Sir Former Beatle accused of abuse most foul during a stormy four-year marriage.
When last we left the melancholy McCartneys — Paul, 64, Heather, 38 — they were wistfully, reluctantly parting ways after four years of marriage in May with a message to the world left on Sir Paul's website.…
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26 - Dawn
She's a crazy bitch and I hope Linda's ghost swoops down and haunts Heather's every waking moment.
I could care less who Paul married, he wasn't my favorite Beatle, but I find this whole thing a huge load of hogwash. Not once in his 64 years on this earth has anyone said one thing about him implying he's violent.
And I can't believe Eric would even entertain the notion that anything this psycho says isn't driven by her greed and need for revenge.
Yeah, she's missing a leg, enough sucking up the sympathy already. I am missing a heart and I don't see anyone giving me any handouts.
27 - Donnie Marler
I agree, Dawn. She's going out on "a limb."
28 - Eric Olsen
I can easily toss out the majority of the allegations under the circumstances -- my ex-wife didn't paint the prettiest picture of me either -- but if ANY of the worst of it is true, then poor Paul has changed. He clearly became contemptuous of her, at the barest minimum
29 - Mistress La Spliffe
Oh please. McCartney petitioned for this divorce. As if there was any real physical abuse when she could have reported it, petitioned, and then been on a great footing for maximum alimony while sporting a scar on her arm/extra sore stump. The ‘illegal drugs’ were obviously reefer and nobody but Americans gives a shit, and who HASN'T told thier lover their fun bits belong to them?
Let's face it . . . Mills was planning at maximum inheritance widowhood and now she's clutching at straws because nobody told her love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight.
30 - Donnie Marler
"Let's face it . . . Mills was planning at maximum inheritance widowhood and now she's clutching at straws because nobody told her love has a nasty habit of disappearing overnight."
Hammer, meet nail. I think you're dead right!
31 - Mistress La Spliffe
Thanks, Donnie. For what it's worth, you made me laugh while I was drinking my 3:30 coffee and it came out my nose. Kudos.
32 - Eric Olsen
I am astonished that women in particular are so quick to utterly dismiss this woman on every level. I hae no idea what the reality is, but how is everyone else so sure?
33 - Mistress La Spliffe
Eric, her timing. Also the feeling that the second a man with a 9 digit fortune and no pre-nup choked us, stabbed us with a fucking wine glass, or left us with any other visible marks of abuse, we'd be out the door.
You're right, though. No one knows for sure. But, since we're bloggers and not judges, it really doesn't matter if we're wrong or right, where we belong, we're right . . . et cetera.
34 - Donnie Marler
I certainly don't know either of the parties involved, but if Paul were that big a prick, chances are we'd know about it to some degree? Wouldn't you think?
Although I do think Linda could have kicked his ass. He's not the most masculine guy alive.
35 - Eric Olsen
I guess ultimately my point is that it's very sad he finds himself in this situation and that the whole thing was obviously an enormous mistake that someone in his position should have avoided
36 - Dawn
Hell, the first time he made me climb up airplane steps using my stump I would have demanded photos and notarized documentation. If he was that evil, we would have heard something much sooner.
Eric, I guess some things inherent to females are just more obvious, to, well females. We know a crazy nutjob when we see one. Not to mention the wording of all of it is SOOO begging for attention and sympathy. I mean we're all sorry she lost her leg, but jeez, she's no war hero or anything.
37 - susan iddon
As Paul had sang many years ago on Wings Wildlife
"Some People Never Know", only fools take second best....sing it and live it
38 - CCC
Here's a scenario to consider: Paul just came out with his wonderful 'Ecce Cor Meum' -- a tribute to Linda, performed at Carneige Hall last week. [see:NPR
for some samples.]
