London
(ANI):
The
reason
Sir
Paul
McCartney
is
so
wealthy
is
because
he"s
extremely
tight-fisted
with
his
money,
says
estranged
wife
Heather
Mills.
Mills" latest
outburst
in
Hello!
magazine
came
just
days
after
she
gave
a
TV
interview,
telling
viewers
in
the
US
and
UK
that
she
was
being
persecuted
like
missing
British
four-year
old
Madeline
McCann"s
mum
Kate.
"This
is
a
man
that
hangs
on
to
his
money.
He
wouldn't
be
as
rich
if
he
didn't,"
the
Daily
Mail
quoted
her,
as
telling
the
mag.
"Who
needs
that
kind
of
money?
I'm
still
keeping
quiet
about
the
total
truth,
giving
him
a
chance
to
help
us
move
on
and
get
out
of
this
awful
situation.
"I
want
the
freedom
to
be
able
to
tell
my
story
should
I
need
to
defend
myself.
I
offered
to
Paul
that
if
he
protects
me
from
the
inevitable
hatred
I'll
receive
because
I
am
a
wife
of
a
Beatle,
I'll
never
say
anything
derogatory
about
him.
"He
wants
me
to
be
gagged
and
they
won't
give
me
a
divorce
until
I'm
gagged.
So
I'm
waiting
for
the
two-year
separation.
"I've
been
this
dormant
volcano
for
18
months
and
now
I've
had
the
explosion
of
my
feelings."
Mills
also
accused
Macca
of
not
doing
enough
to
protect
her
reputation.
"Someone
that
powerful.
When
I
left,
I
said,
'I
don't
want
a
penny,
all
I
want
is
for
you
to
protect
me.'
"He
won't
talk
or
acknowledge
anything
ever.
He
just
pretends
everything
doesn't
go
on.
I've
asked
him
to
protect
me
for
18
months.
He
knows
I
was
suicidal
but
did
nothing.
Enough
is
enough.
I
have
to
stand
up
and
take
the
brunt
of
what
I'm
going
to
be
put
through
again
...
He
forced
me
into
a
corner."