James McCartney

‘I’m not asking you about YOUR father’: Awkward moment James McCartney refuses to talk about his dad in BBC interview

LISTEN as radio presenter is forced to end awkward interview after just THREE minutes



By AMANDA DEVLIN

4th May 2016, 5:01 pm Updated: 19th May 2016, 4:05 am

SIR PAUL McCartney’s son refused to talk about his legendary dad live on the

radio while promoting his latest album, telling the presenter: “I’m not

asking you about YOUR father.”



The cringeworthy chat on BBC Three Counties Radio lasted just three minutes

before presenter Nick Coffer was forced to end it abruptly, announcing that

James had “blown it”.



The musician had answered just one question before awkwardly repeating that he

didn’t want to speak about his personal life.



“I guess I wouldn’t like to talk about my family because it’s kind of

private really, do you know what I mean?” he told Nick Coffer.



The radio host replied: “I understand that but looking behind the music

your family is a big part of that.



“You were the closest thing to Paul because you were his son.



“Did you feel a pressure to follow in his footsteps?”



But his question was met with frustration from James who bizarrely attempted

to turn the tables on the presenter.



“Again I wouldn’t like to speak about my father,” he said.



“I’m not asking you about your father, do you know what I mean?



“It just seems strange. I get where you’re coming from, but it’s just

like, no.”



The BBC presenter was hoping to talk to the 38-year-old musician about being

brought up by the Beatles’ Paul McCartney, the death of his mum, his battle

with a drug addiction and the famous fall-out he had with his dad.



But James McCartney was hoping to just spend the supposedly 25-minute long

interview talking about his album – The Blackberry Train – which is released

on the May 6.



Defiant Nick said: “I’ve shaped this interview to talk about you as a

person, about what’s behind your music and talk about your story.



“If you want to answer those questions, that’s fine James, and if you

don’t then that’s fine too – we can end the interview.



“I wouldn’t want to put any pressure on you but I want to know your story

and your story goes beyond the album.”


But James just replied: “For me it’s really about the album, the

Blackberry Train, that’s kind of why I’m here. I guess I’m here to kind of

promote the album in some ways.”



The interview ended after three minutes as Nick announced: “Unfortunately

James blew it.”



“I’m disappointed. I’ve never had to end an interview,” he added.



He later told The Sun: “At BBC Three Counties Radio we always do our best to

conduct well researched, interesting and engaging interviews for our

listeners.”