Yoko Ono 'insecure about her looks'

Yoko Ono has confessed that she has had insecurities about her looks since she was young.

According to Contactmusic, the Japanese performer inherited her father's bone structure and was concerned that she had masculine features.

She explained: "All my life my mother told me that I had strong jaws like a guy. It was not womanly. Well, I got them from my father, I think. So yes, I won't say I am particularly feminine."

Ono also revealed that her late husband John Lennon would often compliment her in order to boost her self-esteem, saying: "I used to hide my jaws with my long hair. John used to say, 'Show me your face!' and took my hair out of my face. [He said], 'Look, you’re beautiful. I don't know why you are hiding with your hair'. I kept myself hidden."

She added that the ex-Beatle did have one unkind nickname for her. "My head was unusually large for my small body. So John called me a Martian," she said.