Madeleine McCann: Gerry McCann Talks With Vanity Fair
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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 12:52 pm
381
Marie Nicholas Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Saying “It is all my fault… I wish we hadn’t gone to the tapas bar” is not the point. The point is “We shouldn’t have left the children on their own, moreover in an unlocked room”. It’s a bit hypocrit. At least, he seems to have understood the public doesn’t like him to appear too easy on himself. Whether he made that discovery himself, or he was prompted by good marketing advisers.
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A bit hypocrit? Dont be fooled!they cant care less about their kids in the first place, and even less about the public opinion.They are just scared shit coz something is coming down on them and they are just trying the “possible impossible” to be “washed”out of suspicion to clear their f….name.Of course,theyve been prompted by “advisers”.Its a bit late in the day….
January 10th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
367 Karen Says:
“Ferdinand
It’s great to be fascinated - but I don’t think Anorak readers being stunned by the McCanns relentless P.R. campaign is half as interesting as the Maddie Mania that took off during the Summer - with people wearing ribbons, going on fun runs, putting up posters, leaving teddy-bears and flowers in Madeleine’s hometown, believing that a FAMILY stole her, putting up posters in Britain (where she’s unlikely to be), writing poems… and on and on…”
I have to confess that I have totally missed this. I live outside the UK. I don’t read tabloids. I only became interested in the story when they were made arguidos. I think I would indeed be more angry if I had suffered the Maddie Mania. As I have not, I maybe am a bit more relaxed than you can be.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
382
Peter O
Right
Till later All
January 10th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Gerry looks a right smarmy sleaze in his pictures with the Pope, it’s quite gross.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
381…Marie Nicholas
He hasn’t changed…just changes a word here and there…but the basic
excuse remains the same….ie…he wasn’t to blame or irresponsible.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
374
Ade Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
348 chenier
i think the katiepoos is bonkers angle has been hinted at by sources close the ec comico a few times over the months.
whether she’s barking mad or not i can’t see it help.
who cleaned the curtains, scrubbed the wall, concealed/disposed of the body?
did madwoman do it all on her own with nobody else’s knowledge.
i think not
what fun - even the nutter excuse avenue is denied
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I agree that taking K down would include taking the rest down.
I’m not sure that the G’s family see it that way; not the world’s brightest people.
Now that does bring joy to the heart and a smile to the lips…
January 10th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Guys ,i asked today ,to a woman who works for me
She told me
MM … sea
January 10th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
368 Lone Pigeon Says: January 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
364 Peter O Says: January 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
355 Ian Says: 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.
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Edit….
I bet he doesn’t give a toss about madeline either. it’s just ratings he’s after. he’s no different to the McCanns in as much as he’s out to get all he can and by any means necessary. Sick world we live in folks but it’s the truth.
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While wholeheartedly agree with your overall assessment Lone Pigeon, I haven’t the slightest clue what John Gaunt may think or feel about Madeleine.
I’ve long since been of the opinion that the vast majority of what John Gaunt “types” talk about/say in public is always designed to cause a “reaction”, preferably one that moves them back centre stage. It doesn’t necessarily mean that they believe what they said but they are always very pleased when 100’s/1,000’s of people phone, e-mail and text them to tell them they’re a numpty or something! Who knows what these people think privately?
As you’ve pretty much said yourself. It’s sick, media obsessed world we live in. So long as we (joe public) are buying, listening or watching the rubbish they spot, they’re happy, which of course is why media types despise internet types, in my opinion.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Saying “It is all my fault… I wish we hadn’t gone to the tapas bar” is not the point. The point is “We shouldn’t have left the children on their own, moreover in an unlocked room”. It’s a bit hypocrit. At least, he seems to have understood the public doesn’t like him to appear too easy on himself. Whether he made that discovery himself, or he was prompted by good marketing advisers.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I’m glad that Lorraine Kelly has clarified that good parents leave small children in unlocked apartments in order to eat tapas.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
343 - Rockhopper
Did you mean to type OOPS between the two colons in your post?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
people are still giving credence to the McCann’s story and entertaining the idea of an abduction
Strange
January 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
373…can’t say no
Bankers, Stocks and Shares wizz kids, etc…speculate all year long…24/7.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Caller saying why did Kate shout “They’ve taken her” then went on to leave the twins
January 10th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
353DELBOY;please dont tar us all with the same brush; common sense isnt very common
January 10th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
348 chenier
i think the katiepoos is bonkers angle has been hinted at by sources close the ec comico a few times over the months.
whether she’s barking mad or not i can’t see it help.
who cleaned the curtains, scrubbed the wall, concealed/disposed of the body?
did madwoman do it all on her own with nobody else’s knowledge.
i think not
what fun - even the nutter excuse avenue is denied
January 10th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
We are not allow to speculat ,says Gaunt
January 10th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
366…chenier
I sure hope for Skehan’s sake, and even more importantly, for the Patient’s
sake….that Dr G P doesn’t get distracted, or in one of his frequent furies,
during a delicate heart examination.
