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...if Paul is not bothered by this, if this is what he offered and approved of --- why the hell should you care?
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I'm glad you asked that question; I wanted to add a few more comments anyway. How can you say that he "is not bothered by this", when he is on record as having pronounced the whole process as being "blackmail"? Of course he "offered" her this, the same way that you would "offer" a robber only a portion of the money in your wallet, explaining that you had to have the remaimnder to pay your rent. IT IS CALLED LARCENY and it happens to men daily in divorce courts around the world, but primarily in "western" countries. The difference between the robber and the divorce court is that after the court (or the woman) accepts your "offer", you can no longer complain about the theft, as you can after being robbed at gunpoint! What good does it do to say that you are anything but satisfied and happy with the "settlement" when it would do absolurely no good to complain anyway, may even anger the court, defy a "gag" or other orders, and possibly set yourself up for further costs, sanctions or additional liability to your wife?

To put it another way, if the settlement was "only" $100,000,000 then this woman was effectively paid over $20,000,000 per year, for her company, plus additional millions in gifts and luxurious support. As far as I am concerned, the luxurious support alone was more than she rightfully deserved and she should have been satisfied with that. If she has enough intelligence and talent to appear on a major network, in a dancing contest--and with only one leg at that--then she should be able to support herself, as long as McCartney is assuming responsibility for the child. If he shares her views about charities, then he can donate to the charities directly, as much as he wants. In fact, if he had been able to give her whatever he REALLY wanted in the divorce, completely free of duress, he could then have proceeded to give her any additional amounts he wanted--purely of his own volition!