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 12:30 pm
haha Gaunty good one
January 10th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
‘ In their strategy room on Tuesday evening, they were thunderstruck.
Their confidence had been mistakenly buoyed by not only the polls, but also the enormous crowds..’
Actually, that’s Obama’s strategists, but it seems to fit at Rothley Mansions as well…
January 10th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
355…Ian
Was L Kelly…she very Pro….and he slaughtered her.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
346…chenier
The early reports regarding the resignations suggested McVey and “others”.
Why only two replacements ?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
345 Probably - just to stir it up.
I saw him on TV arguing with someone, he is not a pro-McCann.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
320 Karen Says:
“Ferdinand
It’s not very nice to hate (and I don’t really hate them, I hate their media image) but as it’s based on the McCanns statements and behaviour and I’m not threatening to kill them I don’t think it’s unacceptable.”
You have totally misunderstood me. I have never criticized you, I am simply and truely fascinated by the furor.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
284,Ian…..Those who support the McCanns because - well - because they ‘think’ like McCanns or they are, frankly, stupid or naive people.
My brother and sister inlaw are a bit wealthy and everytime the mccanns come up in convo they defend like hell as though someone is having a go at them,In a heated disscussion it came out they too leave their kids unatended whilst going downstairs in the hotels etc for a meal, couldnt effin believe my ears,so yes I agree with you that all mccann defenders must have something in common,or why else defend them………what is it with money it seems to make people lose common sense….
January 10th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
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Karen Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 9:27 am
May
Tell me Gerry didn’t say that?
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Wish I could, but it’s all too in character.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I’m feeling proud for the joe public
January 10th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
330 Brandon
I can honestly say that I, my Wife, our relatives and friends would never ever have even contemplated leaving any of our children alone like the McCanns did - even now we would be reluctant and or kids are all over 15!
Why would you WANT to? I just dont get it. Working all hours, never seeing the kids, often finding them tucked up in bed asleep when arriving home - getting into trouble for waking them to say hi…then going on holiday and not wanting to be with them?
Maybe I’m soft, but I though a family holiday was a holiday spent with ones family. The McCanns and co werent on a family holiday were they. It was a pals holiday but they had to take the kids.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
314 thats it maybe MOST HAUNTED bought the rites and then we will all believe…
January 10th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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Ade Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
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Don’t overlook Kate being stitched up in the Vanity Fair piece…
January 10th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Ferdinand
But stuff has happened. They’re in the Media. They behave like Big Brother contestants or Peter and Jordon. And everyday some hack will imply anyone who doesn’t sympathise is a monster.
Not at all a mystery.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
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Ferdinand Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Still fascinating, for example nothing has happened this year so far, but nevertheless (or is it therefore?) the threads are getting longer every day .
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Is this not simply getting back up to the numbers pre-xmas?
Yesterday was interesting for the board resignations/movie thing; today it’s Vanity Fair.
Tomorrow it will be either Gordon Brown lambasted for not becoming a Director of the Fund, or another one of Gerry’s relatives making helpful remarks about Kate’s tendency to fly into incandescent rages…
January 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
330 brandon flours Says: January 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Ian
Hes acting like james whale and keeps saying to anyone who speaks
“are you without sin?”
for examples like losing them in shops and stuff or letting his 12 year old go to town on her own in teneriffe!!!
