Madeleine McCann: Gerry McCann Talks With Vanity Fair
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
DAILY MIRROR front page: “MADELEINE: THE BIG INTERVIEW”
“Our regret”
“GERRY: I wish we have never gone to the tapas bar”
“KATE: I wish I’d seen the stranger watching us”
“READ THEIR HEARTBREAKING WORDS INSIDE”
Voyeurs, campaigners, police and handwringers come see the pain, the suffering the agony. Prepare to be heartbroken!
“Riddled with guilt, the distraught” Gerry will tell all to the Mirror. Well, not to the Mirror, rather to Vanity Fair magazine. Journalist Judy Bachrach spoke with Gerry in October near the family home in Rothley, Leicestershire
And the interview is not with Gerry and Kate. Only Gerry McCann was interviewed, says the Mail. Kate McCann’s words come via friends and family
Pages 4 and 5: “I WISH”.
It reads very much like a prayer, or a camping speech by Barack Obama. Says Gerry McCann:
“I wish I hadn’t gone to the tapas bar.
“I wish I’d have stayed in the apartment that night
“I wish I’d stayed in the room when I checked on her five minutes longer”
A wish…
Says Gerry McCann: “”At the time we did it, it was not irresponsible. Of course we feel guilty about not having been there and that is just something we have to deal with for the rest of our lives. You are not asking anything we don’t think about on a daily basis. We live this 24 hours a day”
Gerry says his world went “all black, with maybe tiny points of light” in the days after Madeleine vanished. “We can’t cry our eyes out every day because that’s not helping. So after three days I picked myself up…quicker than Kate could. Grief washes over you. It’s like a big wave, mostly I was able to beat it back”
And the Madeleine ‘Look into my eyes’ campaign? Says Gerry: “We thought it was possible this could hurt her. Her abductor might do something to her eye. But in marketing terms it was a good ploy”
THE SUN: “Life’s bleak but I cling to hope”
Says Gerry McCann: “People can support you in your darkest hours and in our case the darkest hour was of course when Madeleine went missing. Now it is just bleak”
In next month’s Vanity Fair: “The interview with Gerry came as it emerged GORDON BROWN has snubbed the McCanns’ request for a meeting; furious Kate EXPLODED when cops first told her she was a suspect; and family spokesman Clarence Mitchell has given a university SPEECH on the topic Missing Maddie McCann — the perfect PR campaign
“A pal of the McCanns said Kate, 39, believes the family were STALKED by Maddie’s kidnapper in the days before she went missing”. WOW
COUPLE hit back on film. Says Clarence Mitchell, the spokesperson: “It is not us being greedy. It is us being needy“
DAILY MAIL: “It’s all my fault, admits Maddie’s father”
Well, not quite. Gerry McCann is making no confession. He maintains that the fault lies with a kidnapper. Says the Mail: “Gerry McCann is tortured by guilt that Madeleine’s disappearance is his fault”
Will he tell all? Mr McCann tells Vanity Fair’s Judy Bachrach: “I can’t talk to you about the details of what happened. I live under threat from the Portuguese - if I do talk - of two years’ imprisonment”
“THIRD POLICE SUSPECT BREAKS HIS SILENCE” – Says Robert Murat to Vanity Fair: “All I can say is that I am innocent”
DAILY EXPRESS front page: “MADELEINE - MOTHER IS SHUNNED BY PRIEST”
Page 9: “KATE’S SCREAMS AS POLICE TOLD HER: YOU’RE A SUSPECT – KATE McCann screamed when told by police that she was a suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance, it emerged yesterday. Opening the door of her rented villa to a Portuguese officer the family had come to know, Kate, 39, shouted: ‘Do you honestly believe that I would murder my own child?’”
Gerry McCann is a “39-year-old cardiologist”. Facts!
On the speculation: “Gerry says bitterly: ‘Yes, yes, I know. Kate killed her in a frenzy, Madeleine was sedated by us, she fell down the stairs – in which case you would have thought they’d have found her body. I’ve heard all of that. There are a huge number of theories in the media. But what I want to know is, who told them all that?’”
