life, we were envisioning I suppose doing nothing and having a carefree existence.”
‘That’s not the case anymore, she requires 24/7 attention and I’m more than willing to give her that because the life she’s given me up till now has been amazing,’ John said, breaking down.
‘Oh Jonny,’ Holly empathised as the teary singer continued to say he hoped he could portray that love in his upcoming track, which is his bid song for the Eurovision Song Contest.
The punk rock musician, who has described the song as a “love letter” to his wife, is trying to represent Ireland in the long-running tournament.
He explained: ‘We spent a magnificent holiday in Hawaii after a tour once and it was just the greatest week of our lives.
‘Now her memories are fading, I wanted to bring something like that back to her. I get broke up even thinking about it.’
He continued to The Sun: ‘It is a song about the dissipation of a human being that I dearly love, in front of my very eyes.’
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