A Day in the Life

I read recently that Heather Mills, estranged wife of Paul McCartney, had been fired by her publicist. This struck me as odd, but apparently it can be done in the celebrity arena just as much as any other. The reason seems to be that she went on a morning show and started crying about how cruel the media has been to her and how it's destroyed her life. Apparently the publicist felt very strongly that this sympathy ploy was a mistake.



Assuming that Heather Mills was telling the truth, that the media blitzkrieg has made her suicidal, etc. then why is it so wrong to tell the truth? From an ethical perspective, isn't this what a publicist would admire in a client? Despite everyone calling her a gold digger, I can't help but feel like her humanitarian efforts suggest that she can't be all bad. She has worked towards ridding the world of landmines, protecting animals from cruelty, providing prosthetic limbs to children who need them, etc.

Sure, Babs Walters spoke out against her and said that she was difficult, but isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? It seems like just how in the corporate world publicists are retisant to stand up to the big guys, the same is true of the celebrity world, and everyone is kowtowing to Paul McCartney and his diamond dogs.