DAILY STAR: “Anguished and painfully thin, his wife Kate was too upset to answer even a single question during the interview with glossy US magazine Vanity Fair. Gerry revealed in the 7,500-word magazine article he had to be coaxed by a counsellor into talking publicly about his daughter in the days after she disappeared”
DAILY RECORD: “Maddie’s Dad: Slim Chance Of Getting Her Back”
“Distraught Gerry McCann has admitted the chances of him seeing his missing daughter Madeleine again are ‘slim’”
VANITY FAIR: “Unanswered Prayers”
“After three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared on a family vacation in Portugal, her parents pursued a high-stakes strategy: media saturation. It succeeded beyond their wildest imaginings—winning the aid of everyone from J. K. Rowling to the Pope—and failed miserably. Getting the first in-depth interview with Gerry McCann since he and his wife, Kate, were declared suspects, the author re-traces their footsteps to their daughter’s empty bed”
And then a policeman appeared. His name Ricardo. “Because for months they used to have regular weekly meetings with the Portuguese police, and then they stopped,” recalls Gerry’s older sister Trish Cameron
“Do you have something to tell us?” Ricardo asked.
“No,” Kate replied. “Do you have something to tell us?”
“He nodded. “Yes. You are being made arguidos”…
Eight months of talking - read it all…
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January 10th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
1121 Logic Says: January 10th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
1110 Delboy
You make a valid point. I would not wish to have an operation by a surgeon who had VD - but I don’t suppose he/she would tell me, would they? (unfortunately).
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Haven’t you people ever heard of safe sex?
You know, wash and scrub, done your latex do-dahs before commencing… 
January 10th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
i’m also a nazi
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January 10th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
1077
Sledgehammer Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
This latest theory being championed here the bribery one, who is exactly bribing who to keep quiet, is the money delivered in the blue bag or does it change hands in some dark place.
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It would almost be worth bribing you to keep quiet.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
1187
Peter O Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
1091 Tinsel Says: January 10th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Edit…
Really if you think about it, during the time period of the Vanity Fair interview (October) things were very different. Edit…
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If you read the VF interview it makes mention of things like December sightings of Robert Murat. Ergo, while the interview with Gerry may have been October it appears that the article wasn’t finally put to bed until more recently. I’d also be very surprised if Team McCann didn’t have some editorial “input” into the final version of this article. Which must surely have been more recent than October?
Also interesting that they repeated stuff about jimmed windows (not shutters) and Jane Tanner coming from her apartment (not the Tapas) when she saw Egg Man. No mention of course that neither Gerry nor Wilkins saw her. Sounds like lousy editing or deliberate obfuscation, in my opinion.
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It looks to me as if the bulk of the work was done in October, with some add-ons to bring it more up to date.
And whilst the McCanns may have had some editorial input I doubt that it was very much.
VF may not be the NY Times but it has far better controls than most of our own press.
And the reporting of what someone says is rather different to the reporting of what was done.
As yet, there appears to be no sign of the T9 suing…
January 10th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Love you all loads, but have shedloads of work to do, with FUD and website
Will be back, when I can.
Feel like Captain Oates.
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Have Doom Bar on me.
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January 10th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
1187
Peter O Says:
I don’t believe that any new sightings could come up now, with all the coverage this case has had, particularly the Irish witnesses. This case has been huge over here.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
1099 Matt. Says: January 10th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Anybody know V Fair’s subscription figures ?
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Check here
http://www.condenastmediakit.com/vf/circulation.cfm
January 10th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
1188 CSN
Do you mind!
Joder you too
January 10th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
joder !
Only pros here
January 10th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
1091 Tinsel Says: January 10th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Edit…
Really if you think about it, during the time period of the Vanity Fair interview (October) things were very different. Edit…
++++++++++
If you read the VF interview it makes mention of things like December sightings of Robert Murat. Ergo, while the interview with Gerry may have been October it appears that the article wasn’t finally put to bed until more recently. I’d also be very surprised if Team McCann didn’t have some editorial “input” into the final version of this article. Which must surely have been more recent than October?
Also interesting that they repeated stuff about jimmed windows (not shutters) and Jane Tanner coming from her apartment (not the Tapas) when she saw Egg Man. No mention of course that neither Gerry nor Wilkins saw her. Sounds like lousy editing or deliberate obfuscation, in my opinion.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
1177
Peter O Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
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It is certainly weird.
It seems to me that the only plausible interpretation of the Vanity Fair piece is that the McCanns are seriously stuck for money.
Vanity Fair was, no doubt, careful since publication here might lay them open to libel proceedings, so I suspect that VF has that disastrous comment about Madeleine’s eye on tape.
