And apparently, even a turd can make a statement.
Paul McCartney and his then-wife, Linda McCartney, reportedly responded to a harsh concert review in the early 1970s in a way few critics could have anticipated: by mailing the reviewer a turd from their baby daughter.
Denny Seiwell, the Wings drummer who began working with McCartney after the Beatles split in 1970, recalled the bizarre episode in McCartney’s newly released book, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run.
Seiwell, now 82, recalled that the critic had been given unusually close access to Wings, joining the band at soundcheck, spending time backstage and even riding on their tour bus to get a firsthand look at life on the road.
There was just one problem: according to Seiwell, the critic never actually stayed to watch the concert and instead flew home.
That apparently didn’t stop him from publishing what Seiwell described as a full review of the performance. And it was far from flattering. The drummer said the writer tore into virtually everything about Wings, criticizing not only how the band sounded, but also the way its members lived and traveled.
Rather than simply ignoring the review, Paul and Linda McCartney reportedly came up with an unforgettable response of their own — involving their baby daughter, Stella.
According to Seiwell, Stella was still an infant at the time when the couple took a small plastic soap dish from their hotel and placed one of her turds inside. They then wrapped the unusual package and mailed it directly to the critic.
Seiwell made clear that he had no hesitation about sharing the story publicly, describing the gesture as, in his view, a fitting response to what he considered a particularly crude piece of British music criticism.
The Post has reached out to McCartney’s reps for comment.
The “And Your Bird Can Sing” bassist and Linda tied the knot in March 1969. They welcomed three kids during their marriage: daughter Mary, 56, daughter Stella, 54, and son James, 48.
McCartney also adopted Linda’s daughter, Heather, 62, from her previous marriage to Joseph Melville See Jr.
Linda, however, tragically passed away from breast cancer on April 17, 1998. She was 56.
The couple had formed Wings in 1971 shortly after McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr went their separate ways following the end of the Beatles.
Originally made up of the “Yesterday” singer, Linda, Seiwell and guitarist Denny Laine, the group was active until 1981.
Stella McCartney, now a successful fashion designer, opened up about her famous parents and how they influenced her own career in “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run.”
“I was obsessed with my parents’ influence, and I literally always look at images of them from the archives,” she explained. “All of my degree shows at Central Saint Martins, my work with Chloé and my work today is still influenced by their style.”
“I’m lucky enough to have some of those pieces, and I feel like I’m safeguarding them for the future generations,” Stella added.
Elsewhere in the newly released Wings book, McCartney recalled the final phone call he shared with Lennon before the “Imagine” singer’s murder in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980. He was 40.
“That is a nice thing, a consoling factor for me, because I do feel it was sad that we never actually sat down and straightened our differences out,” the “Hey Jude” writer shared.
“But fortunately for me, the last phone conversation I ever had with him was really great, and we didn’t have any kind of blowup,” he continued. “One of the great blessings in my life is that we made up.”
As for the phone call itself, McCartney revealed that he and Lennon had a “very happy conversation” about their respective families.