Heather Mills McCartney says she doesn't have a lover and will never remarry in her first television interview since her split in May from ex-Beatle Paul McCartney.
Mills McCartney flew to the United States to be interviewed by the show Extra. The interview will be broadcast Monday and Tuesday, but some details were released Sunday.
In the interview, Heather Mills McCartney denied accusations that she is a gold digger after Paul McCartney's estimated fortune of $1.7 billion: 'I fell in love unconditionally.'
(Canadian Press)
"At the moment, I am focusing on my daughter," Mills McCartney said in the interview, after being asked about reports that she was romantically involved with her trainer, Ben Amigoni.
British tabloids have been reporting Mills McCartney would be doing a tell-all interview about her acrimonious divorce from the singer. But her publicist said ahead of time that the interview would not touch upon the subject.
Mills McCartney said accusations that she is a "gold digger" are wrong and indicated 85 per cent of her income went to her charity.
"I fell in love unconditionally," said 38-year-old anti-fur and anti-landmines campaigner.
'You get to know who your friends are and I haven't lost any friends.'-Heather Mills McCartney
Despite the negative reports, she said she has gotten a lot of public support, with some people giving her a hug in the street.
"You get to know who your friends are and I haven't lost any friends."
Ex-Beatle tightlipped about divorce
McCartney broke his silence on the breakup in a BBC radio interview broadcast Nov. 4 but did not divulge details of his divorce.
"There are certain things in life that are personal, and I think a relationship with a partner is intensely personal, and I prefer to keep it that way."
The songwriter said he felt it would be "more dignified" not to talk about it. The couple, who married in 2002, have a two-year-old daughter, Beatrice.
Since the announcement of the split, the divorce battle has fallen to successive lows. Tabloids published explicit photos of Mills McCartney from her modelling days as well as alluding to a lurid past. Her divorce papers claim she was physically abused by McCartney, 64.
McCartney, through his lawyers, has said he would defend himself against such accusations.
He has hired the firm that represented Prince Charles in his divorce from Diana, the late Princess of Wales, while Mills McCartney has retained the lawyer who represented Diana.
The couple did not sign a prenuptial agreement and divorce experts have predicted the singer could lose about a quarter of his estimated fortune of £825 million ($1.7 billion Cdn).
They met in 1999 at a charity event a year after the death of McCartney's first wife, Linda Eastman, who died of breast cancer.
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