Paul McCartney

[BarbR]

I don't believe he was a cheater. His life has been under a microscope, and if there had been anything to report, it would have been. However, I DO believe that he and the other Beatles nailed anything that would hold still long enough, during their teenage, and adult, touring, band days.

I think that once he got married, and Linda so obviously worshipped him, fidelity was never an issue.

I had read in one of the biographies that he was happy to have Jane as a girlfriend because she lent him an air of "respectability" or "gentry", something like that. BUT, she was the one who told hinm the truth, and was not impressed in any way by the Beatles. She kept his head from getting too big. She had her own career, and travelled a lot with touring companies, doing her plays. She was not at his "beck and call", and did not kiss his feet or the ground he walked on. The fact that they lived together (when they were both in town), and she comes home to find him with another woman, had to have been awful. But the story itself is funny: The fans who were always hanging around Paul's front gate saw Jane's car coming up the street, and they called Paul on his intercom and told him Jane was coming home early. He said "Oh, go ahead, pull the other one!" and hung up laughing. So, Jane goes into the house, comes storming out a few minutes later, and the later that day her mom shows up and starts carrying Jane's belongings out of Paul's house. What I liked about this story was that Jane was strong enough to not put up with any sh*t, no excuses from Paul! But I think she did attend a party for him within the next week or 2 (or he attended one of her plays where he was expected), just to avoid questions being raised. But that was the end for them.

It was in this book, "SHOUT! The Beatles in Thier Generation" that syas that Jane was also very worried about the LSD, and would not tolerate any drug use.

p. 336 "For Paul, it was the best of two highly pleasurable worlds. His life with Jane provided domesticity, and the refinement and social standing he craved. In her absence, his life reverted to that of Britain's most hotly pursued bachelor. His casual affairs were conducted with such diplomacy and discretion that Jane never suspected anything. So it might have comtinued but for a theater tour that ended prematurely, and a fan who suddenly found herself with a reason to press Paul's Entryphone."

[india7]

Paul and Heather are on the cover of both NY Daily News and NY Post. The cover of the NY Daily News has the headline that Paul is fuming over reports that Heather married him for his money....(*sigh*) Oh Paulie... Well - I suppose it COULD be true that she married him for love. He knows her better than we do. But then again, if she did marry him for his money, that's not something she's exactly going to tell him, is it? Only Heather knows why she married him. Personally? I think it was for money. She always struck me as a gold-digging famewhore. And there was conveniently no pre-nup. And it's possible that he was still very much grieving for Linda. Guess we won't know for certain, but that's my take on it. I'm guessing she's going to get so much of that poor guy's fortune that she won't ever have to get out of bed in the morning - she can hire someone to get out of bed for her!

[almostblue]

india7 said:

And there was conveniently no pre-nup.

But whose fault is that? It's up to Paul to protect his financial assets from people whose motives may be less than pure. I don't mean to pick on you india7, I just hate the whole 'gold-digging woman' argument - especially since it places no blame on older men who chase after women several decades younger than them and seem to be blind to the fact that their hot young girlfriends may not just love them for their personalities.

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ITA Pepper67 I'm a vegetarian and Linda's stuff is excellent. Her cookbook is not for the beginning cook though.

I remember the story of how Paul and Linda saw lobsters in a tank while dining and purchased them all. Then went around to other places and purchased more and took them to the ocean and let them go. Have to love a couple that thinking and acts like that together. lol

Okay, I don't get the pre-nup thing. Paul is and always has been a smart businessman, so why did he risk this??? Could it be she would not marry him otherwise? If that were so I smell a snake on a plane.

I know there is Paul love here, but he looks like Ricky-Ticky-Tavy the mongoose to me.

[Baby Fish Mouth]

I'm going out on an unpopular limb here and saying that I don't believe she married him for the money. Maybe she married him for the name recognition that he would bring to her work. Or maybe she really loved him. In any case, I don't believe she would have offered to sign a prenup if she was such a gold-digging whore. And if Paul really believed that she wasn't one, well then I trust his judgment. He's not an idiot.

