Lydon, 64, has long been associated with anarchist views and he’s managed to get people talking again.

A tweet showing the “God Save the Queen” singer wearing a pro-Donald Trump ‘Make America Great Again’ T-shirt has gone viral on Twitter this week, with one former fan decrying his idol’s political views.

The tweet, which has been liked more than 18,000 times reads: “10 year old me is absolutely gutted that this is what his hero turned into. John Lydon, about as punk as a game of golf. Big f***ing poser.”

Podcaster and satirist Blindboy Boatclub of the Rubberbandits fame retweeted photos and asked: “How does this happen to a person? He was a working class Irish lad growing up in London. He’s been vocally anti imperial. His f***ing autobiography is called ‘No Irish, No Blacks, No dogs’. Is it money? Is it age? He’s been an eejit for a while, but this is bad.”

Another person quoted the tweet with a quote from Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong who has criticized Lydon in the past.

They wrote: “Billie Joe Armstrong had the best comment about the ethos of John Lydon and the Sex Pistols: ‘I am the anti-Christ/Please buy our merchandise.’”

Many online are questioning whether Lydon is wearing the MAGA shirt to be provocative and not because he actually supports Trump.

However, in a 2017 NPR interview, Lydon called Trump “absolutely magnificent.”

“I think he’s absolutely magnificent. He’s a total cat amongst the pigeons,” he said at the time. “It’s got everybody now involving themselves in a political way. And I’ve been struggling for years to get people to wake up and do that.”

In the same year, during a Good Morning Britain appearance, Lydon said Trump was a “complicated fellow” who had been “smeared” by the “left-wing media.”

“One journalist once said to me, is he the political Sex Pistol? In a way.

“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.

“There are 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.

“This is a joy to behold for me. Dare I say, [he could be] a possible friend.”

Newsweek has reached out to Lydon’s representatives for comment.