McCartney: I Don't Read Divorce Coverage
Former Beatle Avoids Media Coverage So As Not To See His Private Life On Front Pages
9LONDON, May 20, 2007 | by none
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Paul McCartney and his second wife, Heather Mills McCartney, are in the middle of divorce proceedings. (GETTY IMAGES/Peter Macdiarmid)
(AP) Paul McCartney avoids reading media coverage of his difficult divorce because he does not want to see the details of his private life on front pages, he said in an interview published Saturday.
McCartney and his second wife, Heather Mills McCartney, are in the middle of divorce proceedings. The former Beatle told the Guardian's Weekend magazine that the situation has brought him closer to his grown children from his marriage to Linda McCartney.
"I'm going through great struggles, but I'm feeling pretty good," McCartney was quoted as saying. "I have a lot of good support, particularly from my family. In difficult moments like this, it's when a loving family shines through."
McCartney said it is difficult to see his private life exposed.Photos: Paul McCartney
"There's only one real answer to the massive press coverage: don't look," he said. "So I don't read it."
It is estimated that the divorce will cost McCartney $200 million, reducing his fortune to $1.4 billion, according to The Sunday Times' annual Rich List.
"There is a tunnel and there is a light and I will get there. In the meantime I really enjoy my work and my family. I see people worse off than me, so I can put it in perspective," McCartney said.
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I am a child of divorce and know first hand how divorce can scar a child. Dad tried to buy my love with large amounts of money and Mom struggled worked two jobs and cared for me, she was a good Mom who never to this day has ever said a nasty thing about my father. She will remind me to send him a Father's Day gift,Birthday gift and ect. I never understood why my Dad was such a butthead. I feel sorry for Paul and Heather's daughter, she will be torn between love and loyalty to both parents I know I am. Money is not the key to every problem, why Heather thinks she is entitled to so much of Paul's hard earned money is beyond me. She can get out and work like other women if she wants more money than she is entitled to.
Their baby girl is the one who is going to suffer no matter how much money Ms. Mills gets or whoever gets custody.
After having had such a good relationship with his first wife, he was unprepared for anything less.
Hope he finds happiness.
no pre-nup was his second mistake ... getting remarried was his first.
Yeah you're right. But you know us guys, we see a woman differently at first because usually of only one thing. Then the fog clears and we turly see what we have gotten ourselves into.
Ditto on that. He always seemd to be the one who hadt their act together.