John Lydon grateful to have done butter ads

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John Lydon's avarice has never been a big secret, so it's no surprise to me that he's now gloating about how pleased he is to have done those commercials for Country Life butter—and how the money he made is what's funding new PiL recording sessions. Lydon disappointed some of his fans by doing the ads for Country Life, which are as surreal now as they were then, but it's not like his Sex Pistols reunions were more noble.

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