He’s totally changed his tune
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I’m not/can’t listen. However, are you sure he isn’t just disagreeing to make “interesting radio”? Wholesale agreement makes for pretty boring listening figures?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
so what do we have going on here, folks?
one explanation is anarchy!
the pacts, the groups, the alliances
they all seem to be cracking
clearly there was a “them and us” in the slush fund management/directors camp
did a disgruntled resignee leak the film story or did the leaked film story cause the resignations?
vanity fair is in bad taste even for these arrogant morons
so it’s all out of control again and just waiting for pj to come in and give them all a good slap
and what about the tapparratti?
have cracks appeared already - awaiting the inevitable leak from pj?
i’ having a wonderful time enjoying the fun
it’s never gonna get better again for McConnSpin, i fear
brilliant sport
January 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
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Logic Says:
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rockhopper Says:
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Sorry, this was for Logic :opps:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
he knows exactly what he is doing - i think he is quite anti myself - bit like the PJ he’s working slowly but surely lol - lot of tongue in cheek statements by him too/playing devils advocate
January 10th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
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brandon flours Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
lone pigeon
Are you ready?
nearly…just getting myself ready for ya darlin’ ……mmmnnnnn can’t wait xx
January 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Coolandcalm
You’re right.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
307 Karen Says:
“That was blunter that I meant it to be. But it really it is very obvious why people are interested in the story.”
Still fascinating, for example nothing has happened this year so far, but nevertheless (or is it therefore?) the threads are getting longer every day .
January 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
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Logic Says:
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PeterMac Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 11:07 am
138 Rockhopper
I thought it had all been cleared up yesterday.
“Jurisdiction
The current rule of criminal jurisdiction is that a British subject may be charged with murder wherever the killing took place and no matter what the nationality of the victim (see s9 Offences Against The Person Act 1861).”
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Thankyou, absolutely correct.
I read it as if for some reason the Portuguese do not wish to hold a trial then the uk courts can do so. However Portugal has first option.
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In case you didn’t see my earlier post.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Interesting that disagreeing with the McCanns actions and saying their neglect led to this horrible situation is decribed as being “harsh”.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
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Matt. Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
322…chenier
And Dr G P “loathes” the Press….yet whores himself to them regularly.
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Wonder how they are explaining that one away?
Good to see that the McCanns are having to scrape the barrel for replacement directors; no sign there of wealthy and worthy people fighting for the jobs.
Perhaps tomorrow we’ll get an article about how gutted they are that Gordon Brown refused to replace Esther?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
311…Rosemary
If Dr G P were, as you suggest, to tell all….he may well be looking at a
much more lengthy prison sentence than 2 years.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Ian, they may be a laughing stock on Anorak and MF but IMO General Joe Public either has some sympathy for the McCanns or has lost interest.
I only know one person (a close friend) who is vehemently anti McCann and another who dithers and also posts on here. (and also keeps me up to date when I’m not checking!)
IMO It’s like the Diana time….. there are the fanatics who will follow the story forever and the couldn’t-care-less. Its just gone on for so long with nothing happening…… The PJ should arrest them and try them, thereby putting it into the public arena and replacing hyptheses with facts,
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Mods and Admin
Shouldn’t the PJ wait until they are sure of their facts and charge or release them depending on the evidence?
Even on a satirical site like this is playing to the gallery more important than justice or a miscarriage of the same?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
lone pigeon
Are you ready?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
iANmaybe she needed to pray to saint anthony to help but surely she knows if saint anthony cant find her no one can.LAST RITES FOR MADDIE,is more likely what she had in mind but as a devout catholic she must know the body is required for that
January 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Jo (Bristol): No sympathy for the McCanns. If you have the maturity to have them - you have to have the maturity to look after them. There is plenty of time to go out and have meals when they are grown up. feels no sympathy for them. If they had taken the children with them as much as they take the cuddly toy with them we wouldn’t be having this conversation now.
Next caller: I have got sin - we all have. I have taken the kids to the pubs on holiday. How responsible is it? To go there and have a skin-full at night. Where do you draw the line - is letting off fireworks in your back garden responsible? Every parent has done something wrong.
JG: Laurie is saying that the women callers have been harsher on the McCanns than the men. Is this a focus on gender?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Ian
Hes acting like james whale and keeps saying to anyone who speaks
“are you without sin?”
for examples like losing them in shops and stuff or letting his 12 year old go to town on her own in teneriffe!!!
He’s totally changed his tune