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PAUL BLASTS YOKO AND JACKO
Paul McCartney finally broke his long silence and explained why he has been feuding for years with Yoko Ono and Michael Jackson, reports The New York Post.
In a candid interview Thursday with Howard Stern, McCartney _ addressing subjects he normally only "discusses in private'' _ detailed the way both Ono and Jackson played hardball in business negotiations and declined to give an inch, either in money or in creative credit.
McCartney, who is hosting the VH1-Robin Hood Foundation Concert for New York City tonightu at Madison Square Garden, claims Yoko first showed up at his door looking for love. When McCartney wasn't interested, Ono moved on to John Lennon, whom she later married. The Beatles broke up shortly after.
Their uneasy relationship soured even further a few years ago when McCartney asked Ono if she'd be willing to switch the songwriting credit on "Yesterday" from "Lennon/McCartney'' to "McCartney/Lennon,'' seeing as how he had written and performed the song. Ono flat-out refused.
Paul said the bad blood with Jackson began when the self-titled King of Pop bought the publishing rights…