Do you remember Heather Mills?

[LucilleBluth]

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.

£24 million isn't nothing. Tbf to PM, he earned his millions and HM did not - marrying a billionaire shouldn't automatically entitle you to half of that wealth if it was made before you came onto the scene and did nothing to contribute or support during the acquisition of that money.
A child can live a great lifestyle on £24 million, plus all school fees paid. Beatrice was hardly disadvantaged

I agree that marrying someone with money shouldn’t entitle you to half, I think marriage is financial suicide for anyone with assets.

He just really really loved Linda didn't he. I feel that marrying HM was in part fuelled by grief. He thought they were similar. But Heather turned out to not be a chilled out, Mother Nature stoner like lovely Linda.

I agree House, it’s a lesson to us all.

I tell dh not to “do a Paul McCartney” if/when I die. He knows this to mean do not rush into another marriage and listen to our adult DDs if they do not get on with her.

I saw HM in Waitrose once and she'd just picked up a magazine with herself on the cover and then called what seemed to be her agent complaining about the photo.

She sounded horrible, very pushy and unpleasant. Not what I'd have expected at all. The photo was absolutely fine she was awful

@Confiscatedpopit

Meghan Markle seems the new version of her to be honest- in every single way.

ODFOD

@YokoOnosHat

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@AfterSchoolWorry well I didn’t actually make that groundbreaking documentary.

Are you referring to the very poorly done Yoko?

For those wondering what she does now (I've not read the full 8 pages, apologies if this has been covered but so far I've seen answers that make it sound like she just has a cafe or two). I'm told that she owns the factories that produce most of the supermarket own brand vegan cheeses and some 'vegan meat' products. She also has her own brand called V-bites. I believe she has a vegan cafe in Brighton too. She has tried to support vegan businesses in the North East. I met her not long ago, she said she wants to use her food truck to pitch up and serve free food to those in need.

So she's a pretty busy person by all accounts and it seems her heart is in the right place.

No, the Stevie wonder

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.

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

@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:

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.

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.

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!

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.

Yoko was badly abused by John.

@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.

@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.

John himself admits he was violent to Yoko.

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.

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.

@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.

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).