Wednesday, March 19, 2008
It's Settled For Sir Paul
I can't resist all the cliches....."Can't Buy Me Love", "The Long and Winding Road", "Things We Said Today", "We Can Work It Out" etc.....all songs written by Paul McCartney in the 1960's. Here in 2008, those words offer a different meaning to Sir Paul. The divorce settlement for he and his ex-wife Heather Mills has been handed down and the numbers are staggering. Mills gets 48 million dollars. Sounds like she won doesn't it? Wrong! She wanted about 100 million. The judge saw things differently. Reportedly McCartney's estate is worth about 1.6 billion dollars so that 48-million is a fraction of the former Beatle's fortune. However its more than he wanted to pay. Its widely been reported that McCartney offered 25-million to Mills to settle out of court.
Mills is appealing, but not against the judgement. She's appealing against the publication of all the sorted details of the settlement. Paul, on the other hand, is happy to have the public know exactly what was given and what was asked for. McCartney said only this upon leaving the courthouse, "All will be revealed." (Sounds like the title of a new hit song).
McCartney was also ordered to pay 70,000 dollars a year in child support for the couple's 4-year old daughter. Mills has been portrayed in a very negative light through the media since marrying the music icon. She has tried to improve her "approval-rating" but has been unable to do so. People can't help but think she married McCartney for all the wrong reasons. Paul met Mills shortly after his wife of 29 years, Linda, died of breast cancer in 1998. Mills looked like Linda did when Paul married her in 1969. Friends said that's where the similarities ceased. It was widely reported that one of Paul's daughters, Stella, did not get along at all with Mills. It was also reported that shortly before their marriage, Paul threw Mills' engagement ring out of a hotel window. Things just didn't seem right from the beginning. Of course, all the monetary details would've been a moot point if Paul asked for a pre-nuptial agreement, but that's just not Paul's way....(that would be John's way).
Now its all over for Paul and Heather.....lets just say he will now "Let It Be". (see....I told you I couldn't resist).
Mills is appealing, but not against the judgement. She's appealing against the publication of all the sorted details of the settlement. Paul, on the other hand, is happy to have the public know exactly what was given and what was asked for. McCartney said only this upon leaving the courthouse, "All will be revealed." (Sounds like the title of a new hit song).
McCartney was also ordered to pay 70,000 dollars a year in child support for the couple's 4-year old daughter. Mills has been portrayed in a very negative light through the media since marrying the music icon. She has tried to improve her "approval-rating" but has been unable to do so. People can't help but think she married McCartney for all the wrong reasons. Paul met Mills shortly after his wife of 29 years, Linda, died of breast cancer in 1998. Mills looked like Linda did when Paul married her in 1969. Friends said that's where the similarities ceased. It was widely reported that one of Paul's daughters, Stella, did not get along at all with Mills. It was also reported that shortly before their marriage, Paul threw Mills' engagement ring out of a hotel window. Things just didn't seem right from the beginning. Of course, all the monetary details would've been a moot point if Paul asked for a pre-nuptial agreement, but that's just not Paul's way....(that would be John's way).
Now its all over for Paul and Heather.....lets just say he will now "Let It Be". (see....I told you I couldn't resist).
Posted at 9:16 AM by Chris Coraggio
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