Paul McCartney's daughter Stella reveals her mother Linda's 'pain' over 'ridicule' from critics ...
Paul McCartney's daughter Stella McCartney recalled how 'hurt' her late mother was by the bullying she faced from fans.
Linda McCartney was a founding member of her husband's band Wings, which launched in 1971, just a year after he announced he was leaving The Beatles.
McCartney's wife, a photographer by trade, did not always win over critics as she played keyboard and sang harmony in Wings.
In the new documentary Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, her daughter Stella, 54, discussed the impact the criticism had on her mother, who died of cancer in 1998 at age 56.
'She wasn't a cookie-cutter example of someone you put in a band. What they, and she especially, had to go through, like when they isolated her voice and ridiculed her? I mean, it breaks my heart,' the designer said in the documentary.
'I know that there was pain there. I knew she hurt. She wasn't like, cold,' Stella added.
Paul McCartney's, 83, daughter Stella McCartney, 54, recalled how 'hurt' her late mother Linda McCartney was by the bullying she faced from fans and critics; Stella pictured in 2025
Linda, who died of cancer in 1998 at age 56, was a founding member of her husband's band Wings, which launched in 1971; Mccartney pictured with Linda and Stella in 1974
Stella added that Linda's resilience showed 'her bravery and spirit. That side to her boosted a side that [McCartney] had perhaps lost.'
McCartney, 83, also spoke about some of the criticism he and Linda faced for her inclusion in the band, which he said was an idea that came to him 'spur of the moment.'
'"She can't do this, she can't sing, she can't play piano, she can't do anything. Oh, they're crazy man, what's he got his old lady in the band for? Who the hell is this?"' the musician recalled people saying.
However McCartney disagreed with the critics, and said Linda's style of singing gave the songs a 'special sound.'
Formed in London, the British rock band also featured McCartney on vocals and bass, with Denny Laine on guitar and vocals, and Denny Seiwell on drums.
Source: Sonia Horon/dailymail.co.uk
