Written by Masturbate with Your Friends: Beatles Edition
John Lennon and Paul McCartney used to masturbate together.
Paul McCartneygranted this interview to GQ in which he described, in the simplest language possible, how he used to masturbate with friends and bandmates in his youth. There’s something so refreshing and validating about having an international megastar (What’s the right word for the living Beatles at this moment?) talking about something like buddybate* in a major mainstream publication, with such frankness and so far from shame and meanness.
How this happened is graphic and funny:
"What happened was at John's house, and it was just a group of us," he told GQ. “And instead of just getting drunk and having fun, I don’t even know if we were going to sleep over or something, we were all in these chairs, and the lights were off, and someone started to masturbate, so we all did.”
McCartney then went into more detail and said that the five boys encouraged each other to shout various celebrity names during the group masturbation session.
“We just said, 'Brigitte Bardot!' 'Wow!' and then everyone would get a little more excited,” McCartney said. “I think it was John who said: 'Winston Churchill!'” he added.
It’s almost comical to imagine being able to stroke just the idea of a sexy person like Brigitte Bardot. One imagines that part of the action was simply keeping a cushion of heterosexuality in the air, and that the real inspiration was being in a room full of guys getting off with climax included.
“It wasn’t a big deal,” he continued. “But, you know, it was the kind of thing you didn’t think much about. It was just a group. Yeah, it’s pretty obscene when you think about it. There are so many things like that from when you were a kid that you look back on and say: 'Did we do that?' But it was good harmless fun. It didn’t hurt anyone. Not even Brigitte Bardot.
I’m at a loss for words to describe how incredibly cool it is for him not only to acknowledge this but to laugh about it like "Yeah, that’s what people do!" And it’s interesting to note that he doesn’t use alcohol as a reason or explanation. It just happened, and everyone got off when he did. How amazing is that?
Masturbate with your friends. The Beatles did.
buddybate* can mean many things, so my meaning is that you are masturbating next to someone who is also masturbating.