To keep the record straight, it wasn’t always John and Yoko. We’ve all accused one another of various business things we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There’s a lot of money involved.

McCartney is pushing back against the simplified popular narrative that blames the Beatles’ late-period conflicts chiefly on John Lennon and Yoko Ono. He stresses that suspicion and recrimination were widespread within the group, fueled not only by personal tensions but by the high-stakes business environment surrounding the band’s breakup-era decisions. The remark frames the Beatles’ internal disputes as a collective, systemic problem—exacerbated by money, management, and competing interests—rather than a single villain or couple. It also conveys the defensive, wary mindset that can develop when friendships are entangled with major financial and legal consequences.