Still Gathering Support
We all know the drama between soon to be exes Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. Mills knows the British press has painted her as a schemer who is after money in her divorce from McCartney, but the former model says that’s not true.
In an interview airing Monday and Tuesday, Mills tells TV’s Extra, “Eight-five percent of my income goes to my charity. The word gold digger doesn’t go with that. If I was a gold digger, I would have a lot of money in my back account…I would have millions and millions.”
She also says she didn’t marry McCartney for his money: “I’m a good mother. I’m a good person and a fell in love for the right reasons. I fell in love unconditionally.
Despite her reputation, Mills says she’s received an outpouring of sympathy. “I have had so much public support,” she says. “People hugging me in the streets. I didn’t know that many people cared. You get to know who your friends are and I haven’t lost any friends.”
McCartney, 64, and Mills, 38, announced their separation in May after four years of marriage. McCartney filed for divorce in July. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Beatrice.