Sir Paul McCartney had to choose between weed or his wife

[SVZ]

HEATHER MILLS McCARTNEY only agreed to marry SIR PAUL McCARTNEY after he gave up his marijuana habit.

The former BEATLE had smoked cannabis almost everyday since he enjoyed his first joint with BOB DYLAN in the mid-1960s - but Mills McCartney was determined to create a drug-free family environment after their wedding in 2002.

She says, "Him and (his first wife) LINDA smoked it every day for the whole of their lives together. But I would not get married to him if he was taking drugs. I hate it.

"I could not have him lying to our child about not taking drugs and then going for a sneaky puff."

23/01/2006 02:41

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[ourmaninBusan]

"I could not have him lying to our child about not taking drugs and then going for a sneaky puff."

I know the Beatles snuck out for some weed when they were recording
Sgt. Pepper in the late 1960s, but don't tell me he was still doing that
at 60? I certainly hope not.

[olivia720]

wow. thaz a lotta weed!!! cant believe he didnt get lung cancer.

[A*O]

Originally Posted by SVZ

She says, "Him and (his first wife) LINDA smoked it every day for the whole of their lives together.

Meeeeouwwwwwwww [hiss, spit]

[Elvira]

thisislondon.com

'It's the cannabis or me'

By Matt Born, Daily Mail, Media Editor
23 January 2006

Sir Paul McCartney had to fulfil one important condition before Heather Mills agreed to marry him, she revealed yesterday.

He had to agree to stop smoking cannabis.

Heather Mills McCartney - as she now calls herself - said her husband would use the drug as regularly as others drink cups of tea.

'Him and (his first wife) Linda smoked it every day for the whole of their lives together,' she said of a relationship that lasted more than 30 years. 'But I would not get married to him if he was taking drugs. I hate it.

'I could not have him lying to our child (they have a twoyearold daughter, Beatrice) about not taking drugs and then going out for a sneaky puff.'

Despite having slept on the streets as a teenager and then spent several years working as a model - both worlds where drug abuse is rife - 37-year- old Heather said she had never been tempted to experiment herself.

'I've never taken drugs in my life,' she said.

'One time at Ascot two models ran into the toilets and sniffed some cocaine off the cistern and I was, like, totally shocked.

'I never drank either until I met Paul. I was drunk (recently) on two glasses of wine at a Christmas party. I'm a very cheap date.'

Her abstinence is in marked contrast to the early years of her 63-year-old husband, whom she married in 2002.

As a Beatle, he was a the forefront of the Sixties psychedelic revolution. And in an interview two years ago, he said that drugs had 'informed' much of the band's music including songs such as Got to Get You Into My Life (which was about pot) and Day Tripper (about LSD).

He also admitted that he had tried both heroin and cocaine when the Beatles were in their prime.

In 1980, McCartney was arrested at Tokyo airport after customs officials discovered half a pound of marijuana in his luggage. He spent ten days in a Japanese prison cell before being released and deported.

Despite his habit, it appears Sir Paul had little difficulty giving up smoking dope following his fiancee's ultimatum. 'He says he had a good incentive,' she said when asked if he had found it hard to stop.

Heather said her revulsion of drugs came from having spent time counselling addicts.

'Fifty per cent of people can smoke joints their entire life and be fine. But the other 50 per cent, if there is a history of depression in their family or in their genes, then they cannot smoke marijuana.'

Given her own family's history of mental instability, she was sure that she would 'go wacky' if she ever tried it, she said.

In the interview with the Observer magazine, Heather said she was having difficulty sleeping because of screeching voices in her head.

'It was good,' she said, when asked about being with her husband during his current tour of America, 'but I didn't sleep well.

The screaming always goes on in my head.'

Confused, the interviewer inquired whether she was referring to Sir Paul's fans screaming outside the hotel - before being put straight. 'The screaming of the dogs and cats I had seen on the videos (about animals being skinned alive in China for their fur),' she said.

'Little puppy dogs and pussy cats, their faces so trusting. Just before the noose comes.'

Heather, who is campaigning for an EU wide ban on fur from China, was also scathing about celebrities who wear fur such as Naomi Campbell.

She described the supermodel as a 'stupid, superficial hypocrite' after she started modelling fur having previously led a campaign for Peta, the animal welfare group.

[burnt_toast]

Goodness, she seems just a bit off here doesn't she?

[sputnik]

Originally Posted by A*O

Meeeeouwwwwwwww [hiss, spit]

Originally Posted by grace721

See I knew Linda was the better wife!

LOL!!!
that's exactly what i was thinking! i almost feel sorry for paul, but i think he deserves to suffer ganja withdrawal at the hands of his one-legged gold-digging harpie

[lennonfan]

Originally Posted by sputnik

LOL!!!
that's exactly what i was thinking! i almost feel sorry for paul, but i think he deserves to suffer ganja withdrawal at the hands of his one-legged gold-digging harpie

LOL!

[LynnieD]

I hate this chick more and freaking more! Let the guy have his weed for gods sake! He DOES deserve better! WTF? Poor Paul....
I'LL let you smoke your dope Paul--come to mama!

[lennonfan]

Of course I always did wonder if the constant pot-smoking led to Linda's cancer.

[Cate]

Originally Posted by lennonfan

Of course I always did wonder if the constant pot-smoking led to Linda's cancer.

I wondered the same. She was pretty healthy otherwise.

Linda still seems the better wife, though!

[GawsipRawksz]

linda and cancer all the way.

[lennonfan]

Originally Posted by Cate

I wondered the same. She was pretty healthy otherwise.

Linda still seems the better wife, though!

It's funny that people LOATHED Linda when she married Paul and for much of their marriage she was considered a joke (partly his fault, he shouldn't have made the poor woman sing!). She had to die to get his fans to really appreciate her.

[NurseNoir]

Separate Paul from his weed????? She must have soooooome hold on him: I never thought anyone could (or would even try to) do that! Is my junior high fave Beatle getting senile?!
@ "sneaky puff"!! Sounds so British!

[A*O]

Pussy Whipped Paulie HA! We warned you about Heather The Harpie didn't we.