Connery calls ex-wife "insane"

Sir Sean Connery has called his ex-wife Diane Cilento "insane" following her accusations that he left their son out of his will.

Cilento alleged that Connery also told son Jason: "You only got this [acting] job because your name's Connery."

The ex-James Bond star has angrily refuted the claims, saying in a statement: "I haven't seen the woman in 37 years and she knows nothing about me or my life now.

"Diane can't move on from the break up of our marriage and I have already had to contend with her accusations about me being violent towards her. Now the lies seem to be getting even more vicious, and, what is worse, she is dragging our son into it.

"I have just come off the phone to Jason and I know he will be making his own statement but I never told him I wasn't going to leave him a penny in my will or that I said he only had the career he has as an actor and director because of his family name. He happens to have talent of his own."

He added: "It seems to me a shame that whatever garbage Diane comes out with about me is reported as the gospel truth, but of course a lot of people have their own agenda about me because of my support for the SNP (Scottish National Party)."