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Apr 03, 2003, 04:25 PM
Paul McCartney educated his children at the local comprehensive in an effort to keep them 'grounded'. But if his daughter Stella is any indication, his strategy may have backfired. The 30-year-old fashion designer has described the former Beatle as a "tight bastard" for sending her to a school in which she stood out because of her father's wealth and fame.
Asked by an interviewer whether she resented not going to a 'nice' school she said, "Well, I didn't really go around thinking 'what great benefits there are for me in going to a comprehensive.' But I could look after myself. I was a bully for a while. And I was at the same comprehensive from 11 to 17 so I guess people got used to me. But I was a bit ashamed if I missed the bus and had to get dropped off in a nice car. And I think the teachers found it stranger than the kids because they would have known my parents' music."
Asked if she would send any children she might have to a comprehensive she replied, "No!" McCartney, one of four children, has made her name in fashion. After revitalizing the Chloe fashion house in Paris she runs her ownlabel division of Gucci.
She spoke frankly of growing up with her famous father and mother Linda, who died of breast cancer in 1998, in an interview with fashion magazine "i-D."
"Part of my problem with my work is because of how I grew up," she said. "I am so paranoid that people don't like me because of my background that I want people to like me. And at work I want to be a nice boss. It doesn't always work to my advantage but I want to be nice to people."
Asked if she could ever lose the feeling of having to prove herself she admitted, "No. I feel unhappy with myself, which is pathetic really."
McCartney also revealed thwarted musical ambition. "I'm really a frustrated musician," she said. "I play a bit of guitar and sing. I always wanted to be a musician but I didn't pursue it because I knew it would be so obvious and easy and didn't want to get pigeonholed. I mean, if I get a hard time doing something completely different to my dad, imagine what would happen if I tried to be a musician?" (Daily Mail )
Asked by an interviewer whether she resented not going to a 'nice' school she said, "Well, I didn't really go around thinking 'what great benefits there are for me in going to a comprehensive.' But I could look after myself. I was a bully for a while. And I was at the same comprehensive from 11 to 17 so I guess people got used to me. But I was a bit ashamed if I missed the bus and had to get dropped off in a nice car. And I think the teachers found it stranger than the kids because they would have known my parents' music."
Asked if she would send any children she might have to a comprehensive she replied, "No!" McCartney, one of four children, has made her name in fashion. After revitalizing the Chloe fashion house in Paris she runs her ownlabel division of Gucci.
She spoke frankly of growing up with her famous father and mother Linda, who died of breast cancer in 1998, in an interview with fashion magazine "i-D."
"Part of my problem with my work is because of how I grew up," she said. "I am so paranoid that people don't like me because of my background that I want people to like me. And at work I want to be a nice boss. It doesn't always work to my advantage but I want to be nice to people."
Asked if she could ever lose the feeling of having to prove herself she admitted, "No. I feel unhappy with myself, which is pathetic really."
McCartney also revealed thwarted musical ambition. "I'm really a frustrated musician," she said. "I play a bit of guitar and sing. I always wanted to be a musician but I didn't pursue it because I knew it would be so obvious and easy and didn't want to get pigeonholed. I mean, if I get a hard time doing something completely different to my dad, imagine what would happen if I tried to be a musician?" (Daily Mail )