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heythere said:

Why should he have to give her money that he earned from the 60's to 2000? Money made during the marriage I can understand. But whatever, as poorfrances said, he is still going to have a billion left over.

What he made during the marriage he made based on a well established career and reputation that he already had before the marriage. She didn't contribute in any signifigant way to his success during the marriage. To me she doesn't deserve half of what he made. I have no doubt that Paul would generously take care of her and their daughter. But $200 million? please. She could live quite well on half that.

I do with that he'd signed a prenup but I think he genuinely believed in her and their relationship. And maybe she did too. Who knows. The fact is that whatever Paul has left will be more then enough it's not as if he's ever been one to live the lavis lifestyle.

[india7]

almostblue said:

india7 said:

And there was conveniently no pre-nup.

But whose fault is that? It's up to Paul to protect his financial assets from people whose motives may be less than pure. I don't mean to pick on you india7, I just hate the whole 'gold-digging woman' argument - especially since it places no blame on older men who chase after women several decades younger than them and seem to be blind to the fact that their hot young girlfriends may not just love them for their personalities.

No worries, I'm not taking it as you picking on me. But I still think she's a gold-digger. Not every woman who marries a rich, older, famous man is a gold-digger, of course. Some do marry purely for love. But I don't think that's Heather's case.

However, you are correct - it's his responsibility to protect his money. I still feel, due to the timing, he may have been still grieving badly enough that he wasn't thinking about things of that nature. He may have still been grieving without even realizing it - I'm sure I don't need to point out to anyone here that the grief after a loss can still sneak up on you years later - especially after the death of your soulmate of 30 years.

My question would remain, where were his financial advisors and lawyers when the question of a pre-nup came up? I guess it's very possible that they advised him, he may have said no, and that was the end of that story. They do work for him - it would be his right to have the final call.

[margojata]

On The View, Barbara Walters just dissed Heather. Called her "interesting" (heavy emphasis on the quotations), said she was bossy and tough. Paul apparently called BW and said he liked those qualities in a woman (I can help you with that, Paul).

Anyway, I don't really know anything about Heather - just got such a cold as ice vibe from her. Now I'm feeling more confident that he made a bad choice. Oh, and cut to a clip BW had of Heather saying that she should just "Do lunch, Darling"... because of all the media attention they get. She really came off as a bItch saying that.

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I also hope he gets joint custody, because I think he seems like a more involved parental unit than Heather would be.

(Does Paul have grandchildren? How weird would that be, having an aunt, even a half-aunt, younger than you!)



ETA: I read a few Beatles books, so I don't remember which one it was, maybe the Playboy interviews with John and Yoko, but he talked about one time where he and Paul went on vacation together with Cynthia and Jane, and Julian was there. And Paul and Julian just got on like a house on fire-playing cowboys and indians, rough-housing, just having a blast. And John just looked at him and said, "How do you do it?" Because he couldn't relate to his son.

And word on Yoko being jealous of Julian-he not only looks like a clone of his father, but he SOUNDS just like him. I downloaded "Valotte" and "Much Too Late For Goodbye" and it's John's voice. I don't know what Sean's like.


(Do we have a John topic? If not, mind if I start one?)

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margojata said:

On The View, Barbara Walters just dissed Heather. Called her "interesting" (heavy emphasis on the quotations), said she was bossy and tough. Paul apparently called BW and said he liked those qualities in a woman (I can help you with that, Paul).

Anyway, I don't really know anything about Heather - just got such a cold as ice vibe from her. Now I'm feeling more confident that he made a bad choice. Oh, and cut to a clip BW had of Heather saying that she should just "Do lunch, Darling"... because of all the media attention they get. She really came off as a bItch saying that.

I just saw this and she came off as such an ass! She totally rubbed me the wrong way with that "Do lunch, Darling" quote. Only way to redeem herself to me would be donating all settlement money to her landmine charity or not taking nearly as much as legally entitled to at all. Boy, wtf was Paul thinking with no pre-nup? When you are worth THAT much.