Heather Mills Hopes Her Leg Stays on While Dancing  2/28/07

Sir Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills is praying her prosthetic leg stays attached when she struts her stuff on US reality TV show Dancing With the Stars - because she doesn't want audience members to have a heart attack.

The one-legged model-turned-activist is an odd choice to hit the dance floor for the upcoming series, but she hopes to prove that even amputees can waltz and tango like a professional.

She'll join dancing champ Jonathan Roberts on the new series of the show, which debuts next month (MAR07), and she's determined to make him proud and keep her false leg firmly strapped in place.

Mills, who lost her leg in a collision with a police motorcycle, tells US news show Extra, "I'm quite happy to be thrown around and hopefully my leg will stay on.

"It's very unlikely my leg is going to fly off, although it would be quite funny. I'll have a strap on, which I wouldn't normally in every day life.

"I don't want to let Jonathan down or give anyone in the audience a heart attack."

And Mills, who is currently in the middle of a bitter divorce battle with McCartney, insists she won't be flashing too much flesh on the dance floor: "I'm hitting 40, I think I'll keep my tummy covered."