Paul McCartney and Heather Mills Separate
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James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Wednesday, May 17, 2006 |
Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills are separating, according to multiple press reports.
Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills are planning to separate, media reports said Wednesday. Representatives of the couple declined to comment but said a statement was expected later in the day.
The former Beatle married Mills in June 2002, four years after his former wife Linda McCartney died of breast cancer. McCartney and Mills had a daughter in October 2003.
The Daily Mirror and BBC both reported the planned split.
A shame, especially since they have a child together. McCartney was married to Linda for ovr thirty years, so it’s not as if he has trouble with commitment.
Update: trikc has the story as well.
Update: The couple have held a press conference whining that it’s all the media’s fault.
Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his second wife, Heather Mills McCartney, said Wednesday that they are separating after nearly four years of marriage, blaming intrusion from the media and insisting their split is amicable.
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“Separation for any couple is difficult enough, but to have to go through this so publicly, especially with a small daughter, is immensely stressful,” it added. “We hope, for the sake of our baby daughter, that we will be given some space and time to get through this difficult period.”
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On Wednesday afternoon, McCartney posted a message on his personal Web site, saying he was very upset over suggestions that Mills McCartney had married him for his money. “It’s been suggested that she married me for the money and there is not an ounce of truth in this,” he said in the post. “She is a very generous person who spends most of her time trying to help others in greater need than herself. All the work she does is unpaid, so these stories are ridiculous and completely unfounded. I’m very sad to see that some insensitive people would choose a moment like this to spread these vicious rumors.”
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“Although some of these articles can be funny, there are others that are plain malicious and you need to be strong not to be hurt by some of the cruel suggestions that flow from these peoples pens,” the statement said. “The media sometimes suggests a rift between my kids and Heather, but in fact we get on great and anyone who knows our family can see this for themselves,” McCartney wrote.
Now, I sympathize with his pleas for privacy and avoiding vicious gossip. Still, McCartney has been an international superstar since literally before I was born. And I was born before his wife. It’s not as if the man doesn’t know the territory by now. And he managed to keep his first marriage together for over thirty years, until her sad passing, during the heyday of his fame.
Update: Perez Hilton apparently did not get word to be sensitive to the McCartneys’ feelings. Commenters at US Weekly didn’t, either.
Update: Nor did Don Surber.
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That would be pretty sad. OTOH, it’s not like he wasn’t pretty well known as a pothead when she hooked up with him.
The old saw about women getting into marriage hoping to change the man and men getting into marriage hoping the women will never change, with both destined for disappointment, would seem apt here.
I don’t know about her marrying him for his money but I heard she IS suing for alimony…after a marriage of such short duration and not having sacrificed her career for his, I don’t think she has a leg to stand on.
ANY DIVORCE IS SAD EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IT TO LONG BUT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT SAY THINGS ABOUT PAULS WIFE LIKE THAT NO BODY KNOWS WHAT GOES ON BEHIND CLOSE DOORS BUT I MYSELF DONT THINK PAUL WOULD DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT I THINK PEOPLE HAVE THIRE OWN THOUTHS BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KEEP THE BAD ONES TO THEIR SELFS AND POST THOUTHS LIKE WE ARE SORRY ABOUT YOUR DIVORCE MY HUSBAND IS A BIG FAN OF PAULS AND IF HE WAS TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE POSTED HE WOULD BE UPSET THANKS JACKIE FROM HOLIDAY.
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I wonder if it has anything to do with the rumors that she made him promise to give up pot.
“The pot goes or I do, honey.”
“See ya.”
All kidding aside, I actually hope that’s not it, because it would be pretty sad if he gave up his wife over marijuana.