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 1:14 am
1276 RedRooster says (January 11th, 2008 at 1:00 am): “care to join us tony, i have plenty of glasses, running a little low on wine mind you. better be quick”
REPLY: Can’t make it in time, but let’s drink a toast to: ‘The P J Madeleine McCann Investigation Team’.
Cheers! Sante! Zum Wohl! Prosit! Slainte!
P.S. If you are still sober.
Assuming that Madeleine died in her apartment in Prais da Luz on 2nd or 3rd May, what would be the best memorial - or tribute to her memory - that the British nation could make?
If you are not sober, answer it tomorrow.
If you would, please
January 11th, 2008 at 1:14 am
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No tapas, Red?
January 11th, 2008 at 1:12 am
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Tony Bennett Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 1:06 am
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jesus some people still beleive the mc’s - amazing
are you coming over for that drink or not ???
January 11th, 2008 at 1:09 am
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Totje Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 1:06 am
1272
RedRooster,
I think mrT would object.
Btw have you got cats? I do and those d#mn#d animals KNOW how to make clear to you you’ve forgotten to feed them the canned food! And how they loathe you for that.
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yes i have one, shes lovely …..my daughter named her jess tiger brown - have no idea why she only 5 bless her
January 11th, 2008 at 1:08 am
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Tony Bennett Says:
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Try this
What if (see Tinsel 673) a child who was sedated on 2nd May fell out of bed and cried for two hours with the pain caused by a head injury. Eventually the parents were found and with the help of their friends tried to treat the injuries unsuccessfully and never called an ambulance. Numerous people could be incriminated: Those who supplied the drug, those who administered it, those who left the child alone in the first place, those who treated the injuries while under the influence of alcohol and those who did not call the emergency services. Not only could they be subject to prosecution but could be struck off the medical register. regardless of what other work they could take up afterwards it would not be as lucrative and RESPECT would be lost, big trouble for a former Doctor.
Only a possibility based on allegations on the Web.
January 11th, 2008 at 1:07 am
1274
Tony Bennett
chiken
January 11th, 2008 at 1:06 am
1272
RedRooster,
I think mrT would object.
Btw have you got cats? I do and those d#mn#d animals KNOW how to make clear to you you’ve forgotten to feed them the canned food! And how they loathe you for that.
January 11th, 2008 at 1:06 am
OPPOSITE VIEWS ON ‘SKY’ WEBSITE TONIGHT
Here’s two of the first three reported comments:
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Making a movie about the disappearance of their daughter, when (as they would have us believe) they suspect she is in the hands of a paedophile, the dear little girl has not been found, they are suspects, just how low can these people stoop to make even more money, shame on you Mcanns!. God bless you little Madeleine, you deserved so much better.
Posted by Shelley from Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK
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If it was my daughter - and thank god its not - i would consider doing anything i could to both make money for the search and raise the profile of the case - anybody who makes negative comments about the mc canns clearly have no understanding of the situation they are in ie. a nightmare!. They are trying to find their beloved daughter and seem to be carefully considering everything that is put to them - wouldn’t you! What are they supposed to do - just let their daughter and the chance of finding her slip away - i say they have every right to consider everything that is put to them if it eventually helps find out what has happened to Madeliene. I wish them well and continue to pray for their daughters safe return. Declan
Posted by declan foley from west of ireland
January 11th, 2008 at 1:02 am
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Peter O Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 1:00 am
1267 Totje Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:56 am
1262 RedRooster,
Thanks so now I have to choose between the couch and a chair?
Difficult decision, Ine Mine Mo, will I go?
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The floor usually works quite well… You can’t fall any further
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tell me about it….
January 11th, 2008 at 1:01 am
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a McCann supporter Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:58 am
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thanks
January 11th, 2008 at 1:00 am
1267 Totje Says: January 11th, 2008 at 12:56 am
1262 RedRooster,
Thanks so now I have to choose between the couch and a chair?
Difficult decision, Ine Mine Mo, will I go?
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The floor usually works quite well… You can’t fall any further!
January 11th, 2008 at 1:00 am
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Tony Bennett Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:57 am
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care to join us tony, i have plenty of glasses, running a little low on wine mibd you. better be quick
January 11th, 2008 at 12:59 am
1267 Peter O:
“I believe, it’s my opinion, that the McCann’s and/or their friends know far more about the events leading up to and subsequent to Madeleine’s disappearance than has currently come to light. I haven’t the slightest clue what their involvement may be, though I have my own entirely unsubstantiated opinion as to what what their involvement may have been”.
REPLY: What is your opinion on the nature of the McCanns’ involvement in Madeleine’s ‘disappearance’, please?
January 11th, 2008 at 12:58 am
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soory must be the drink i forget to say “you been on planet mc con for the last 8 months
he he he
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You are so funny!!!!!!
January 11th, 2008 at 12:58 am
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Totje Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:56 am
1262
RedRooster,
Thanks so now I have to choose between the couch and a chair?
Difficult decision, Ine Mine Mo, will I go?
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you can share my couch if ya like
January 11th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Chair for vertical, couch for horizontal.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:57 am
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a McCann supporter Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:55 am
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i have no intension of gettin nasty?? what about you ???
pull up a pew - fancy a glass of red??? 
