# I pit Heather Mills, by proxy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 20, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718 "2007-03-20T15:10:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/1 "2007-03-20T15:10:36Z")
On behalf of my wife, who is (1) an ardent fan of “Dancing With the Stars,” (2) a nearly lifelong fan of Paul McCartney and (3) a fairly sharp observer of the American cultural landscape, I offer the following summation of Heather Mills’ appearance on “Dancing With the Stars”: Quote: Heather Mills won’t last three shows. She dragged Paul through a hideous divorce, and you don’t screw over the Cute Beatle and succeed in America. She already has the wooden leg and English accent – give her an eye patch and a parrot and send her on her way! End Quote Couldn’t have said it better, m’dear. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/2 "2007-03-20T15:21:50Z")
I don’t know. Americans love a comeback kid story. Who embraced the Duchess of York when she was outcast from civilized society? In Mills’ favor, at least she’s actually working for her money. Oh, and a lot of viewers probably aren’t old enough to remember when Paul was cute. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/3 "2007-03-20T15:30:44Z")
I can’t stand the woman, myself. But they did a great job playing up the artificial leg angle, so I think she will get some sympathy mileage. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/4 "2007-03-20T15:32:51Z")
Q: What’s the difference between Long John Silver and Heather Mills McCartney? A: One’s a one-legged gold-digger and the other’s out of _Treasure Island_. ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/5 "2007-03-20T15:33:53Z")
I wasn’t aware it’s my civic duty to look out for Paul McCartney. Last I checked he’s a big boy, and, frankly, I think he’s something of an idiot too. In fact, this is the most I’ve thought about this subject, and it’s the most I’m going to think about it. And you were here to witness it. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/6 "2007-03-20T15:37:45Z")
I was irritated and amused by her career title, which was something like “Charity Campaigner.” They showed her with some dumbass handdone protest sign that said “Animal Rights, Human Wrongs” or something to that effect that they must have just whipped up. What, they couldn’t describe her as a “Professional Golddigger”? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/7 "2007-03-20T15:43:23Z")
Oh how times have changed. Couple of decades ago she wouldn’t have been able to walk the streets never mind appear on a TV show. Yoko found out that you don’t fuck with a beatle. She comes across in general as a right witch IMO(haven’t seen the TV in question). The majority of celeb watching talking heads in the UK have a very low opinion of her and this was before it all went pear shaped with Paul. I can see the public turn to her though. Even the CS thread here had people say that she had got their respect even though they wanted to hate her. She might as well look for a TV career/profile in the US and she’s fucked in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/8 "2007-03-20T16:07:53Z")
I agree with the above, but will say, as an amputee (wooden leg, but the $70,000 computerized type 😉 ) she does have a great message board for amps. Granted, I am not sure if she actually runs it, but it is on her website. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/9 "2007-03-20T16:48:03Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Q: What’s the difference between Long John Silver and Heather Mills McCartney? A: One’s a one-legged gold-digger and the other’s out of _Treasure Island_. [/QUOTE] _Snort_ You brightened up my day!! 😃 Seriously, I think she will get a lot of mileage out of this - she’ll get a lot of sympathy votes. My husband, who hates, with a burning passion that rivals the sun, these kinds of shows, sat with me and watched it last night. He was a little aggravated she was second to last, but he knows that was just to get people to keep watching. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/10 "2007-03-20T17:52:02Z")
So what makes her a bad person or a gold-digger? The fact that she married and divorced (or will divorce) Paul McCartney? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/11 "2007-03-20T18:03:03Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] In Mills’ favor, at least she’s actually working for her money. Oh, and a lot of viewers probably aren’t old enough to remember when Paul was cute. [/QUOTE] So you’d say she was working for her money when they were married, too? 😉 I agree with the judge who said she was concentrating too hard on not falling and to free up her arms and let her partner worry about catching her. It didn’t look like she had one of **Klaatu** ’s Super Legs. Those looked like they could’ve been carved 150 years ago. Damned Britsh socialized medicine! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/12 "2007-03-20T21:33:43Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] So what makes her a bad person or a gold-digger? The fact that she married and divorced (or will divorce) Paul McCartney? [/QUOTE] Not so much that she’s divorcing Paul McCartney but that she’s made all sorts of accusations about Sir Paul. > [@](#): > > Last year, leaked legal papers revealed Heather had accused Paul of pushing her into a bath while pregnant, trying to choke her in 2003, pouring wine over her and stabbing her in the arm with a broken wine glass. She also claimed Paul drank and took drugs excessively during their marriage. The view was that she was trying to get more money out of the divorce. Add in that noone has seen her messing with no broke broke and you get Heather the gold digger. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/13 "2007-03-20T21:41:19Z")
[QUOTE=Harborwolf] Not so much that she’s divorcing Paul McCartney but that she’s made all sorts of accusations about Sir Paul.The view was that she was trying to get more money out of the divorce. Add in that noone has seen her messing with no broke broke and you get Heather the gold digger. [/QUOTE] Ah I waited too long to edit. [Here’s](http://news.softpedia.com/news/Heather-Mills-Accuses-Sir-Paul-of-Physical-Abuse-38258.shtml) the link that was supposed to be in this post. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/14 "2007-03-20T22:03:47Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] So what makes her a bad person or a gold-digger? The fact that she married and divorced (or will divorce) Paul McCartney? [/QUOTE] You could always ask her about when she was writing features for _The Observer_. Oh that’s right, she was claiming responsibilty for stuff that was written by a completely different person with the same name! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/15 "2007-03-20T22:43:19Z")
[QUOTE=Hentor the Barbarian] I was irritated and amused by her career title, which was something like “Charity Campaigner.” They showed her with some dumbass handdone protest sign that said “Animal Rights, Human Wrongs” or something to that effect that they must have just whipped up. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t there an incident a week or so ago where she and a bunch of Petards broke into a hog farm? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/16 "2007-03-21T01:08:57Z")
[QUOTE=Harborwolf] Add in that noone has seen her messing with no broke broke and you get Heather the gold digger. [/QUOTE] Could you repeat that in the King’s English because I have no idea what it means. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/17 "2007-03-21T01:22:03Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] Could you repeat that in the King’s English because I have no idea what it means. [/QUOTE] If the second “broke” were “bloke” it might make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/18 "2007-03-21T01:31:19Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] Could you repeat that in the King’s English because I have no idea what it means. [/QUOTE] Kanye West. Gold Digger. Radio edit. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/19 "2007-03-21T01:38:36Z")
[QUOTE=Subterraneanus] I wasn’t aware it’s my civic duty to look out for Paul McCartney. Last I checked he’s a big boy, and, frankly, I think he’s something of an idiot too. [/QUOTE] Much as I hate to agree with you, I have to. I love Paul to bits, but come on - he’s way, way, waayyy too old to be all gooey-eyed romantic and therefore refuse a prenup. If she only gets 57 million, he’s getting off easy. I still don’t like her much for being so nasty, but that just shows that Sir Cute didn’t do a great job picking Wife # 2. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718/20 "2007-03-21T01:41:50Z")
Is Heather Mills in fact the least “starrish” of all Stars on Dancing with the Stars? I mean, a lot of them have always been C-list celebrities, but she’s not even that. She’s just someone who used to be married to a celebrity. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-heather-mills-by-proxy/396718.md?page=2)