Lennon said: “I think Mick got jealous.

“I was always very respectful about Mick and the Stones, but he said a lot of sort of tarty things about the Beatles, which I am hurt by, because you know, I can knock the Beatles, but don’t let Mick Jagger knock them.

“I would like to just list what we did and what the Stones did two months after on every f***in’ album.

“Every f***in’ thing we did, Mick does exactly the same – he imitates us.”