Now that would put the cat among the pigeons.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Is it me ,or Gaunt is alittle “Basic” ??
January 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
CASO MADELEINE: MCCANN “ARREPENTIDO” DE DEJAR SOLA A SU HIJA
“Hubo un gran número de teorías en los medios. Pero lo que me gustaría saber es ¿Quién dice todas esas cosas?”, agregó Gerry. JFC
10/01/2008 11:01
Hi everybody,no movie then?
Thats the news in the spanish newspapers!!!!Wow!!!!
It says:
Madeleine Case: “regret” having left Madeleine alone (it would be time)……..There has been a large number of theories in the media.But I would like to know: who says these things?
Public admission of their neglect ….oops
Are the Mccanns going to be charged and locked up for child abandonment (at least)and this is why they come up with their “regret”…trying to win back the public”sympathy?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Logic thanks for the clarification re infanticide (i didn’t know that it was used for younger children).
But the issue of murder does raise a good question between portuguese and british law. My understanding from information available in the news is that the likely charges against the mccanns would not be murder. It would be something that could translate as gross negligence (because their acts or failure to act have resulted in the death or serious harm for a child but they did not have the “intention” to kill the child). The crime is aggravated if they are the parents or appointed carers of the child.
I don’t really know how this would impact on our discussion about a UK trial. Even assuming that the portuguese would charge them and find them guilty of this crime of gross negligence, would this allow british authorities to accuse them of anything and bring them to trial in Britain?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
364
Peter O Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
355 Ian Says: 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.
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These sorts rarely do something for anything other than self serving reasons. So long as he is in the spotlight he probably cares little about what you, I nor anyone else thinks of him. On a more “positive” note, he may simply see it as his role to probe anyone, whatever they may believe in, to test their resolve in their beliefs/opinions?
I bet he doesn’t give a toss about madeline either. it’s just ratings he’s after. he’s no different to the McCanns in as much as he’s out to get all he can and by any means necessary. Sick world we live in folks but it’s the truth.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Ferdinand
It’s great to be fascinated - but I don’t think Anorak readers being stunned by the McCanns relentless P.R. campaign is half as interesting as the Maddie Mania that took off during the Summer - with people wearing ribbons, going on fun runs, putting up posters, leaving teddy-bears and flowers in Madeleine’s hometown, believing that a FAMILY stole her, putting up posters in Britain (where she’s unlikely to be), writing poems… and on and on…
January 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
365
Matt. Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
361…chenier
Not so wonderful Stats…..presently.
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All the more reason for cracking the whip…
January 10th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
361…chenier
Not so wonderful Stats…..presently.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
355 Ian Says: 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.
+++++++++++++++++++
These sorts rarely do something for anything other than self serving reasons. So long as he is in the spotlight he probably cares little about what you, I nor anyone else thinks of him. On a more “positive” note, he may simply see it as his role to probe anyone, whatever they may believe in, to test their resolve in their beliefs/opinions?
January 10th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Kelly/Gaunt debate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q29Po9j6a1Q
January 10th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Attempt to win over the US market goes pear-shaped with a good example of how the movie deal story should have been written in the British press. See the comments below article:
“funkg - Money grabbing celebrity obsessed vultures those 2.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/01/09/2008-01-09_parents_of_madeleine_mccann_ponder_deal_.html
January 10th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
356
Matt. Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
346…chenier
The early reports regarding the resignations suggested McVey and “others”.
Why only two replacements ?
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I don’t know.
The early reports definitely referred to McVey and others.
I would be very surprised if Skehan hangs out for much longer.
Time was consultants ran the hospitals.
Nowadays their power is greatly diminished, and I doubt the new CEO will want Glenfield to be notable for anything other than its wonderful statistics…
January 10th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
357 Matt
Thats right, it was her.