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April 2, 2006
Geoff Baker breaks silence about split with Macca
Check out this article from the Sunday Mail:
Sir Paul McCartney's former right-hand man has revealed he was sacked by the pop legend for his wild cocaine binges. Geoff Baker admitted selling personal gifts from the Beatles legend to pay his mortgage. Baker said he still respected Sir Paul but refused to extend an olive branch to his wife, Heather Mills-McCartney. She was widely rumored to have disliked him.
The only previous explanation for the split was given by the singer who said Baker had become "more and more unstable," culminating in a bizarre row as they went to see magician David Blaine suspended over the Thames. Baker reveals how:
He deserved to be sacked and fears he would be dead if it hadn't happened.
He is alarmed at Heather's attempts to control her husband's dope smoking.
He turned down an offer of £150,000 to spill the beans about Sir Paul and his marriage.
Baker, who was with Sir Paul for 15 years, has not spoken to him since they parted 18 months ago.
He needed cash so much he sold two books - including one called Blackbird Singing - and a letter signed by Sir Paul to an English collector. They turned up on eBay.
The winning bid for the letter - a thank you to people who had worked on a tour - was £1100.
Baker is now editing a golf magazine and hopes he will not have to sell other gifts. He admitted: "I deserved to be fired. I was reckless, risk-taking, and maverick. Those are not qualities needed in today's music business.
"Sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll are no longer three things that go together.
"Paul was more concerned about my mental and physical health than I was at the time.
"Paul firing me kept me alive. It was not just dope and booze - every rock'n'roll narcotic was being embraced by myself. I was doing cocaine, everything, except smack."
Just after the split, Sir Paul appeared to launch an attack on Baker in his song "Riding to Vanity Fair."
Heather's sister has claimed that Baker tore up photos of the couple and one of Russian Premier Vladimir Putin. They were supposed to have been used for Heather's anti-landmine charity...
Paul is on the cover of the most recent issue of AARP. Click here for the article that was inside.