Now imagine this: Paul working on the ode to Linda for many months, while married to Heather. I don't care how sweet she was when they married or what they promised each other, that work MUST have put a lot of stress on the relationship . . . especially when you listen (in context) to Paul's coherent summation of his feelings for Linda: i.e., that she was THE love of his life and that no one else could come close. And think of what that would have meant to Heather--the mother of his youngest child--considering the psychic meaning of 'Ecce Cor Meum' to her and to her daughter, week after week, month after month. I have no idea who did what--if anything--but I also have no doubt that the honesty of Paul's expression of his reservoir of feelings for his late wife, must have emptied the well of feelings his new wife had for him . . . as it likely would for anyone following an act like Linda McCartney, her husband's musical and creative partner for so many, yet all too few years.
We humans! Drama is our middle name. Drama surrounded by the vapor of wistful, clinging remorse, saturated--against all odds--with the kind of hope that makes us forget the foolish consequences with which fate will certainly reward a man for daring to fill the lonely space beside him--challenging the draft version of the lyrics that might otherwise have served as his mournful epitaph.
Paul probably saw no contradicion: Loving and honoring Linda and their life together, while simultaneously loving Heather and raising a child with her. It's NOT that men can simply move on and women can't. Clearly Paul did NOT really move on. But he allowed a new dimension--or part of an old one--to share space with the memory of his lost love . . . refusing to give that love up to the new woman's need for exclusivity.
My bet? He explained all of this to Heather, and she agreed and indicated that she could deal with the concept of Paul's continuing loyalty to his dreams with Linda . . . only to discover that in real life, that bargain was impossible for her to keep. It is hard to admit that you cannot keep the seminal promise on which a relationship is based ; and easier by far to blame it on the person who was unreasonable enough to ask that condition in the first place.
Too bad. All three of the McCartney's deserve better.
39 - A.
Oh come on, CCC, it's obvious that Heather was too young for Paul. Otherwise she would have understood that she was wife number 2 and that of course she couldn't take the place of his youth and youthful fame and happiness with his first wife.
Also, you forget, CCC, there are other McCartneys around - not just 'three'. Paul had other people he loved who he needed to pay attention to, for himself as much as for them.
Mature people who love someone understand that someone can love more than one person, but in different ways. Only the childish demand that they be 'the only one' that their mate loves. A woman should be proud and happy that a man wants her as his mate and honours her with marriage, especially when he has the choice of a world of women and wealth to boot.
A woman who really loves a man takes him as he is, not as she wants him to be. If she wanted him to do certain things differently and to become different after she married him, she should have thought more than twice about marrying him, as maybe she isn't in love with him, as she thinks she is, if she wants to change him into someone else.
The truth is, Heather and Paul were simply not suited to each other long-term (maybe only in the short-term) and they both found out. It was a big mistake. Leave them be. Just because they're famous and rich doesn't mean they're not human. We humans do make mistakes and we do have passion in our love relationships. If they argued, and even fought, because they disappointed each other so badly, what's new? Most people marry the wrong people and live to regret it.
I just pray that Paul finds just the right person for himself in future, and happiness and inner peace; his music and as a result the world would benefit if he did. Heather -- well, I think she's struggling right now, trying to make sense of what has happened to her. It's hard to know what she's really like. I'm not sure she knows. But I wish her happiness and inner peace too.
I also wish for understanding and kindness for Beatrice, who I hope does not repeat the mistakes handed down to her due to Heather's karma. But one thing's certain. Paul must deal with that, and so must Heather. Not us strangers.
Let all this be a lesson to us that money can't buy you love, that there's only one thing that money can't buy, and that's true love that will never die; take away love and we are ruined, lose it and we are lost ... while remembering that the heart must love, it can't help it as that is its nature, and that it can repair itself and love again, if we let it, but that 'you can't hurry love -- you just have to wait. Love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take...'
40 - Mike Hunt
Saw Heather at the pub last night she was legless!!!!!
41 - Chris
People who comment are losers...
42 - Colleen
I wish I could be Paul's future ex-wife to be. Looks really profitable. There are always 2 sides to a divorce -- your's and the shithead's!
43 - Bingo
Dirty Old Man Screws Woman Half His Age.
Gets Drunk & Stoned then Gets Violent.
Surely not Our Sweet Paul!?
Typical misogyny.
If he is so innocent why did he offer her a £50 million settlement? Provided she keeps her mouth shut!
