Ringo Starr Protests Regis And Kelly 
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

It may not be the '60's anymore, but former Beatle Ringo Starr hasn't lost any of his protest.  Starr had a scheduled appearance on the Regis & Kelly Show for yesterday, but after finding out the producer wanted his song "Liverpool 8" cut down to under three minutes, Ringo refused to go on.

Ringo's publicist, Elizabeth Freund, told The Associated Press that she attempted to negotiate a shorter version of the song, but when the producer wouldn't budge beyond 2 1/2 minutes (the full song is 4 minutes and 15 seconds long), Ringo said uh-uh.

"We offered to cut back our chat time and asked them to fade or go to commercial.  They were not willing to do that and Ringo was not willing to cut it further, so without a compromise we were not able to stay," Freund's statement to the AP said.

And just like that, they all walked off!  Which is bad news for animal lovers, because furgly fashion designer Michael Kors got to stay on longer to fill in Ringo's slot.

Still, we love a protest...and never diss a Beatle!

David Letterman had Ringo on last night, and guess how long he let Ringo perform?  Four minutes and 53 seconds .

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