Heather 'offered gentle and quick divorce'

Heather Mills McCartney went on a TV offensive for a second day today, criticising Paul McCartney for not speaking out against articles which led to her receiving death threats.

The estranged wife of McCartney, 65, followed up her British appearances yesterday with an interview on America’s Today show.

She said she told the former Beatle he needed to stand up and take responsibility for the breakdown of their marriage.

Mills McCartney, 39, said she promised him she would “walk away with nothing” in a “very gentle and quick divorce” if he did that, but she said he “did nothing”.

In an emotional interview with the NBC programme, the former model said: “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 ’I’m responsible for the breakdown of this marriage’.

“’If you say that, I’ll walk away with nothing, and we’ll do a very gentle and quick divorce.’ And he promised he’d do that. I have evidence of that. And he did nothing.”

Asked who she thought was behind the death threats, Mills McCartney told NBC: “Well, I can’t say who I think it is because it will affect our family, but I know a lot of information and, you know, certain people don’t want certain things coming out because of their image.”

She also continued her criticism of the tabloid press for “putting front-page news about divorces instead of front-page news about global warming and important issues”.

She told NBC there were “so many” lies told about her.

“They say I’m a fantasist, a liar, a whore, everything you can possibly think of is being said and it’s just, it’s outrageous. It’s so hurtful man.”