Johnny Rotten Sings Alice Cooper on ‘The Masked Singer,’ Hopes to Make Wife With Alzheimer’s Laugh – Loudwire

Sex Pistols / PiL legend John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) revealed himself to be The Jester on The Masked Singer last night, but before you get up in arms about cringe or selling out, Lydon did the show to entertain his wife, who is suffering from Alzheimers.

Lydon and wife Nora have been together for over 45 years. The former Sex Pistol even considered taking care of his ailing wife his full-time job for quite some time. Nora has Alzheimers... I am her full-time carer and I wont let anyone mess up with her head, Lydon recently told The Mirror. For me the real person is still there. That person I love is still there every minute of every day and that is my life. Its unfortunate that she forgets things, well, dont we all?

Lydon sang Alice Coopers Schools Out and I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow by Soggy Bottom Boys before revealing himself as the man behind the mask. In his unmasked interview, Lydon spoke beautifully about his wife and folks with Alzheimers.

My wife is very ill, she has Alzheimers, but shes not insane. I love her very much. This kind of thing will make her scream with laughter. I hope she spots me. If she doesnt, she will at some point because weve been together now 45 years, we know each other intimately well and no illness will get in the way of that. Thats a lesson I want to share with all of you dont let situations get you down. Use them to your benefit. This show will benefit not only my baby, but hopefully all the other babies out there that need love and affection and attention and a constant reminder that they are a human being after all, even though their memory turns to Swiss cheese.

In a separate interview with Billboard, Lydon spoke about being a fan of Alice Cooper before he joined the Sex Pistols. It's one of the things when I first joined the band later to be known as the Sex Pistols that I mimed to. Alice Cooper's School's Out and Im Eighteen -- so Alice Cooper is integral to my entire history.

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