Earlier today, John Lydon dismissed claims that Trump was a racist and called him a "possible friend" in an interview with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain.

“What I dislike is the left-wing media in America are trying to smear the bloke as a racist, and that’s completely not true,” he said. “There’s many, many problems with him as a human being, but he’s not that, and there just might be a chance something good will come out of that situation, because he terrifies politicians. And this is joy to behold.”

Piers Morgan, an outspoken fan of Trump, then called him “the absolutely archetypal anti-establishment character in politics.” Lydon added, “Dare I say, a possible friend.”

Before all this, the former Sex Pistols frontman (who is now a U.S. citizen) called his experience meeting UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage “fantastic.” He said of Brexit: “The working class have spoke, and I’m one of them, and I’m with them. And there it is.”

In an earlier interview with the New York Times, Lydon was asked whether he thinks conservatism is the new punk rock. “Aaaaaah! No! [laughs] Aaaaaah! There’s better analogies than that. Is Donald the new Sex Pistols? I don’t know, and I don’t think you need to tie things together that way,” he replied. “It’s too easy. That’s lazy intellectualism at work, that is.”