# Paul McCartney weds American heiress Nancy Shevell **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087 "2011-10-09T17:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/21 "2011-10-10T07:26:34Z")
I might have been seeing things but it looked to me as if Paul was sitting in the front seat of the limo and new wifey in the back. Odd. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/22 "2011-10-10T12:28:38Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > I might have been seeing things but it looked to me as if Paul was sitting in the front seat of the limo and new wifey in the back. Odd. On the news it looked like there was a little girl also sitting in the back. Mind, I’m sure you can fit 3 in the back of Lexus! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/23 "2011-10-10T13:16:37Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > I might have been seeing things but it looked to me as if Paul was sitting in the front seat of the limo and new wifey in the back. Odd. She told him “Baby, you can drive my car”. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/24 "2011-10-10T21:21:51Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > She told him “Baby, you can drive my car”. Even Sir Paul can’t drive from the passenger seat. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/25 "2011-10-10T21:23:02Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > On the news it looked like there was a little girl also sitting in the back. Mind, I’m sure you can fit 3 in the back of Lexus! I didn’t notice the child. That makes [a bit] more sense now. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/26 "2011-10-11T08:32:46Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > I didn’t notice the child. That makes [a bit] more sense now. Probably Beatrice, his daughter with Heather. I read she was the bridesmaid. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/27 "2011-10-11T17:18:15Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I wont venture to voice my opinions about good ol’ Sir Paul’s ego, personality or his alleged “music”, at least as of late, but is anyone else STUNNED that the bride is 51 years old?!? > > She looks like she is in her late 20’s or early 30’s at the most, and though I am no expert, it doesn’t look to me like it’s due to plastic surgery or other artificial means. > > She’s not a supermodel, but still very attractive, and if she is indeed 51, she is doing something very, VERY right… If I were a guy and as rich as Sir Paul, I would look for someone like this. I would stay away from poor women, not only because they might be gold diggers, but because people would assume they were gold diggers whether or not they were, and that would be uncomfortable. for both them and me. I’d stay away from anyone under the age of say, 45, because I’d be laughed at as just another rich guy who married a young babe for a trophy wife, and in general, you’re more likely to be comfortable with someone closer to your own age anyway. Here, he gets all the looks of the young babe without being considered a cradle robber or marrying a person too young to be interesting. He gets a woman who is not likely to be or to be considered a gold digger. So it seems to me that, at least on the surface, he was very sensible in his choice. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/28 "2011-10-11T20:25:35Z")
She looked lovely and he looked very happy. I wish them the best of luck. ---
**Author:** ![M\_23456](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@M\_23456](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M_23456)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/29 "2011-10-16T21:11:39Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > If I were a guy and as rich as Sir Paul, I would look for someone like this. I would stay away from poor women, not only because they might be gold diggers, but because people would assume they were gold diggers whether or not they were, and that would be uncomfortable. for both them and me. I’d stay away from anyone under the age of say, 45, because I’d be laughed at as just another rich guy who married a young babe for a trophy wife, and in general, you’re more likely to be comfortable with someone closer to your own age anyway. Here, he gets all the looks of the young babe without being considered a cradle robber or marrying a person too young to be interesting. He gets a woman who is not likely to be or to be considered a gold digger. So it seems to me that, at least on the surface, he was very sensible in his choice. First off he’s not a GUY..at over 70 he’s a MAN..second ..she’s 18 years younger and looks great and that IS a TROPHY WIFE! You’re an idiot to think someone who has less money than him would be judged more since EVERYONE is poorer than him..he’s got a TON of cash..she’s definitely a gold digger otherwise she would be with a young hot man her age or younger ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087/30 "2011-10-17T08:34:04Z")
> [@M\_23456](#): > > First off he’s not a GUY..at over 70 he’s a MAN..second ..she’s 18 years younger and looks great and that IS a TROPHY WIFE! You’re an idiot to think someone who has less money than him would be judged more since EVERYONE is poorer than him..he’s got a TON of cash..she’s definitely a gold digger otherwise she would be with a young hot man her age or younger So, it’d be OK for Nancy Shevell be with a younger, hot man but not for Paul McCartney to be with a younger, hot woman? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-mccartney-weds-american-heiress-nancy-shevell/599087.md?page=1)