In New Profile, Paul McCartney Talks About Masturbating with John Lennon

Paul McCartney has a new solo album out this week and is on the cover of GQ magazine this month. Speaking with the magazine, the 76-year-old rock icon looked back at his career and life - and shared a wild story about his Beatles bandmate John Lennon.

When speaking with writer Chris Heath, McCartney opened up about the early bonding days of the Beatles.

"What it was, over at John's house, and it was just a group of us," he said. "And instead of just getting roaring drunk and partying - I don't even know if we were staying over or anything - we were all just in these chairs, and the lights were out, and somebody started masturbating, so we all did."

Heath writes that McCartney said there were "about five of them," including the two Beatles. "As they each concentrated on their mission, anyone in the group was encouraged to shout out a name that would offer relevant inspiration."

"We were just, 'Brigitte Bardot!' 'Whoo!' " McCartney told GQ. "And then everyone would thrash a bit more."

Heath writes: "At least until one of them - the one you would perhaps expect - opted for disruption overstimulation."

"I think it was John sort of said, 'Winston Churchill!' " McCartney said.

Heath also asked McCartney if this was a one-time thing.

"I think it was a one-off," the singer recalled. "Or maybe it was like a two-off. It wasn't a big thing. But, you know, it was just the kind of thing you didn't think much of. It was just a group. Yeah, it's quite raunchy when you think about it. There's so many things like that from when you're a kid that you look back on and you're, 'Did we do that?' But it was good harmless fun. It didn't hurt anyone. Not even Brigitte Bardot."

Click here to read the full GQ McCartney piece.