SEX PISTOLS' JOHN LYDON Revealed As The Jester On 'The Masked Singer'

12 November 2021

SEX PISTOLS frontman John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten) was revealed to be the contestant dressed as a jester on reality singing competition "The Masked Singer".

Lydon had managed to keep his identity concealed from judges Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Thicke and Will.i.am while performing covers of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" and SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow".

After the judges guessed that the person behind the mask of The Jester was Cooper, THE WHO's Roger Daltrey, DEF LEPPARD's Joe Elliott, Sammy Hagar, TWISTED SISTER's Dee Snider and KISS's Gene Simmons, Lydon was eventually unveiled.

The 65-year-old later explained his decision to go on the popular show in an interview with Billboard, saying it was mostly as a gift to his wife.

"Someone contacted my manager and we discussed it and I thought it would be really good because it meant my lovely wife, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, might get a great sense of fun out of it if she managed to guess who it was," Lydon said. "We've lived together for 47 years, Nora and I, so she must have some clues as to who I am and what I can get up to."

He said that he would watch the show with his wife on FaceTime as he was away promoting his book "I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right".