Paul McCartney

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I know I was pretty surprised when I read about it myself. Surprised but not shocked.
Linda seemed a free spirit. Who knows, maybe she allowed it.

[hussypurr]

My theory is that the same impulses that drive a person to go into show business (the need for attention and approval from an unlimited numbers of people, addiction to novelty and excitement and risk-taking) are the same ones that make a person promiscuous, and of course the show business lifestyle offers a maximum of opportunity for casual sex, so you kind of have to expect that your favorite celebrities will behave in ways that you personally might consider gross. I would be really shocked to find out that Paul McCartney had been sexually continent all these years.

Of course it's always a pleasant surprise to run across a celeb who was actually faithful to his wife (Charles Boyer reportedly was, and Harry Houdini only cheated once and felt terrible about it.)

[plush]

It's official.

Sir Paul McCartney and his wife of four years, former model and anti-landmine advocate Heather Mills, are separating.

"Having tried exceptionally hard to make our relationship work given the daily pressures surrounding us, it is with sadness that we have decided to go our separate ways," the couple said in a joint statement.

"Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much but have found it increasingly difficult to maintain a normal relationship with constant intrusion into our private lives, and we have actively tried to protect the privacy of our child," the statement continued.

"Separation for any couple is difficult enough, but to have to go through this so publicly, especially with a small daughter, is immensely stressful. We hope, for the sake of our baby daughter, that we will be given some space and time to get through this difficult period."

The couple married in June 2002 in a $3.2 million wedding in Northern Ireland. Their daughter, Beatrice Milly, was born in October 2003.

McCartney, 63, and Mills, 37, met through her charity work, the Heather Mills Health Trust, which provides prosthetic limbs to the needy and campaigns against landmines.

Mills – who now carries the title of Heather, Lady McCartney – formed the initiative after losing the lower part of her leg in a 1993 motorcycle accident.

The U.K. press has reported recently that McCartney and Mills have been living apart in the past few weeks. Mills's rep at first denied marital woes, telling PEOPLE, "She's getting a new leg fitted, and she's (in Hove), near where she's having it done. Paul's being very supportive."

NBC News reported Wednesday morning that Mills, who has said McCartney turned down her offer to sign a prenuptial agreement, could claim as much as a quarter of McCartney's estimated $1.5 billion fortune.

McCartney has three children from his 29-year marriage to the former Linda Eastman, who died of breast cancer in 1998. They are Mary, 36, a photographer; Stella, 34, a fashion designer; and James, 28, a musician. McCartney also has a stepdaughter, Heather, 43, from Eastman's first marriage.

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I wonder how much this is going to cost him?

He might go all the way down to $1.1 billion, poor baby.

Stella is a millionairess in her own right so she shouldn't be too concerned.

[pablokitty]

Stella is a millionairess in her own right so she shouldn't be too concerned.

Stella is probably loving this because she always hated Heather and thought she was a famewhore.

[borborygmus]

I always thought Stella was the big ol' famewhore -- and she designs heinously fugly clothing.

My impression of HM was that she's a forthright, take no shit kind of woman. I liked her in TV interviews; she seems attractive and genuinely interested in helping people. The public never gave her a chance, IMHO, and she could never live up to Saint Linda.

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Forgot to add prenups aren't legally binding in Britain.

borbory, come sit by me! I think Heather was the perfect type for Paul, a lot like Linda who no one liked until she died. Today Paul posted a message on his website defending Heather and telling people not to blame her, which made me laugh because it really deflated the haters.

[goaskalice]

Before all of this the most recent thing I'd seen about these two in the press was Heather talking about how she made Paul give up smoking pot, and how Paul and Linda had smoked pot every day for their entire marriage. Maybe seeing Heather when he wasn't high made him change his mind.

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Paul definitely loves having a Mama Lion in his life. Seems to be his type. Unfortunately, fierce, take-control women can still be a turn-off to people -- I myself am sometimes guilty of thinking "bitch" when I should be admiring them for having the same qualities that would be commendable in a man.

Okay, enough politics from me.

For awhile our local news station did this thing -- Before it segued into The Today Show, they'd have a pretty, lingering shot of Boston and it would last only about 20 seconds and would be accompanied by a snippet of music -- always something different. On the morning they'd announced Linda McCartney's death the music was a few lines from "Golden Slumbers." The part they used was "Sleep pretty baby don't you cry, and I will sing a lullaby."

When I first heard that she'd died, that morning, I'd thought, "Aw. Too bad..." But when they played a bit of Golden Slumbers I actually got a tear in my eye. And I'd never been too crazy about her.

[zivvie]

hazelpethig, love the screen name! What costumes will you design for us CPMCoGers?

I was never too fond of Heather, and my friends in London who have had occasion to be around her have confirmed my suspicions that she's a big opportunist/fameho. Now Paul is free to marry me - or at least start a polygamist cult where we can all have a crack at him.