Did Ringo Starr just admit that the 'real' Paul McCartney died and was replaced by a look-alike?
In the past week you may have seen your friends on Twitter and Facebook discuss an interview in which Ringo Starr reportedly reveals the real Paul McCartney died in 1966.
Meaning that everything from Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band onwards was not performed by him
The 'interview' claims that Beatles bassist Paul McCartney died in a car crash and was replaced by a look-alike in order to keep public morale from dropping.
This has long been a relatively popular conspiracy theory, but has - until recently - bubbled away in dark corners of the internet, disregarded as nothing more than just a conspiracy.
That was until last week, when a number of websites reported on an 'exclusive Ringo Starr interview' in which the former Beatles drummer admitted the conspiracy is true.
The websites, such as WorldNewsDailyReport.com, reported that Ringo gave the interview to the Hollywood Inquirer, and claimed he said:
"When Paul died, we all panicked!
"We didn't know what to do, and Brian Epstein, our manager, suggested that we hire Billy Shears as a temporary solution.
"It was supposed to last only a week or two, but time went by and nobody seemed to notice, so we kept playing along. Billy turned out to be a pretty good musician and he was able to perform almost better than Paul.
"The only problem was that he couldn't get along with John, at all."