She Bought Him a White Rabbit and the Rest Is History
“My reaction was a chuckle as I did know it was true,” Antony later told The Observer. “She stayed with me when she first came to London,” he explained of Linda’s first date with the Beatle. She asked Antony: “Guess who I dated last night? It was Paul McCartney, and we had this lovely evening.”
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She also told her friend that Paul really liked white rabbits (of all things). So, she went out the next day, bought a white rabbit and sent it to him. That night, as she recalled to Antony, Paul called her to thank her. He said, “Thank you so much for the white rabbit. Would you like to come out for dinner again?”