Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten not only nasty to The Project's Carrie Bickmore A simple interview with former Sex Pistols punk rocker John Lydon turned into a bizarre sexist rant towards host Carrie Bickmore. PROJECT host Carrie Bickmore is not the first woman to experience the wrath of punk rocker John Lydon. A Melbourne woman who worked with punk rocker John Lydon spat in his sushi as revenge for his abhorrent behaviour. Chrissie Vincent-James worked as a publicist for Virgin in the US when Lydon's band the Sex Pistols released an album in 1996. I introduced myself to him and he said, 'So? I don't give a s--t'. Now f---off'," Vincent-James said. The hotel had sent up all this food but Lydon wanted sushi. He kept ranting 'I want f----ng sushi'. He was being obnoxious to everyone. So I had to go and get him the sushi. And I spat in his sushi. And he ate it. Years later Vincent-James told his Sex Pistol bandmate Glen Matlock her gobbing story. He thought it was hilarious. He said 'I wish I'd known before I finished writing my book, I would have included that'. He said he wondered how many record company people had spat in Lydon's food because he was so awful to everyone. He is such an a--hole. Lydon has made headlines after an interview on The Project, where he told host Carrie Bickmore to "shut up" and said "Now listen, when a man is talking do not interrupt." Bickmore told a radio station that the show had nearly dropped the interview altogether "and then I thought no, there are people that would love him and they need to see that they're like that." I never want to be rude to a guest but it got to the point where I was like, you know what, we're wasting our time here. There's a difference between being controversial and being rude and when he was telling me to shut up and to never interrupt a man and stuff I was just like that is disgusting. The 57-year-old has been labelled a sexist and misogynist on social media and a "pig" by Project co-host Andrew Rochford. Today Lydon told reporters he could not tell whether the hosts asking him questions via satellite on The Project were male or female. There were a lot of people shouting all at once and I couldn't quite make out who was what. Some really silly idiotic words have been bandied about since. It's quite clear to me I'm not sexist, I'm not a misogynist. I don't know if these are males or females at the other end. Basically they sounded like hyenas. And you have to tell a hyena to shut it from time to time. My only enemies are governments and institutions. Certainly not women. I've been married to one for 30 years, and we love each other. Lydon also turned the sexist claim back on Bickmore. If someone's going to keep interrupting you and don't let you finish a sentence you're going to have to say something at some point, whether it be male or female . . . it was sexist on her part not mine. Vincent-James was not surprised by his behaviour on The Project. "That's typical him," Vincent-James said. That was mild compared to what I'd seen. But he's not just rude to women, he's rude to everyone. He was horrible to work with. He gets away with it all the time because he's Johnny Rotten. Maybe he was having problems with the audio, but it's not funny and it's not necessary. Vincent-James said Lydon even spat in the face of a key record company boss at a dinner party. He doesn't care who you are. He would just scare people and yell and scream at them. I hate that man. Bickmore took to Twitter today to thank those who supported her after Lydon's outburst. After the show she Tweeted "My mum always told me never to stoop to someone else's level. Must have been preparing me for Johnny Rotten. #johnnyrottenknob. Bickmore also got Twitter love from Guy Sebastian, who said "Saw that interview, wat a knob that bloke is. Sorry u had 2 endure that. I'd love to buy him at my price and sell him at his. The incident is the latest clip from The Project involving Bickmore to become an online hit, following her accidental C-bomb and falling down during a live cross. A publicist for Public Image Limited, Lydon's other band who are touring Australia this week, did not respond to requests for comment from Lydon.