Paul McCartney ‘snubbed Trump’s prenup advice’ before Heather Mills divorce: ‘Idiotic’

‘Paul McCartney at the BBC’ was broadcast on BBC Two at 7:55pm last night. The programme featured a compilation from the musician’s post-Beatles career featuring performances on Top of the Pops and the Electric Proms. The show also included a range of behind the scenes footage and interviews, including with die-hard Beatles fan Bob Mortimer. 

Later in the evening ‘Paul McCartney at The Cavern Club’ was also on BBC Two at 9:25pm.

The programme showed three-year-old footage of Paul’s performance at the famous Liverpool venue, where the Beatles cut their teeth in the early Sixties.

Around 250 people crammed into the venue to hear a set featuring Fab Four classics as well as songs from solo album ‘Egypt Station’.

Since being propelled to international acclaim with the Beatles in the Sixties, Paul’s life and relationships have very much been in the public eye.

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In 2002, Paul married his second wife Heather Mills, a former model and anti-landmine campaigner, and the couple had a child together a year later.

However, in April 2006 the pair separated and divorced acrimoniously in March 2008.

Ms Mills was awarded £24.3million in the divorce settlement.

Former US President Donald Trump once claimed, at the time of Paul and Heather’s separation, that he had told the Beatle to get a prenuptial agreement before marrying his wife.

The former President, who is known for being brash and direct, even labelled the singer’s decision as “idiotic” after Paul allegedly allowed romance to cloud his judgement.

Contactmusic quoted Mr Trump as saying in 2006: “I know I sound like a broken record, but get a prenup.

“I don’t care how much you love your fiancée, it’s just idiotic to get married without one.

“Don’t believe me? Ask Paul McCartney what he thinks. 

“I know he wishes he had one.”

Paul was deeply critical of Mr Trump when he was President, between 2017 and 2021, and accused the business tycoon of unleashing “the ugly side of America”.

He confirmed to the Australian Daily Telegraph the year of Trump’s inauguration that he was “not a fan” of Mr Trump.

Paul said: “He’s unleashed a kind of violent prejudice that is sometimes latent among people. 

“He’s unleashed this ugly side of America. 

“People feel like they have got a free pass to be, if not violent, at least antagonistic towards people of a different colour or different race.

“I think we all thought we’d got past that a long time ago.”

Watch Paul McCartney at the BBC and Paul McCartney at The Cavern Club on BBc iPlayer.