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Do you remember Heather Mills?

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LucilleBluth · 28/11/2021 18:52

I have been watching the Beatles documentary and got to thinking about her.

She was in the papers constantly in the 2000s, I remember her being painted as an absolute con artist witch. I googled a few articles about her from the time of the divorce. They are brutal in the misogynistic tone, she’s labelled as a slag, a goer, ex prostitute, you name it.

I don’t think papers write about women in such hash terms anymore. Maybe she was a bit of a twat, whoever married Saint Paul would have suffered at that time I think.

I suppose by AIBU is are the press less misogynistic.

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FinallyFluid · 30/11/2021 14:14

She married Les didn't she ?

If you know, you know. GrinGrin

Sparklingbrook · 30/11/2021 14:12

@EYProvider

I know she was having an affair with two men, one of whom ended up in John’s will having already been named in another will of a rich heiress who ended up dead in mysterious circumstances.
Who are we talking about now?

What happened to Heather Mills. Confused

EYProvider · 30/11/2021 14:09

I know she was having an affair with two men, one of whom ended up in John’s will having already been named in another will of a rich heiress who ended up dead in mysterious circumstances.

TooBigForMyBoots · 30/11/2021 14:09

Won't somebody please spare a thought for the poor little millionaire men.😆

TheElvishQueen · 30/11/2021 14:02

@EYProvider

Bullshit, *@julieca*.

You don’t know the first thing about this woman.

Do you know her personally? Otherwise you seem to be making a lot of assumptions.
TheElvishQueen · 30/11/2021 14:01

@julieca
She had an odd background and had attempted suicide after the end of her first marriage. She was a strange woman but certainly no victim. She was very firmly in control in that relationship. John was managed by her from the off. Of course he could have left, but he was extremely emotionally dependent on her. She encouraged that in every way.

EYProvider · 30/11/2021 14:00

Bullshit, @julieca.

You don’t know the first thing about this woman.

julieca · 30/11/2021 13:57

Yes abused women dont behave how you would expect a loving wife to behave.

EYProvider · 30/11/2021 13:54

She even moved her lover in 12 hours after John was shot and dressed him in John’s clothes.

She is one sick, sick individual - and no, she doesn’t get a free pass for destroying John Lennon with heroin and hypnotism and fucking voodoo just because she’s a woman who says she’s a feminist (when it suits her).

EYProvider · 30/11/2021 13:45

@julieca - You are utterly deluded. John was the victim in that relationship, not Yoko.

She preyed on him, snared him when he was at his most vulnerable, isolated him, shoved him with drugs and surrounded him with satanic leeches who bled him dry. She is every bit as wicked as her worst detractor has ever claimed - and that would be everyone with the misfortune to know her, by the way.

TheFormidableMrsC · 30/11/2021 13:37

Funnily enough I thought about her the other day. She had a relationship with one of my brothers friends many moons ago. She was in the public eye at the time but nobody ever said anything but nice things about her. Unfortunately you will be portrayed how the press want you to be.

TheElvishQueen · 30/11/2021 13:32

www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/john-lennons-dark-side-domestic-6481985

He did admit that he hit women before Yoko, but have never read anything to suggest he hit Yoko. I can't see her tolerating that for a second.

julieca · 30/11/2021 13:28

John himself admits he was violent to Yoko.

TheElvishQueen · 30/11/2021 13:24

@EYProvider

I’m not interested in Harry and Meghan - my post was about John, Paul and Yoko.

I did make the comparison between Markle and Ono because, well, it’s pretty obvious to anyone with even half a brain that they’re cut from the same cloth. Unfortunately, when it comes to Harry and Meghan, you’re confusing me with someone who gives a shit.

