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Heather Mills Breaks Down
Tuesday April 3, 2007

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Heather Mills knows America has a certain perception of her, but the 39-year-old activist and Hollywood’s newest reality TV hotstepper is doing her best to change their minds.

In a radio interview with KIIS-FM DJ Ryan Seacrest, Mills was overcome with emotion after a caller offered her apologies to the newest Dancing queen for pre-judging her without full knowledge of Mills’ background. The L.A.-area listener also challenged America to apologize to Mills for thinking poorly of her.

Upon hearing a clip of the caller, who phoned Seacrest prior to Mills’ appearance, the activist and mother got choked up when extending her heartfelt thanks to the listener.

“That makes me so emotional. That’s great,” Mills said.

Mills then continued her heartfelt thanks, realizing that the public’s perception of her highly-publicized relationship with her ex-husband, Paul McCartney may have caused America to misunderstand her intentions.

“People label[ed] me a gold digger and if I was, I would've been a very wealthy woman now and I’m not. The biggest insult was to Paul because it’s like saying he’s so stupid that he would just be with someone like that,” she said. “People forget I was a $30-$50/hour public speaker and I gave it all up when I met Paul to help him get back on stage and be a mother. To see all that vilification [is] pretty horrific. Especially for my daughter to read when she’s older. “

However, Mills has chosen to use her increased visibility of late to promote the charitable causes close to her heart, realizing that, inevitably, her truths will eventually be revealed. “I never expected it to come out through Dancing With the Stars. You clear 21 million sq. meters of landmine-filled land and you fitted 400,000 people with limbs and [people] go on to vilify you. You do two-and-a-half to three dances and suddenly you’re amazing. It’s crazy!” Mills said.

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