Stella McCartney, daughter of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney, has shared that she felt “angry” about her father’s fame as a teenager. The 55-year-old fashion designer reflected on the "privileges" and surreal nature of growing up in the spotlight.
"I was kind of angry when I was 18 because I was building friendships and getting into the swing of my own thing," McCartney explained. "I was like: 'What, really? We have to go on a world tour?'"
She recalled the contrast between the family's quiet life on their farm in Scotland and her parents' extraordinary fame, describing moments where her mother was cooking and her father was shearing sheep and writing songs, only for the family to be thrust into scenes with "200,000 people screaming at your parents." This experience, she said, was "trippy and weird and surreal."
Despite the challenges, McCartney now considers traveling the world to be "one of the biggest privileges" of her upbringing, emphasizing that her parents' actions always stemmed from "a place of love."
McCartney also spoke about her concerns regarding her own children growing up surrounded by "crazy famous people." However, she draws parallels to her own experience, noting that while she lived on a farm and went on tour with her famous father, she also hopes her children will turn out "okay-ish," as she did.
She shared that her children have a "great relationship" with their "GrandDude," Sir Paul, expressing pride in him and excitement about his music. McCartney added that she had a "different upbringing to a lot of my peers" and that there is an "unspoken sort of word of understanding" among children of Beatles members, but she remains comfortable around a wide variety of people.