Thats interesting you say that. I see so many parallels between the Sussex relationship and that of John and Yoko.
TheElvishQueen · 30/11/2021 13:17

@julieca

Yoko was badly abused by John.
What is the evidence for that? John went off the rails and had sex with a woman in the room next door whilst they were at a party. She chucked him out because she was sick of it all and told her personal assistant to take him off her hands. They were as bad as each other. I think it's pretty abusive to tell your staff member to sleep with your husband and take him in because you're sick of him.
julieca · 30/11/2021 13:13

Yoko was badly abused by John.

EYProvider · 30/11/2021 12:51

Funnily enough, I don’t mind Heather Mills that much. I think she’s a liar and that she went after Paul for his money. I think she’d probably even be up front about that if you asked her now. But I don’t think she’s a stone cold psychopath like Yoko.

I like how she persuaded Paul to start performing again. That gave him a new lease of life, and I don’t think she gets enough credit for that.

cheerfulpanda · 30/11/2021 12:31

How interesting, she popped up in conversation a few weeks ago when I discovered she had helped a number of para-skiers purchase their skiing prosthetics. I thought it was quite admirable she was quietly supporting other amputees or disabled athletes now she’s out of the limelight.

Sounds like she wasn’t always pleasant to be around from the accounts above!

Signalstation · 30/11/2021 12:20

I think there's still plenty of misogyny about just in a very different form.

Heather Mills - before the accident - was a very pretty glamour model. Who knows what effect the accident had on her psychology but the press have absolutely slaughtered her for no good reason in my limited opinion. I remember seeing her being interviewed once and thinking what an intelligent and rational person she was. Certainly not the money-grabbing bimbo she had been made out to be in the early days of her seeing Saint Paul.

EYProvider · 30/11/2021 12:01

I’m not interested in Harry and Meghan - my post was about John, Paul and Yoko.

I did make the comparison between Markle and Ono because, well, it’s pretty obvious to anyone with even half a brain that they’re cut from the same cloth. Unfortunately, when it comes to Harry and Meghan, you’re confusing me with someone who gives a shit.

NurseButtercup · 30/11/2021 11:50

@EYProvider

Is Meghan Markle supposed to be the new Heather Mills or the new Yoko?

I don’t really see the similarity with Heather Mills, but with Yoko - absolutely.

Heather Mills got her claws into Paul when he was at his most vulnerable. He was quick enough to extricate himself when he came to his senses though, which John was never able to do with Yoko because she was wily enough to isolate him from everyone who loved him and could help him, and surround him with unsavoury people who worked for her. John was vulnerable and depressed, and he was also shoved with drugs for most of the time. She used him for her own gain because she wanted to be famous. In that respect, Megan Markle is very like her.

All that said, I would have loved to see a recovered John face down Heather Mills. HE might have been allowed to kick Paul, but God help anyone else who tried it. John would have destroyed Heather Mills.

Did you actually read what you wrote before you pressed "post"???

Harry is happily in love with Meghan and their two children. The media portrayal of Meghan & this false narrative of poor Hardyy being manipulated by Meghan is why Harry left the country. Meghan hasn't isolated or brainwashed Harry.

Here's a reminder of Harry's departure speech - try actually listening to what he says instead of creating an alternative story:

yossell · 30/11/2021 11:28

Is 24 million really not enough to fly you and your child first class these days?

EYProvider · 30/11/2021 10:25

Is Meghan Markle supposed to be the new Heather Mills or the new Yoko?

I don’t really see the similarity with Heather Mills, but with Yoko - absolutely.

Heather Mills got her claws into Paul when he was at his most vulnerable. He was quick enough to extricate himself when he came to his senses though, which John was never able to do with Yoko because she was wily enough to isolate him from everyone who loved him and could help him, and surround him with unsavoury people who worked for her. John was vulnerable and depressed, and he was also shoved with drugs for most of the time. She used him for her own gain because she wanted to be famous. In that respect, Megan Markle is very like her.

All that said, I would have loved to see a recovered John face down Heather Mills. HE might have been allowed to kick Paul, but God help anyone else who tried it. John would have destroyed Heather Mills.

AfterSchoolWorry · 30/11/2021 09:51

No, the Stevie wonder