To her credit she has told him to shove it.
People have died for their freedom of speach.
£50mil seems cheap
44 - Ken
Heather Mills is about to open up a very wicked can of worms and Paul McCartney is terrified. Heather Mills will tell the world what Paul McCartney is really like. Paul McCartney proved he had a lot to hide when he purchased the "Linda McCartney Tapes" for $400,000.00 USD in November of 2006. Heather Mills will now be able to speak for Linda McCartney, too. Paul McCartney is not the saint people think he is. Paul McCartney is as mean as mean gets....remark my words because it will be proven in a court of law soon enough.
45 - Mick
I can't want to see Heather Mills-McCartney bring that blood hound jowls Paul McCartney down. It has been a long time coming - but well worth the wait. Paul would be astonished if he knew how many of us think he is an utter useless windbag and can not stand the bloody sight of him. That backstabbing fucker's time has finally come!
Ken - thanks for telling me about this blog board, mate and have you checked out Paul's videos on You Tube for Memory Almost Full? Me & the better half laughed are arses off. The comments people are leaving are bloody priceless. I wonder if Paul has taken a look-see at them.
Bashing comments and lack of T&A for Paul it seems. ROTFLMOA!
46 - Ken
I forgot to say that Heather will set the record straight for once and all. Bloody hell, Paul messed around on Linda all the time. Paul was not the loving and devoted hubby to Linda like we were all lead to believe. Maybe a few of the women Pauly fooled around with when married to Linda will come forward soon. It shall be interesting to say the least.
Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time!
Ho-ho-ho-ho-hoe!
LMOA!
47 - the Other Woman
Well I must come to the defense of Paul, as I've never know him to be an angry drunk or violent man. Heather was simply jealous of his time and attention and Linda (God Bless her) was a lovely woman and found room in heart for all of Paul's friends.
Heather's accusations are half baseless.
She doesn't have a leg to stand on with any of them. It will be proven in court and then you will stumped.
48 - eddie
this had to be one of the dummest moves Paul, or any man can make. When we have a pretty thing roll in front of our face, we get duped into thinking we are in love, when in fact, these sharp clawed little peacocks are quite aware of wanting to hit the jackpot with a rich man. since when does a model marry a man twice her age without money being the main motive? considering how disgusting it is for any woman to be a gold digger today, it should be of primary importance for a woman to demonstrate she isn't that kind of trash.
49 - Truth
It's amazing the cheap, stupid comments from the idiotic losers who think losing a limb is hilarious.
Geez, can I laugh myself silly at the thought of one of YOUR family members losing a limb or possibly their lives to cancer or an accident?
Grow up, you scum.
50 - Bite me
What a saint Linda was! After all, somebody who apparently lived in a state of filth and left all kinds of drugs around for her kids to sample.
Yes, that's what the McCartney household was like.
Maybe all the fat, homely, smelly american groupies and the other idiots who comment here need to get lives. Jealousy will get you nowhere, losers.
You people are just so empty-headed, no wonder why you are so envious and spiteful. LOL
51 - RogerM
It would have been a lot easier on Sir Paul if he had just found someone he really hated back in 1999, paid them 300 million and moved on with his life. Any celebrities needing someone to hate? I'm available to accept anything upwards of a million.
52 - Lacie
I would still gladly marry paul. so what hes not the cute beatle?? at least hes alive.... and heather just need to back off.... just give peace a chance heather...
53 - Madcat
Ha. Typical she said, he said divorce BS. This woman has no class.
54 - Lily and Louisa
We both think that Paul was a bit too old for Heather and that's why things didn't work out nicely between them both.
Also they argue over the most ridiculous things and end up in a right state!
it doesn't matter if they feed by breasts of ordinary milk for the baby.
Better luck next time Paul!!!
55 - Lily and Louisa
We both think that Paul was a bit too old for Heather and that's why things didn't work out nicely between them both.
Also they argue over the most ridiculous things and end up in a right state!
it doesn't matter if they feed by breasts of ordinary milk for the baby.
Better luck next time Paul!!!