Interviews were 'cathartic' - Heather Mills

Nov 9 2007 Liverpool Daily Post

HEATHER Mills McCartney described her impassioned interviews against "lies" in the media as "unbelievably cathartic".

Sir Paul McCartney’s estranged wife, who is locked in divorce negotiations with her husband, launched a fierce attack on the media last week for "pushing her to the edge" and called on the public to stop buying tabloid newspapers in a series of TV interviews.

Speaking on GMTV yesterday, she said she has received "so much support" for her campaign to take a petition to the European Parliament to strengthen the law against "a specific portion" of the media.

She added: "It’s been unbelievably cathar-tic. It’s the difference between being in prison and being on parole. I’ve had 18 months of the worst press ever and I got the chance to protect myself and my daughter." Heather Mills hit back at reports that she had been un- happy at seeing pictures of Sir Paul kissing married US millionairess Nancy Shevell.

She said: "In that situation with Paul, there was no phone call, there was no tears and tantrums – there was nothing.

"Basically, I just said ‘I wish you all the best’ and that was it, when we did swap over. It’s none of anybody’s business what happens in Paul’s love life."