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SIR Tom Jones and friend Elvis Presley both had a hatred of John Lennon, it has been revealed.

Pontypridd-born Sir Tom apparently hated the former Beatle after “smart remarks” the Liverpudlian supposedly made while the pair were filming a TV programme in England.

Elvis, meanwhile, hated Lennon due to his pacifist anti-Vietnam war views. According to The Daily Mail, whenever Lennon’s name was mentioned, Presley would “fly into a rage”.

He had annoyed Presley by making his views known the moment he was invited into Elvis’ house and spotted that the rock n’ roll singer’s lamps were engraved with the words “All the way with LBJ” [president Lyndon B Johnson].

When Sir Tom visited Presley after his break-up from wife Priscilla, “the king” allegedly told him: “He [Lennon] should’ve been kicked out [of America] long ago,” and Jones replied: “I had a run-in with him – he made some smart remark at a TV studios. I wanted to take him outside to see what sort of hiding his intellect would stand.”