Sir Paul McCartney Slams 'Heart Scare' Stories

Sir Paul McCartney has denied media reports which claimed he underwent an angioplasty operation on his heart last year.

In a letter on his website, he insisted that he had only had tests after a “minor irregularity” was found during a routine medical examination.

It was reported last December that the former Beatle had undergone the operation because of the strain of his divorce battle with his estranged wife Heather Mills.

“People are ringing and texting me saying ‘are you ok?’ and I hadn’t seen the report so I was puzzled by so many enquiries about my health,” he wrote.

“The media reports have, as usual, completely distorted the story, calling it an angioplasty, which is entirely untrue, and this is why so many friends have been concerned about my health.”

The former Beatle signed off by thanking people for their concern and adding that he had passed his “most recent medical exam with flying colours.”