If there's one thing we've all surely learned from the whole Britney saga is that if you go a bit loopy in public your soon to be ex-husband will use it as an excuse to get complete custody of your children. But, alas, Heather Mills hasn't been keeping up with her Britney news. This is the problem, you see, if you don't subscribe to the CMU Daily. There's a less for us all here, me thinks.
Anyway, according to the News Of The World, Paul McCartney is planning on asking for complete custody of his and Heathers' daughter Beatrice after his soon-to-be-ex went a bit loopy on live TV last week. A close friend of the star told the tabloid: "Paul fears Heather's lost the plot and needs help. He's deeply worried. Paul's main concern is Bea's safety and well-being. Going for full custody is a last resort but he's really scared for his child. He doesn't feel he's got a choice now. Paul did plead with Heather to consider Bea before she went on these TV shows, but she ignored him. Now he's deeply concerned their daughter is growing more aware of the public war between them".
The friend added that Macca is also worried about Mills claims on TV that her life is at risk - because either that means she's getting all kind of paranoid, or, if there is any truth in what she says, then Beatrice is at risk too. The friend continues: "If Heather's life is at risk, then so is Bea's. Paul feels he just can't take the risk any more and wants to know that his daughter is safe and well-and that means being with him".
As previously reported, Mills went very public about her acrimonious divorce from McCartney last Wednesday, telling GMTV and others how the tabloid press had it in for her and how they were ruining her life. On Thursday she turned her efforts to US TV shows, and took aim at Macca and his daughter Stella McCartney as well. Talking to US TV show 'Today', she again implied that she had been treated badly by McCartney and his family, adding that she would have "walked away with nothing" in a "very gentle and quick divorce" had he admitted that that treatment was the cause of the collapse of their marriage.
She told the show: "All I can say is when we first split, I said to Paul: 'I'm going to be crucified. You know why we split. You know the truth. They don't need to know the details, but you need to stand up and say [you are] responsible for the breakdown of this marriage'".
She added that Paul was a "broken man" when she met him, and that she helped him return to recording and performing. She said: "I was a huge support for Paul. I put all my own work except my charity on hold for the seven-and-a-half years we were together".
In PR terms Mills' TV outbursts have surely made most of the world more pro-Macca and less pro-Mills. Whether they will have a similar affect on judges in the family courts as the couple's divorce proceedings continue remains to be seen.