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Does your uni aged children know who Heather Mills is?

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luxurylotal · 05/04/2024 23:46

Heather Mills was constantly in the media in the 2000’s as the wife of Sir Paul McCartney. If you was to ask your DC at uni or in their 20’s who she was would they know who she is? And what she was known for?

OP posts:
poppym12 · 06/04/2024 10:04

Why would she be 'famous' for being someone's ex wife? Has she achieved anything on her own?

Left · 06/04/2024 10:07

Hi OP! If you’re an agent, and have Heather as a client, then it doesn’t look like she has much reach in that market, judging by this thread. I’m not sure what projects she would be a good fit for.

Fyi - I have asked my young adult child and they’d never heard of her.

the80sweregreat · 06/04/2024 10:09

Paul's heart was always with Linda ( just my observations from interviews and things over the years)
I'm not suggesting he didn't love Heather , but I don't think it was a happy marriage really and didn't last that long. Only going by the tabloids though !
He has remarried since , I think she is called Nancy (but I'd have to look it up! )

FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 06/04/2024 10:13

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 06/04/2024 08:26

I doubt most 20 year olds know who Paul McCartney is.

I was just thinking this.

AComboOfSocksandNeverEnoughPants · 06/04/2024 10:17

Topseyt123 · 06/04/2024 09:53

Heather, you were never famous in your own right. You were once married to Paul McCartney and had a high profile divorce but that's it.

Your spelling and grammar is terrible.

I slightly disagree with you.

I was aware of her before she got together with PMc - her accident was in the news, and she got a certain amount of publicity being a model with a prosthetic leg.

Having said that, she was most well known due to her marriage and subsequent divorce.

MermaidEyes · 06/04/2024 10:23

Nope mine wouldn't. She wasn't relevant when she was married to Paul McCartney never mind now.

lapochette · 06/04/2024 10:23

As ppl have said this is a very specific question but no they wouldn't have a clue who Heather Mills is.

AComboOfSocksandNeverEnoughPants · 06/04/2024 10:26

I've asked the question and they know who Paul is, but not Heather. Which is exactly what I thought would be the case.

Moonfishstar · 06/04/2024 10:38

I thought she was in M People?!

PeanutAndBanana · 06/04/2024 10:40

Doubt it. Suspect only one of them would have a good sense of who Paul McCartney is, even.

AComboOfSocksandNeverEnoughPants · 06/04/2024 10:51

Moonfishstar · 06/04/2024 10:38

I thought she was in M People?!

Close! That's Heather Small.

NameChangedAgainn · 06/04/2024 11:02

RytonTarget · 06/04/2024 08:16

By name, I doubt it - but she's a big Beatles fan and is interested in fashion (incl Stella McC), so might know that Paul McC remarried in the 90s and had another child. I'll ask.

In the same vein, I was surprised when I mentioned Paul McKenna recently and DD and her friends all looked at me blankly. He really was a household name in his time.

When was his Paul McKenna's time? Another one I've never heard of

goneveryquiet · 06/04/2024 11:12

It was a story, team Paul here. I met him just after, what a lovely man.

SevenSeasOfRhye · 06/04/2024 11:21

Heather is great. She's vilified because she's a disabled woman and Paul McCartney is wrongly regarded as a national treasure. Anyone who followed their divorce proceedings can see that, as with most divorces, there was blame on both sides and Paul did some absolutely shocking things.

PlasticOno · 06/04/2024 11:23

SevenSeasOfRhye · 06/04/2024 11:21

Heather is great. She's vilified because she's a disabled woman and Paul McCartney is wrongly regarded as a national treasure. Anyone who followed their divorce proceedings can see that, as with most divorces, there was blame on both sides and Paul did some absolutely shocking things.

As I said up the thread, I met her once, with Paul, at the recording of a tv programme. I can’t say I particularly took to her, in a brief chat (but why would I? It was a random conversation about vegetarianism with P), but she was definitely the brains of the operation compared to him.

winceywillis · 06/04/2024 11:32

Nope not a clue. They would know who Paul McCartney was but if you showed them a photo of the Beatles I'm not sure they'd pick the right one!

AmethystSparkles · 06/04/2024 11:36

Oddly, my (autistic) DS does, but only because he’s obsessed with The Beatles🤣

savoycabbage · 06/04/2024 11:37

No, she only knows who the Beatles are because of that film where the guy bumps his head and wakes up in an alternative reality where there are no Beatles. And even then only John Lennon is really mentioned.

Her dd is the same age as mine so probably at university but I think that your university friends parents could be really famous and they wouldn't take much notice. They are just your parents. The only parent of my DD's flatmates that anyone took any notice of is a dentist and she gave them all a check up in the summer holidays. That's better than famous.

Sunnytwobridges · 06/04/2024 11:40

I’d think anyone younger than 40 unless they are a huge Paul Macartny fan wouldn’t know.

SeismicSalad · 06/04/2024 11:42

Kalevala · 05/04/2024 23:50

I'm the previous generation and I didn't know who she was.

Same

MorningSunshineSparkles · 06/04/2024 11:46

I’m in my 30s and don’t know who that is, and only have very very vague recollection of who Paul M was.

OnlyLoveCanBreakYourHeart · 06/04/2024 11:48

Come back @luxurylotal and tell us why you are asking!

Moonfishstar · 06/04/2024 11:49

OP. Why are you asking? It seems a very strange question to ask unless you’re actually Heather Mills, or someone associated with her.

PoppyCherryDog · 06/04/2024 11:59

I’m 31 and never heard of her…

Shinyandnew1 · 06/04/2024 12:09

@luxurylotal why do you ask? This is such a specific question!!

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