Or whatever people record things on nowadays.
But it looks to me as if Gerry was out of control and didn’t realise just how awful he was sounding…
January 10th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
1181 Peter O
January 10th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
the person was banned fom there
January 10th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
maddys forum
Can you save it?
January 10th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
1178
can’t say no Says:
Where did you find this? fascinating parenting!
January 10th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
1077 Sledgehammer Says: January 10th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
This latest theory being championed here the bribery one, who is exactly bribing who to keep quiet, is the money delivered in the blue bag or does it change hands in some dark place.
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People are speculating, so it won’t be of any interest to you. We’ll prod you if/when the trial is over so that you may discuss the “evidence”
January 10th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
1175 Anon
I’ve wondered but imagine the PJ have asked and aren’t saying, very unlikely for a locum GP unless she worked for Shipman.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Night Totje, night Matt, night John boy!!!
January 10th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Peter O
read this
Re: Madeleine McCann CLXXXII
« Reply #300 on Aug 24, 2007, 4:00pm »
******, you are not a bad parent! Oh and I sedated my child when we were on vacation earlier this month! Gosh, I guess that makes me a bad parent! My daughter was waking up in the middle of the night screaming and it was disturbing other people in the hotel we were in. Hell, yes, I sedated her. She needed it to sleep and so did we. Guess I’m not going to get the Mother of the Year Award, but I don’t give a ****. I KNOW I’m a good mother and my children are well adjusted, polite, happy little girls!
Re: Naughty Couch for Bad Parents
« Reply #2 on Aug 29, 2007, 6:22pm »
Well, I’m a bad parent ’cause I use day care. My children absolutely love it, but I’m neglectful in not watching them 24/7.
Oh, and I sedate my children to go to sleep. And I let them eat junk food and watch TV.
Man, I’m really bad!!!!
Re: Madeleine McCann 216
« Reply #162 on Sept 11, 2007, 5:39pm »
I would too because maybe this whole thing case could get back on track. But I wonder if the tests would be skewed if they asked them about sedating the children. As we can see from this forum, there are those of us that freely admit to it and others that come down on those that do it. I freely admit that I sedate my children. They sometimes need it. But if they are asked a question about this or leaving the children alone and it’s not what they determine what LE wants, those results can be skewed and then if they ask them tougher questions they will interpret them as lying.
Re: Madeleine McCann 222
« Reply #62 on Sept 13, 2007, 5:05pm »
ROFL!!! OMG, a three year old doesn’t take pills! I can barely get liquid into my 2 year-old. We have to disguise it in her milk. Pills!
Next thing we are going to hear is that Cuddle Cat is possessed by Satan and flung itself up onto the wardrobe.
Re: Madeleine McCann 250
« Reply #9 on Sept 27, 2007, 5:15pm »
Well, there are those of us that have sedated our children and yet there were people on here doing a FPRIVATE “TYPE=PICT;ALT=[image] ” to us. So people are pretty judgmental when it comes to this and I’m sure Gerry and Kate know this–especially being doctors.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
1067 chenier Says: January 10th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
1054 Cheryl Says: January 10th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
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These are called hypotheses. – Used to hate trigonometry
Not many saints frequent Anorak. – As a very lapsed Roman Catholic I can’t help here
If you wish to be helpful you could explain why Gerry decided that an abductor blinding Mdeleine in one eye would be ok if it was a good marketing ploy… - and sometimes the quite “literal” interpretation of what some numpty has just said is the only way to highlight just how ludicrous it is!
January 10th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Nite nite Fair. Sleep well.
And I’m off too. xxx
January 10th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
For part-time GP Kadaverous Kate to come into “contact” with six dead patients within a short time before leaving on holiday suggests an above average failure rate.
Has anyone in the GMC/BMA seen fit to investigate this statistical, shipmanesque anomaly?
January 10th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Nite Nite Matt.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
1168…Totje
Time will tell.
As always.
Am off to sleep now.
G’night Totje.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Nite Nite RR, thanks for the drinks
January 10th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Sleep calleth
Night all.. Hasta manana.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Nite nite CSN
January 10th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
1166…May
Is certainly showing signs of being a very horrifying case.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
1153
Matt.,
We might offer a list whom they should fire?
On the other hand, who pays which bills?
January 10th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
time for me to grab some shut-eye too.
Goodnoght all.
Good sleuthing !!!!