wow!! that was a great article!! thanks for writing it.
i wondered if you could supply more insight into the quote from paul's bio:
I’d sit and talk to her, and I guess people could tell that it wasn’t worth pulling me. I think you’ve got to give off scents, and respond correctly to certain things, whereas with me it was just flirting.
i thought I was getting better at interpreting him but this leaves me flummoxed. who are the "people" who can tell he's "not worth pulling??" "people" in general, not just April. am I just being dense or is he not fully making sense here?
does he mean he likes flirting with trans people, plural, April being one of them, or something else? (it's ok if you can't explain but I am trying to figure it out and failing...)
Hey! So yeah, this kinda jumps out at me too. I'm not quite sure what Paul means by this, but given the full quote I'm led to two conclusions:
1.) Perhaps because of his level of fame and notoriety, especially at this time during the 1960s, it may not be worth trying to "pull" him (aka, get him in bed).
2.) Still because of reason #1, it might be harder for him to have queer experiences and not worth "pulling".
Now, this was written in the early 90s, so it's possible Paul is fluffing it up a little bit to make it sound vague, essentially to make himself sound less like a slag (lmao). We all know of Paul's exploits in his own accounts and other people's accounts who were close to him during that time, and was known to have multiple girlfriends at once. Paul might have been trying to be like "oh but I wasn't pullable! It wasn't worth pulling such a celebrity like me!" It's sort of his defense mechanism to be like "oh no, not me" but when in reality it's a bit different than that. Think of that one interview during the Wings era where Paul is talking about his romantic encounters before Linda, and then gives a vague answer and asks to clarify and goes "boys" but "IN MY CASE anyways it was girls."
I definitely think he could have meant "people" as in general, rather than a specific group or gender. There are a few instances, like the Wings interview, where he talks in a neutral pronouns about his past experiences, and I'm not one to speculate on Paul's sexuality...but 🤷 He did say he enjoyed being flirted with when April Ashley was flirting with him. So it's not out of the realm of possibility he liked having attention from all genders, just maybe "not worth pulling" or not worth having sex as it might be scandalous since he was such a big star of the era.
Now IF he did (and that's a big if), he probably wouldn't be discussing it. And I also think April Ashley probably wouldn't have said anything about it either. She made some boisterous claims in her life, but I wanted to point out that it could have been rooted in some truth. Either way, it is an interesting aside Paul makes in that quote that makes me wonder if he was truly "worth pulling" after all.
