Washington
(ANI):
Sir
Paul
McCartney
has
come
out
in
defence
of
former
band
member
Ringo
Starr
for
his
recent
outburst
against
eager
fans,
insisting
that
he
should
be
praised
for
his
honesty.
The
Beatles
drummer
had
saddened
his
fans
after
he
asked
them
to
stop
sending
him
requests
for
autographs,
saying
he
was
too
busy
to
scrawl
his
name
on
memorabilia.
However,
he
later
retreated,
insisting
he
was
only
addressing
opportunists
attempting
to
sell
signed
items
online.
However,
McCartney
insists
that
Starr's
only
fault
was
his
honesty.
"We
love
Ringo...
In
the
world
that
we
live
in
you're
not
supposed
to
say
that,
so
he's
always
getting
in
trouble
for
speaking
his
mind...
I
think
it's
a
good
quality.
It's
called
honesty,
actually," Contactmusic
quoted
him,
as
saying.