Tensions came to a head between Lydon and former bandmates Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and Paul Cook after he went to court in an unsuccessful attempt to stop their music being used in Danny Boyle’s Pistols series in 2021.
In recent years Lydon has adopted right-wing political stances including throwing his weight behind Brexit, Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.
‘They’re trying to trivialise the whole show to get away with karaoke,’ former band member said.
Elsewhere in the interview with The i, Lydon – who has lived in Malibu for the past 40 years – said he’ll never return to Britain.
John Lydon has revealed he was “p***ed off” to discover the Sex Pistols were set to tour without him last year.
