Mick Jagger Regrets Taking John Lennon’s Advice to Not to Meet Elvis Presley: ‘Really Stupid of Me’

Meet Your Heroes Jagger revealed why he took the Beatles member's advice Mick Jagger had a missed connection with the King. In a recent interview on the podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, the Rolling Stones frontman recalled heeding John Lennon‘s advice to not meet Elvis Presley. “I remember John telling me, ‘Yeah, you should never meet your heroes,’” Jagger, 82, said. “So, I didn’t. I took John’s advice.” Looking back, Jagger admitted that it “was really stupid of me” because he would “have loved to have met Elvis.” The rocker said that Lennon would often tell him the story of the time the Beatles met Elvis at his mansion in Bel Air, Los Angeles. O’Brien, who helped add in a few details from the visit that took place during the Beatles’ 1965 tour of North America, suggested that Lennon