January 11th, 2008 at 12:57 am
The ‘Daily Mail’ has an article today about the McCanns’ interst in making ‘Maddie the Movie’.
Here are the 10 published comments to date; 9 of them McCann-sceptic
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It is a very important opportunity they cannot miss to become a little richier than before, isn’t it?
- Nemesia, Caracas, Venezuela
If Team McCann made the film, who is to say it would be the truth anyway? There is no outcome to the story, and they are still suspects in the dissapearance of their daughter, so they cannot possibly make a film that anyone would believe - just as we do not believe them now.
- Pam, UK
Who says the McCanns deserve “vindication”?
- Estrella, London
Rubbish. They should go for it. The money is needed. If they get their daughter back, what people say now will be meaningless. If they don’t, same thing.
- Derek Robinson, York, UK
“Gerry has denied he has signed a contract” - yes, they’ve denied this, but the day before their highly paid PR team were putting it about that they were after a film deal… and then someone realised how bad it looks, and we had the spin of these ‘denials’.
- Simon, London
The idea of anybody thinking about a movie or drama-documentary is absolutely disgusting.
Whose version of what happened will we see?
- Laura, Ayrshire
They have been telling the various versions of “their story” for eight months via the media and anybody on this planet who likes to see them in action just needs to watch documentaries and interviews given by the real Tapas Nine members on YouTube. Who would be stupid enough to splash out money on a movie ticket to watch fictional McCanns in just another version of the Maddy tale? You think the movie made it big as the appeal of this family lies in their ordinariness? The McCanns have proved that they are anything than “ordinary” during the past eight months, I dare say.
- Lucia, Germany
The more this saga goes on the sicker it becomes. This possibly about as low as any parent could get. It is time the McCanns shut up completely. The answer lies I believe within the Tapas 9.
- Pip Waller, Scarborough
The truth will eventually out! McCann’s odds on favourites from the beginning. Nothing has changed my mind since.
- Michael H, Dalian, China
One day there will be a documenatary that will tell all sides of this sorry tale. That is one I would watch. A movie that just tells it from the perspective of the McCanns is not one I would watch as it is only their word, and they have proven that there word means nothing. If I wanted to watch fiction, I will watch some Disney.
- Billie, Liverpool
January 11th, 2008 at 12:56 am
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Totje Says:
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I’m related to the Healy’s but not those Healy’s. It’s a very common Irish surname.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:56 am
1262
RedRooster,
Thanks so now I have to choose between the couch and a chair?
Difficult decision, Ine Mine Mo, will I go?
January 11th, 2008 at 12:56 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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I have no doubt the McCann’s need support, and whatever happens in this case they are going to need support quite probably for the rest of their lives. As will their surviving children, in my opinion. If you wish to support them, that’s your prerogative and I respect that.
I believe, it’s my opinion, that the McCann’s and/or their friends know far more about the events leading up to and subsequent to Madeleine’s disappearance than has currently come to light. I haven’t the slightest clue what their involvement may be, though I have my own entirely unsubstantiated opinion as to what what their involvement may have been.
It has been the McCann’s, their PR meister, sources close to the family, M3 and sundry other hangers on who have bombarded the media for the past eight months with what they would prefer we believed was the truth. Not once have the McCann’s themselves ever given the impression that they are in any way responsible for their current predicament nor Madeleine’s disappearance.
The effectiveness of the PJ investigation will I’m sure be fully explored by both sides should this case ever come to trial(s).
It is also my opinion that so far as Team McCann is concerned, this stopped being about Madeleine’s fate a lone time ago. It’s much more about protecting whatever secret(s) the McCann’s and/or their friends don’t want aired in public, again in my opinion.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:55 am
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a McCann supporter Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:53 am
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what planet have you been on for the last 8 months????????
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Not yours thank God. I believe in the word compassion, which the majority of you have never heard of. Go drown in your red wine!!!!
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soory must be the drink i forget to say “you been on planet mc con for the last 8 months
he he he
January 11th, 2008 at 12:55 am
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no i was not, but i’ve got news for YOU, you are a FOOL and you are bloody STUPID imo of course
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Your opinion counts for nothing in my eyes. You don’t know me and thank God, I don’t know you so lets end the name calling before it gets nasty!!!
January 11th, 2008 at 12:53 am
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a McCann supporter Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:53 am
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WOW now thats a compassionate comment
January 11th, 2008 at 12:53 am
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Totje Says:
January 11th, 2008 at 12:51 am
1253
RedRooster
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oh dear what have i done
you’re still welcome to join me - here pull up a chair 
January 11th, 2008 at 12:53 am
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what planet have you been on for the last 8 months????????
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Not yours thank God. I believe in the word compassion, which the majority of you have never heard of. Go drown in your red wine!!!!
January 11th, 2008 at 12:52 am
1254, 1257
No one can be that certain of anything. But just as people are sure there was an abduction, all of us should be open enough that we realize that there is a possibility that there wasn’t. The same applies for people who are sure the McCanns aren’t guilty, there is always a chance they are. Varied opinions can provide for a lively conversation.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:52 am
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Melanie Says:
Jon Corner, minor film maker I think, google him.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:51 am
1253
RedRooster
January 11th, 2008 at 12:50 am
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a McCann supporter Says:
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
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no i was not, but i’ve got news for YOU, you are a FOOL and you are bloody STUPID imo of course
