Ringo Starr Says He Was 'Being Flippant' When He Made Joke About Liverpool

Ringo Starr has finally weighed in on an interview he gave back in 2008 which incited Liverpool residents to vandalize a Beatles memorial after he made an apparent gaffe about his birthplace, according to PR Inside.

"It was funny. I thought the whole of Liverpool would laugh," Starr tells British magazine Live.

But clearly some folks couldn't find the humor in the former Beatle telling the BBC's Jonathan Ross that he missed "nothing" about his old stomping grounds.

"I played the Echo Arena (in Liverpool) and everything was great," Starr told BmL. "Then I did the Jonathan Ross show and he said, 'Is there anything you miss about Liverpool?' I said, 'No.' I was being flippant."

The singer wants to set the record straight once and for all and is shocked that his hometown fellows took his sarcastic comment seriously -- some residents even beheaded the beloved Beatle's topiary representation.

Spinner recently reported that Starr's childhood Liverpool, England home is set to be demolished, but the project has been met with much resistance. Thankfully, not everyone in Liverpool has turned their back on the musician.

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