Ringo to Fans: Got to Get You Out of My Life

Help! Ex-Beatle doesn't want to deal with deluge of fan mail any longer

By Josh Grossberg Oct 13, 2008 7:09 PMTags
Ringo StarrFiona Hanson/PA via AP Images

A day in the life of Ringo Starr no longer includes answering fan mail.

The former Fab has posted a video on his website asking—nay, practically begging—Beatles fans to please please him by not sending him any more notes, photos or trinkets.

"I want to tell you after the 20th of October please do not send fan mail to any address you have...If that is the date on the envelope, it's gonna be tossed," Starr says. "I'm warning you with peace and love I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you."

Starr, considered the goofiest Beatle, apparently isn't joking. "This is a serious message to everybody watching my update right now," he says. "Peace and love. Peace and love."

What's got him so busy? He did drop an album, Liverpool 8, in January, followed by a tour that recently ended. Other than that, we're guessing it takes a lot of energy to spread all that peace and love.