Yoko Ono supports Heather Mills

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has spoken out in support for Heather Mills over her bitter divorce from Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney.

Speaking on a visit to the dead Beatle's childhood home in Liverpool, Yoko, 75, said she thought Mills, dubbed Mucca by British tabloids due to her porn past, must have "suffered".

She added: "It's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles. I think all the wives did suffer, but suffer quietly and endured."

She told Sky News that Heather Mills "needed to do her very best and try to survive."

Yoko felt for John's old Sir Paul, too, adding: "I'm very sorry for him to have had to go through that."

Lennon was shot dead in New York by Mark Chapman in 1980.