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 10:30 am
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Discussing leaving kids alone…
January 10th, 2008 at 10:30 am
lone pigeon
heres your tea and one dips! :)x
January 10th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Brandon
I think Kate’s mother always looked doubtful. She had a kind of stunned rabbit in the headlights look and was accusing cops of planting evidence from the first moment they were named suspects (which means she was expecting evidence).
January 10th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Though I think trying to decide who got rid of the body based on an assumption that it was in the Renault and whilst they were diverting the media is probably not the best approach.
Getting back to the Chaplins night is probably the best starting point.
If only we knew if they had bene at Chaplins and what night. I personally think it was the ‘Quiz’ night - 1st May.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Ian
was he the bald guy in rothley on the sat morning speaking to the news
and said
“someone, somewhere, knows something …… the truth will out….etc..”
January 10th, 2008 at 10:27 am
140 John McCann is a possible confederate. Im sure he would do anything for Gerry.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:27 am
105 Chenier
Even more reason for each person to have separate legal representation and counsel, don’t you think?
January 10th, 2008 at 10:27 am
karen maybe mass every week is penence as they dont seem to mind what church.DEVOUT CATHOLICS MY ARSE
January 10th, 2008 at 10:26 am
RedRooster
I thought Meg’s post was too dull to get worked up about. I’ve seen far better examples of the genre. She needs more practise.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Just had a thought
Why would another family or friend do the job?
If they werent there ?( in portugal may 3)?
What possible reason could someone have for disposing of someone elses daughter?
What could Gerry / Kate have on you?
A FAMILY secret?
January 10th, 2008 at 10:25 am
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Carmen Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 10:20 am
121 Salomen ES
“you will see the largest xenophobic attack on another European country ever experienced since the 2nd World War.
What can we do about it I wonder….”
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Anorak Towers has promised gas masks to all employees, worrying!
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The whole forum can flee to southern Austria where I will cook Wienerschnitzel for everybody.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:23 am
102
Will Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Chenier
Do you know of any precedents re - holding a trial in the UK.
If you could point me in the right direction that would be great.
Thanks
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Did you follow my exchange with Logic yesterday? I ‘m not yet convinced that any crime carried out entirely on foreign territory can be tried here. The case Logic cited (murder) was planned and the execution ordered in the uk, as far as I can see that was what they were tried for. TB cited the ‘98 Hague convention as permitting child neglect cases to be dealt with in the parent’s country of residence.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:23 am
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Chloe Spain Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 10:11 am
105 Chenier
Hadn’t thought of that. Interesting theory.
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It might explain why Kate is getting more and more freaked out…
January 10th, 2008 at 10:23 am
I think Gerry wants a career in the Media or high-profile politics. I think Kate would have slunk off months ago.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:23 am
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Meg Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Man, you all talk a lot of shite! I’ve never heard so much self righteous crap in my life! You’ve obviously got too much time on your hands and no compassion in your heart. Immature is the only word that comes to mind. Hope life teaches you some lessons that make you realize we all make really stupid mistakes sometimes. Get a life!
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morning meg may i say you bring absolutely fuck all to the great debate ??? now if you dont mind i need to unruffle my feathers
January 10th, 2008 at 10:23 am
104 Meg Says: January 10th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Edit… Hope life teaches you some lessons that make you realize we all make really stupid mistakes sometimes. Get a life!
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None so stupid as losing one of your children after allegedly leaving them in an unlocked apartment whilst you and your mates were dining “nearby”. Oh yes, and having so royally stuffed up most of us would be besides ourselves with guilt and grief and wouldn’t keep spouting the odious nonsense that the McCann’s do, in my opinion.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:22 am
I’d love to know what Kates mummy thinks now!
January 10th, 2008 at 10:22 am
120 Brandon
Aye there’s the crux of the matter and the flaw in the argument!
January 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
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Trismegistus Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 10:02 am
85 irish girl…
how fitting that this extended whine appeared in a magazine called “Vanity Fair.”
There are no surprises except that the Fragrant Ones appear to think that making statements like that would garner public sympathy. This indicates a degree of arrogance and denial of reality that beggars belief.
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Beggars belief so it does.
Wonder if Andrex would make some bog-roll with their arrogant faces on it!
