NEW YORK — Yoko Ono says she’s thankful Paul McCartney appears to have gotten over his grudge against her.

McCartney, in a recent Rolling Stone interview, said he’s getting along fine with the widow of John Lennon, his old songwriting partner. The bad feelings had gone back decades, to when the Beatles were falling apart and other group members resented the appearance of Lennon’s new girlfriend in the recording studio.

McCartney said time was a great healer and thought that “if John loved her, there’s got to be something. He’s not stupid.”

He said once he decided to let go of his grudge that they’ve been getting along fine.

Ono, in an interview with The Associated Press, said it was good to hear those words from McCartney and “I’m very thankful.”

“I never felt too bad about Paul,” she said. “He was my husband’s partner and they did a great job and all that. They seemed to have a lot of fun, and I respected that.”