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 11th, 2008 at 12:50 am
1250 firestar Said [..]i wouldn’t even be surprised if amaral’s wife’s maiden name was mccann at this point
Or Murat or Eveleigh or Healy or Branson or Kennedy or …..
oh dear, it’s getting confusing
January 11th, 2008 at 12:48 am
1247
firestar Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:41 am
its been speculated that murat was giving kate one and that gerry knew about it,
hence the ‘no comment’ when gerry was asked if he knew murat.
or so i heard
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in that case shouldnt his response have been something like “well er yeah but not as well as katie poos ”
January 11th, 2008 at 12:46 am
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OMG are you that bloody stupid, let me spell it out for you - THERE WAS NO ABDUCTION
ffs when will these fools wake up????
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I am no fool!!! and I am not ‘bloody stupid’. Were you a fly on the wall of Apartment 5A on the night of 3 May 2007???? How can you be so sure that THERE WAS NO ABDUCTION
January 11th, 2008 at 12:46 am
1249
Totje Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:43 am
1239
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i’ve just cracked open another bottle of red sorry…but you’re very welcome to join me and i’ve got a great hangover cure sort of
January 11th, 2008 at 12:44 am
1243
a McCann supporter Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Quote …… Mods and Admin
Please add some balance, what about Murat?
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I really don’t know about Murat, he has a lot more feasible evidence against him than the McCanns, but I will keep an open mind. Sometimes I think he is innocent, and feel sorry for him, but sometimes I think he is as guilty as hell. So who knows, perhaps we never shall
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what planet have you been on for the last 8 months????????
January 11th, 2008 at 12:44 am
1246
Melanie, I’d guess not, but with their connections, I really have no idea.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:43 am
1246
Melanie Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:41 am
neither are related to Spielburg then?
it wouldn’t surprise me anyone being related to anyone in this thing.
a more incestuous bunch of characters you’d be hard put to find in a book.
i wouldn’t even be surprised if amaral’s wife’s maiden name was mccann at this point.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:43 am
1239
RedRooster
As long as its Pinot Gris. I don’t wanna have a hangover tomorrow. No, let me correct that, in a couple of hours.
btw Thanks!
January 11th, 2008 at 12:42 am
1241 Melanie Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Edward Smethurst and Jon Corner
Anybody know who these two new fund directors are or who they are attached to?
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Edward Smethhurst is the windows man’s in-house solicitor – Kennedy?
Jon Corner is Madeleine’s godfather? Also heads up River Media. He’s the guy who did the “home video” that was so delightfully segued into the recent Panorama programme.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:41 am
its been speculated that murat was giving kate one and that gerry knew about it,
hence the ‘no comment’ when gerry was asked if he knew murat.
or so i heard.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:41 am
neither are related to Spielburg then?
January 11th, 2008 at 12:40 am
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chenier Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Oh not more marketing please we’ve had our quota for the day.
‘Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) is a tactic of rhetoric used in sales, marketing and public relations.[1][2] FUD is generally a strategic attempt to influence public perception by disseminating negative (and vague) information. ‘
Wiki
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FUD short in my case for PhD.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:40 am
1238
firestar Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
mods and admin
or maybe you gave yourself a red card
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now thats a thought
January 11th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Quote …… Mods and Admin
Please add some balance, what about Murat?
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I really don’t know about Murat, he has a lot more feasible evidence against him than the McCanns, but I will keep an open mind. Sometimes I think he is innocent, and feel sorry for him, but sometimes I think he is as guilty as hell. So who knows, perhaps we never shall!!
January 11th, 2008 at 12:39 am
1241
Melanie Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Edward Smethurst and Jon Corner
Anybody know who these two new fund directors are or who they are attached to?
yes
corner is a family member i think, and the other guy is the window mans lawyer or similar.
something iffy whatever.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Edward Smethurst and Jon Corner
Anybody know who these two new fund directors are or who they are attached to?
