{"id":633447,"date":"2025-12-15T07:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/633447\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T07:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:19:11","slug":"influencer-meets-but-doesnt-recognise-ringo-starr-on-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/633447\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer meets, but doesn\u2019t recognise, Ringo Starr on Stream &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cWho the fuck is Beatle Ringo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UK influencer Ed Matthews found himself face-to-face with <a title=\"Pearl: from post-war percussion to music royalty\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/pearl-drums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music royalty<\/a> he utterly failed to recognise.<\/p>\n<p>Livestreaming from a Heathrow lounge, Matthews was approached by a masked man inquiring if he was \u201con the radio.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kickstreamhub\/video\/7582989043785338134\" data-video-id=\"7582989043785338134\"><p>\n<a title=\"@kickstreamhub\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kickstreamhub?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@kickstreamhub<\/a> No way @Ed Matty just met Beatles legend ringo starr at first class lounge <a title=\"thebeatles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/thebeatles?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#thebeatles<\/a> <a title=\"legends\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/legends?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#legends<\/a> <a title=\"edmatthews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/edmatthews?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#edmatthews<\/a> <a title=\"ringostarr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/ringostarr?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ringostarr<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - kickstreamhub\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7582989053476440854?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 kickstreamhub<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The stranger, revealing himself briefly, was none other than <a title=\"Ringo Starr gives drumming advice to students: \u201cJust hit the buggers\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/ringo-starr-drumming-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ringo Starr<\/a>. A halting exchange ensued, with Matthews asking the Beatle where he was from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m from Liverpool,\u201d Starr replied in his iconic accent, adding \u201cWe must be brothers\u201d upon hearing Matthews was from <a title=\"Elon Musk Tweets, \u201cI\u2019m buying Manchester United\u201d and sparks big debate\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/elon-musk-buying-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Starr\u2019s wife, Barbara Bach, expressed concern over Matthews\u2019 sniffles, the couple departed. Only then, with his chat exploding, did Matthews realise his blunder, famously asking, \u201cWho the fuck is Beatle Ringo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A quick history lesson later, fortune smiled: they shared a flight, culminating in a redeemed selfie posted to Instagram, a modern trophy for a timeless icon.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWho the fuck is Beatle Ringo?\u201d UK influencer Ed Matthews found himself face-to-face with music royalty he utterly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,195689,3469,4097,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-633447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-icon","11":"tag-influencer","12":"tag-streaming","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115722371985926166","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}