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 3:04 pm
582
brandon flours Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
lone pigeon
no its true straight up!!
I believe you
Apparently the chief superindentant interviewed about 7000 men!!
January 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
461 Marie Nicholas Says:
“Anyway the pleasure of gossiping doesn’t explain it all. We could as well be gossiping about Britney Spear or anyone else. So why this case? For myself I have an idea, but I won’t tell it now, as I would like other Anorakian fellows to tell me what attracts them specially to that enigma, if they know. Ferdinand, what about you since you raised the question?”
Well, they are peers to me (in terms of age and educational/professional background). They have been thrown into a tragedy (whatever this tragedy may be). They made mistakes that I could have also made. On the other hand they have done things that I wouldn’t have done. So I can identify myself with them, but also I dissociate from them.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
592…Ian
McVey was very ill-at-ease when making that announcement.
She was very aware of public opinion regarding the matter.
I would think that the other Directors were not happy about
the situation.
Would be a massive PR clanger if they ever tried it on.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
This disappeared yesterday
some one asked for it
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3154222.ece
The spokesman would not speculate on whether Gerry and Kate would play themselves in any movie or whether their roles would be played by celebrity actors.
Mr Mitchell said: “While it may be hugely entertaining and a bit of fun to think of cast lists, we are a million miles away from that sort of thing.”
The possibility of a film or television project is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet later this week.
Mr and Mrs McCann were aware of the meeting but did not attend in person. Instead, Mr Mitchell and another representative of the McCanns met IMG at the firm’s London offices.
Mr Mitchell said it was just one of many approaches that have been made by media companies.
He said: “We have only had one very tentative discussion with IMG. It may or may not happen.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
592
Ian Says
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Ian I’ve no idea what decision they will make but as they have already made an announcement I cannot see them keeping a change of that decision quiet.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
539
Salomon ES Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Leeza 524
I wonder if in the “pain barometer” general suspicions over the McCanns are more or less hurtful than Kate’s suspicions of Robert Murat (recently stated in many papers).
We suspect the McCanns, the McCanns suspect Murat. I wonder who Murat finds suspect…
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More hurtul without a doubt because the McCanns “are doctors - fact”. I bet Robert Murat suspects that he will be trousering a substantial sum for damages, despite his lack of medical qualifications. The Hindley and Brady comparison applied to Robert and Michaela was well out of order!
January 10th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
584 dcb
But that was an announcement that it had been considered and rejected - and I bet Esther was the influencer.
Now she has gone…..will they re-announce that the fund WILL now be paying for the defence of the possible perpetrators of the crime against the child the fuind was raised to find?
Will people keep quiet if this happens? Esther will not say a thing, it would spoil her attempt to be an MP. The lawyer wouldnt have anything to gain. Will the public allow it without complaint? Probably - we are pretty powerless in our so-called free country.
But will the public make donations? I suspect that they will not.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
585
Rosemary Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
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coz you are not part of a McClan!
January 10th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
IAN 554 Well said Ithink quite a few would agree withyou.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
576 Chloe
And not just regret at ‘having not been there’ but regret at having failed in their parental responsibilities - even maybe saying they regret laying down a timeline an abductor could ‘make notes’ of!
Its all spin and many people in the public domain think they HAVE apologised and DO accept responsibility properly. Its only by looking beyond headlines that the truth can be determined. Not many do that.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Ian
I have just read your post. Been off line. Give me five.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
575
Matt.
Got your drift, tks.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
579…Ian
Doubt if the “Fund” would sustain any lengthy Legal battle.
Nope….the McCann’s are dependent upon Kennedy and Branson.
Especially now that the Blockbuster Epic plans have been stymied and
the Donations are drying up fast.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
538
Maravilha
Oh why can’t I make a film and get rich too!
January 10th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
579 Ian
+++++
Well they announced it before - see my post at 534
January 10th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
574 Slyfox
And will we ever know?!
January 10th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
lone pigeon
no its true straight up!!
January 10th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Jan 14th..draws near.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
573
Jez Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
IMO the Vatican ‘funeral service’ would have been carefully orchestrated as a final blessing to whatever happened to the body. Wonder if there were MC mobile calls back to Portugal, to set the timings?
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I’m beginning to think that in may/june when we were all thinking at worst they were bad parents the PJ already knew anf have all this evidence!!
January 10th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
572 Matt
But Esther has gone and a lawyer too.
In come friend of the McCanns (Corner is too close to them) and Kennedy (the salesman JW one) paid lawyer.
Taking financial control..mixing up the cash….I wonder what the public will think of the fund defending the suspects in the case of the missing child for whom the fund was set up.
Shouldnt that be announced so people can decide if they want to fund the defence?
Still, I guess the mortgage will be paid now!
January 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
571
brandon flours Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
lone pigeon
I’m reading a true crime on Jack the Stripper from 1964
For a moment there I thought it was someone else you were talking about. Some mad man that ran at women and started stripping! An olden day flasher! LOL.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
569
Salomon ES Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
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Im not sure.I think the PJ is going to act soon,hopefully…
January 10th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
521 Ferdinand
The thing is, though, that I think the risk the McCanns took was much greater than that kind of risk. You might regret having used the car because you had an accident but if you ran someone over because the brakes didn’t work and you knew this beforehand, you would feel guilty. I think GM should feel guilty about having left Madeleine alone, not just simply regret having done it because of the consequences.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
561…Rosemary
I was referring to Mr Murat’s present situation…re my “yes”.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
67
Ian Says:
January 10th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
532 firestar
Thats it.
But why would they need to use the fund for their defence when Kennedy (double glazing JW salesman) is paying for it - and Branson?
Whats happened there then?
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Branson said 100K. Maybe Kennedy can see a long and costly road ahead? And Maybe his in-house lawyer can get him out of a jam.
Who knows. Maybe they’ll all keep their fingers out of the MF. Wonder how generous Kennedy is.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
IMO the Vatican ‘funeral service’ would have been carefully orchestrated as a final blessing to whatever happened to the body. Wonder if there were MC mobile calls back to Portugal, to set the timings?
January 10th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
567…Ian
It was from an old report when the “Fund” paying for legal fees issue first
cropped up. Nothing new since has arisen regarding it.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
lone pigeon
I’m reading a true crime on Jack the Stripper from 1964.
He murdered girls down the river in hammersmith and chiswick
and was never found
cover up?
very good
January 10th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
561,
Matt.
There was the huge wardrobe, of course.
January 10th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Maravilha 539 - i don’t think silent protests at this stage will make any difference.
The spin campaign is likely to continue for a few more weeks. And if you ask me it’s not a bad thing.
Just think for a minute. After the Summer few people were convinced 100% that the McCanns had anything to do with the disappearance of MAdeleine and just about everyone outside portugal agreed that the PJ were a bunch of incompentent criminals. Loads of people thought that they were a bit odd but not necessarily criminals, others thought that they were odd and were possibly not telling police everything they knew about that night. Still there was nothing too sinister about them in the eyes of the vast majority of the british public.
Throughout the last 6 months you’ve heard very little from the PJ in response to paid-for Panorama programmes, insulting xenophobic articles against Portugal and the Portuguese, various printed, radio and television interviews of the McCanns, daily appearances of Clarence Mitchell, mortgage payments using the fund, Spanish detectives promissing Madeleine by Christmas etc.
Yet it appears that all these months of background noise produced by the McCanns have only contributed to damage their public image and increase suspicions over their acts on 3 May - and even more seriously - about their character.
Are you surprised that the Police will let the circus go on for a few more months before pressing charges? I’m not!!!