Jimmy Savile suspicions revealed by Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Bruce Forsyth
SIR Paul McCartney and Sir Bruce Forsyth have revealed how they always thought paedophile DJ Jimmy Savile was creepy.
The Strictly Come Dancing host and Beatles legend both spent time with Savile at various points throughout their professional career.
Forsyth said he 'never liked' Savile, while McCartney felt the TV and radio presenter was 'a bit suspect'.
Savile toured with the Beatles during the height of Beatlemania, and he also compered at some of their gigs.
Speaking to The Independent, McCartney said: "The thing is we knew Jimmy and we worked with him, he was a DJ, an MC on some of the shows.
"He was the older hustler guy, and we were very amused by these stories because he was a great entertainer, but we dropped him off at his place outside his house and we said, 'can we come in for a coffee?' and he said, 'oh, no, not tonight lads'.
I never liked him. I can honestly say that
"When he'd gone we thought, 'why doesn't he let us in, what is it, because most people would have let us in that we gave a lift to?'. So we always thought there was something a little bit suspect."
The Savile scandal has sent shockwaves across the BBC, with the Jim'll Fix It presenter accused of sexually abusing over 450 people.
Veteran broadcaster Forsyth, who has been heavily involved with the BBC throughout his career, spoke to The Sun about the scandal which has left the corporation reeling.
He said: "I never liked him. I can honestly say that.
"There was something about him that was difficult to like. It wasn't because he was so brash about everything - it wasn't that.
"He had this manner that you thought, 'What is behind this man?' Now we know what was behind it all - which is terrible to find out."