It’s hard to take all this on board - don’t know about you, but since i read it early this morning i’ve had to have several Sorberano - it makes me feel like I personally, have had some very bad news and my tum is in knots
Heartless shameless sickening money-grabbing B…..ds. etc
January 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
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Salomon ES Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 10:16 am
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It’s always tricky trying to argue that you won’t get a fair trial when there is no jury to be influenced by prejudicial publicity.
The English courts are not going to fall for that one.
Obviously it would be an attempt at spinning, but our courts would be, to use a favourite McCann phrase, incandescent with rage’ if they get dragged into a pr campaign…
January 10th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I would lke to know more about John McCann’s movements.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Meg must be a new recruit.
It seems the full timers have gone onto a shorter week.
I mentioned on an earlier post something that I think would bear some discussion.
It has been said that from the moment the police arrived at the scene they found it suspicious.
When they discovered the moss and lichen had not been disturbed it immediately removed the removal from window theory.
So if the police immediately suspected this couple, surely they would have followed them.
Was Gerry followed when his wallet was stolen?
Were they followed when they went to Huelva?
I cannot understand why the British Press is running headlines about the couple being scared and angry instead of running articles with headlines such as
MADELEINE IS DEAD - THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS.
THE PJ WILL BE COMING TO THE UK TO CHARGE THE PARENTS. THE FUND WAS THE LARGEST CASE OF FRAUD EVER. (in my deranged opinion of course)
How long can this show carry on. It is way past its prime, too many people doubt their innocence or the abduction and yet the press continue bleating about this couple.
How the hell can we insist they wake up.
Or is this all smoke and mirrors again.
Keep the public busy on this case whilst we go ahead and attack some other country for their oil.
It could be happening and no one would know because the tabloid readers are still suffering for this poor couple who suffered grief for a full 3 days.
Britney is the smoke and mirrors for the Atlantic cousins.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Also, it’s not a confession if you make it in the middle of a square and that’s not what the Pope was there for.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:17 am
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Will Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Chenier
Do you know of any precedents re - holding a trial in the UK.
If you could point me in the right direction that would be great.
Thanks
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Not immediately to hand.
It’s such a vast subject that I don’t know of any helpful summaries.
It would be extraordinary for an English court to seek jurisdiction, though.
I think our courts would bend over backwards to respect the Portuguese.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:17 am
carmen
I will spit her out dont worry!
January 10th, 2008 at 10:17 am
94 Trismegistus Says: January 10th, 2008 at 10:02 am
85 irish girl…
how fitting that this extended whine appeared in a magazine called “Vanity Fair.”
There are no surprises except that the Fragrant Ones appear to think that making statements like that would garner public sympathy. This indicates a degree of arrogance and denial of reality that beggars belief.
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Does Vanity Fair have a predominantly North American readership? I’ve always felt that America was important to the McCann’s?, Perhaps the market size for topping up the fund? Perhaps they want to live and work there?
January 10th, 2008 at 10:17 am
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Ferdinand Says:
I’m with Karen in that I hate them for the way they have ‘behaved’ . Why shouldn’t people hate this couple if not for their despicable parenting skills which have no doubt been responsible for their ‘precious’ daughters disappearance but also for their complete arrogance and the utterly mercenary way in which they’ve conducted themselves since.
January 10th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Chenier 82 - wonder what farce they’ll come up not to have the trial in Portugal?
IMO…they will simply combat extradition on the grounds that they’ll not be entitled to a fair trial.
Whilst many lawyers would agree that this argument is rather unlikely to succeed, it will be very helpful politically. The thought of these poor old innocent british couple being dragged to another european country with an un-intelligible language and a legal system that is not understood by most brits is an aberration for the british public. This legal challenge is likely to continue amassing the public sympathy from the media and a fair share of Britons for the McCanns.
If before May 3rd it would be hard for anyone in their right mind to believe that the british public would sympathise with a couple that is at best irresponsible, at worst involved in the disappearance of their three year old daughter… today, after reading the comments in the media and looking at the money collected by the fund, you can only rest assured that once charges are put forward by the portuguese you will see the largest xenophobic attack on another European country ever experienced since the 2nd World War.
What can we do about it I wonder….
January 10th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Ian
I agree
but what I dont understand is
Who?
Why?
where?
I think the tappa7 were in UK
January 10th, 2008 at 10:15 am
How come the Movie is in the Vanity Fair article created back in October, or am I misunderstanding (I confess I have not read the Vanity Fair article as these things make me angry - which gets me in trouble!).