STARR RUSHES TO MCCARTNEY'S AID

Last updated: Thursday, June 15, 2006

STARR RUSHES TO MCCARTNEY'S AID

Former BEATLE RINGO STARR has vowed to help his ex-bandmate SIR PAUL McCARTNEY cope with the break-up of his marriage, promising ''I'm here if you need me''.

RINGO STARR and SIR PAUL McCARTNEY

McCartney split from former model HEATHER MILLS in May (06) and has been hounded by the press ever since over her alleged pornographic past.

But Starr insists he's there for the star, and hopes his own insight of divorce - with first wife MAUREEN STARKEY in 1975 - will help the rocker.

Starr, currently on tour in Toronto, Canada, admits he's so concerned about the situation he telephones his wife BARBARA constantly to keep up to date with the proceedings.

He says, "I talk to Barbara in England every day and it's getting ugly. Break-ups are always hard and they have to deal with it, not me.

"But I have let Paul know that if he needs a chat I'm here for him.

"I talked to him three weeks ago. I just said, 'I'm here if you need me.' That's all you can be."

However, the drummer did test his friendship with his former bandmate after publicly expressing his fears for baby BEATRICE.

During a recent interview on US news show The Insider, he couldn't help but feel sorry for the two-year-old caught up in the middle of the public war, adding, "I just wish someone would care about little Beatrice because she will grow up and all this will always be there."

| Thursday, June 15, 2006

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