January 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
1228 RedRooster Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:33 am
1225 Peter O Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:32 am
1219 RedRooster Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:28 am
1214 Peter O Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Edit…
well inthat case a very good mornin to ya, and where abouts in the world are you, if you dont mind me asking??
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Good morning! UK Midlands here.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
1232
Totje Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:35 am
RR,
Playing with the puppy yes! Walking with the puppy in the rain at 5 degrees Celsius, NO. Neither me nor puppy love the rain [thank heaven he doesn’t like it].
So it must be Anorak.
And who asked twice what about Murat?????
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said in the true spirit of satire
do you fancy another glass sweety 
January 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
mods and admin
or maybe you gave yourself a red card.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:37 am
perhaps you’re mederating yourself.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:37 am
1226
May, I was the poster who said Sledge once said something funny. Although, not knowing exactly who Sledge used to be, I can’t confirm or deny that. I don’t really care at this point.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:37 am
1225
Peter O,
January 11th, 2008 at 12:36 am
1230
a McCann supporter Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:34 am
May I also say that I do not agree with them leaving their children in the first instance, I would never let mine out of my sight, but what is done is done and nothing can change that. They are now suffering the consequences, and by God are they suffering. I wonder how you and others would cope with such a situation if you were the unfortunate ones who had had a child abducted. And before you say it would never happen to you - you must never say never because, God forbid, there may be a time in your life when you need the support that the McCanns need now, and I am prepared to give them my support for as long as it takes.
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OMG are you that bloody stupid, let me spell it out for you - THERE WAS NO ABDUCTION
ffs when will these fools wake up????
January 11th, 2008 at 12:36 am
i’m about ready for bed chicken, but thanks for asking.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:35 am
RR,
Playing with the puppy yes! Walking with the puppy in the rain at 5 degrees Celsius, NO. Neither me nor puppy love the rain [thank heaven he doesn't like it].
So it must be Anorak.
And who asked twice what about Murat?????
January 11th, 2008 at 12:34 am
1222 Peter O Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:29 am
1216 firestar Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Edit….
Mods and Admin
I’ve asked twice about Murat, and no answer, odd, hmmmn
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Possibly there’s a built in delay loop whilst responses are vetted by HQ?
January 11th, 2008 at 12:34 am
May I also say that I do not agree with them leaving their children in the first instance, I would never let mine out of my sight, but what is done is done and nothing can change that. They are now suffering the consequences, and by God are they suffering. I wonder how you and others would cope with such a situation if you were the unfortunate ones who had had a child abducted. And before you say it would never happen to you - you must never say never because, God forbid, there may be a time in your life when you need the support that the McCanns need now, and I am prepared to give them my support for as long as it takes.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:33 am
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catkidd Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 9:06 am
if maddie had ever been abducted as her parents claim,they were signing her death warrant with the media circus they put on and were warned of this.the only conclusion that can be taken from that is maddie was dead already,and they knew it
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It works for us over so…what can one say. How we get most of ours back or found or someone turned in by someone else - keep the child’s picture and description in the public eye. I’m not going to comment on the way the Police first handled the case over but over here they go into action immediately and everyone knows or should know the first few hours are critical in getting the child back alive.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:33 am
1225
Peter O Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:32 am
1219 RedRooster Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:28 am
1214 Peter O Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:20 am
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evenin peter smile:
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It’s actually good morning here… and therefore past my bedtime.. again!
Think I’ll join Totje on the “addiction couch”! (Which looks more like it ought to be :blush:
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well inthat case a very good mornin to ya, and where abouts in the world are you, if you dont mind me asking??
January 11th, 2008 at 12:33 am
1220
a McCann supporter said [..]You should view Madeleine’s plight with the sensitivity that it deserves, and make suggestions that may help find her
Okay, great suggestion. And could you please suggest how we could accomplish that? It seems the PJ, CRG, Methodo3 haven’t succeeded, while they’ve got all the clues given by the T9 and the people who called them.