John Lennon and Paul McCartney performing I’m A Loser during rehearsals for The Beatles performance on Shindig!, 2nd/3rd October 1964 - part 1 (part 2) (link)
The thing with mclennon and love confessions is their relationship just seems so twisted and shrouded in layers of indirection that I straight up cannot picture them having a sincere, vulnerable conversation without it turning into some bizarre game of self destructive one-upsmanship. Like if John ever told Paul he was gay I feel like Paul would've just said "Well I'm gayer."
John Lennon and Paul McCartney performing I’m A Loser during rehearsals for The Beatles performance on Shindig!, 2nd/3rd October 1964 - part 2 (part 1) (link)