Despite reports less than a month ago that estranged spouses Heather Mills and Paul McCartney were on the brink of resolving their divorce battle, things have gone completely the other direction since Heather's emotional TV appearances last week.

Heather vs. the Media

Calling herself a "dormant volcano" waiting to explode as a result of the "abuse" she's been dealt, Heather told Britain's GMTV last week that the media has spread horrible lies about her:

"Everything they write is complete rubbish. They've called me a 'whore', a 'gold-digger,' a 'fantasist,' a 'liar' and the most unbelievably hurtful things. ... I've been so close to suicide so upset about this. I've had worse threats than a paedophile or a murderer and I've done nothing but charity for the last 20 years!

"A certain part of the tabloid media created such a hate campaign against me, that they put my life and my daughter's life at risk. That's why I considered killing myself because I thought, if I'm dead, [Beatrice's] safe and she can be with her father. And that's the truth. I'm sick of it."

"My plan is to change the law in the European parliament. And I will do it. I will investigate each and every one of those journalists."

Heather went so far as to compare herself to Princess Diana, saying "What are we doing as a nation? What did they do to Diana? They Chased her and killer her," suggesting that she sees a similar fate for herself.

Heather vs. Paul

Complaining that she has been "persecuted" by the media because she has stayed quiet "to protect Paul and my daughter" - Heather said that Paul for his part "has done nothing to protect me."

Rebutting claims that she has refused divorce settlement offers and claiming that she is nearly $3 million in debt in divorce lawyer fees, Heather exclaimed: "I've been offered nothing, okay? Nothing! And that's as much as I can say now, or I go to jail for telling the truth."

She went on to imply that Paul is cheap, stating that the biggest source of contention in the marriage was over what to do with McCartney's fortunes."How can anybody have that kind of money and not do more for charity? That's what we argued

about all the time."

Heather also complained to Extra about Paul's daughter, Stella McCartney:

"Every single week Stella tried to break up our marriage. She was so jealous. Stella wasn't interested in her dad's happiness. I can't protect her any longer... she's done some evil, evil things... we found out she scraped my face out a photo when they were in psychiatric session together."

Hahaha! I know that probably wasn't meant to be funny. . . but, it was. And if the recent rumors that Stella recently created a new line of jewelry featuring a "single-leg pendant" to mock her stepmother's disability, then I believe it! Talk about brutal!

The Backlash Against Heather...

As she expected, Heather's emotional outbursts about the media and her future ex-husband have not been well-received. British tabloids immediately ripped her interviews to shreds, calling them "bizarre, unnhinged ranting" and calling Heather "out of control" and "in need of help."

Paul's "corner" was also quick to counter Heather's criticism by pointing out her character defects - and even suggest her to be an unfit parent, according to a recent article about Paul's fears that Heather's TV rants "will have a negative impact" on their daughter Beatrice:

A friend of Sir Paul told The Sun that the rants would only serve to damage Mills in the eyes of the public:

"His biggest fear is that Heather's comments will harm Beatrice. What she has said is not healthy for anyone and in particular their daughter."

"People will see what he had to put up with. Paul has too much dignity to respond to her claims."

Sir Paul's cousin, comedian Kate Robbins, also chimes in on Stella's behalf, saying Heather couldn't be more wrong about Stella: "Stella is a lovely person. She is kind, generous and absolutely peaceful." Kate goes on to call Heather a "liar" for saying that Paul is cheap: "If you knew how much he gives to different charities you would be gobsmacked."

I almost want to feel sorry for Heather, because - for whatever reason - the press really does seem to hate her - and she has overcome a TON of obstacles in her life.

But then I hear event the most objective of witnesses attesting to what a royal pain Heather is. Take Barbara Walters, for instance, who recently dished (watch video) on her past experiences with the Brit:

"This is not a very nice woman. The first time, I was very touched by her, she had been in an accident, she'd lost her leg." But by visit #2, not so much. "One of our producers gave her a glass of water, she said, 'this glass of water is not room temperature'... she was so impossible.'"

Well it seems obvious that pretty much everyone - from the media to friends and family of the couple - sides with Paul. Will the law follow suit? It certainly won't help that Heather has publicly called herself a "dormant volcano" (ready to explode), admitted to considering suicide and said she constantly receives "death threats" - which could result in the harm of her and Paul's daughter, Beatrice, as well.

Heather's dramatic statements may be arousing sympathy for some, but they are goin to burn her more than help her - because they just reflect that she is totally emotionally unstable!