MJ and me ‘drifted apart’ over Beatles’ hits: McCartney

“You know,he came to my house and we got to know the family and stuff. We had a really good time. We made a couple of records together,did a video and were very good friends,” McCartney was quoted telling to US talkshow host David Letterman.

But when Jackson outbid McCartney for the Beatles catalogue in 1985,their relationship crumbled.

“He kept saying,’That’s just business,Paul,you know,’ so I went,’Yeah,it is,’ and waited for a reply. But we never kind of got to it and I thought,’Mmmmm’,so we kind of drifted apart. It was no big bust-up. We kind of drifted apart after that. But he was a lovely man,massively talented and we miss him,” McCartney added.