He Was a “Hitter”
After their uneventful wedding and lunch with the boys, Lennon went off with his bandmates to spend his wedding night performing at the Riverpark Ballroom in Chester. Later in life, Lennon openly admitted to having treated his wife (and other women) poorly, which is something he attributed to his jealous nature.
John Lennon, Cynthia Lennon, and Ringo Starr. Photo by Barry Peake / Shutterstock
“I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically — any woman,” he told Playboy. He said that he was a “hitter” who “couldn’t express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.”