Madeleine McCann: What Kate Told Oprah Winfrey In Pictures
MADELEINE McCann is on the cover of the News of the World. Her face peers out. The headline:
“Kate: I still talk to Maddie.”
Kate McCann also talks to Oprah Winfrey, and their chat has been televised for broadcast in an hour-long TV special. Oprah won the bidding war, and to her the tissues:
She was comforted by Gerry and Oprah herself. Many of the audience, who were left boxes of tissues under their seats, sobbed as Kate talked.
This is caring TV, an advertorial for Oprah’s heart. Those who come to see Kate McCann in the flesh and to hear her story, learn:
HAUNTED Kate McCann has confessed she visits missing daughter Madeleine’s bedroom twice a day to chat to her.
How does this help to find the missing child?
When asked how often she thought of Madeleine, mum-of-three Kate replied: “Not a day goes by when I don’t think about her. I feel Madeleine is still close to me and alive.”
She then described how her daughter’s bedroom at their Leicestershire home is kept ready for her return and touchingly told how she goes in there at least twice a day “just to say hello to Madeleine”.
And we learn nothing. No new fact emerges. People have been defamed – the Scotland has “Where are they now?” and reminds readers of Robert Murat:
Employed by the Portuguese police at the scene as a translator, this property consultant who lived close with his mother to the Ocean Club was given “arguido” – official suspect – status by investigators. The status was revoked and Murat, 35, sued newspapers for £600,000 libel damages.
Where is Robert Murat? What matter? Wherever he is he can never escape the smear on his name.
What good has this done with all the coverage? What are Oprah’s motives - to trump Barabra Walters and show that she cares the most? It’s all mawkish, a sick peek at suffering and hurt.
Kate, 41, and husband Gerry told how:
TWINS Sean and Amelie still talk about their older sister “coming home”.
DAUGHTER Amelie now wears Madeleine’s clothes.
ANGUISH left Kate wishing she could slip into a coma and not wake until the drama ends and Madeleine is back.
Such are the facts.
Gerry clutched her hand while she struggled to describe the devastation Madeleine’s disappearance from their Portuguese holiday apartment caused.
Kate had to wipe away tears when she was shown a computer-generated image of how Madeleine may now look at six years old. Staring at the screen, she did not recognise the face looking back at her. “I don’t know who that little girl is,” she admitted.
No, nor do we. You can see the image here, and other efforts.
The incredible picture shows Madeleine with slightly darker hair than the blonde locks seen in her last holiday snaps.
Incredible guesswork.
Her face is also thinner, but her piercing blue eyes shine through.
Blonde and blue-eyed – vital ingredients in the Our Maddie narrative.
A home video of Madeleine singing “If you’re happy and you know it” drew audible sighs from the audience.”
It’s Britain’s Got Talent with a sympathetic back story to rival even this effort from Hollie Steel.
Kate confessed there are times “when I wish I was in a coma and I wake up and Madeleine is back home with us.”
Oprah asked if they would ever stop looking and the couple shook their heads.
“There are too many unanswered questions,” said Kate.
Well, only one unanswered question – in a single-thread story: where’s Madeleine McCann?
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April 28th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Cheryl
Thanks for the advice, it is duly noted.
However, in my defence i merely posted my honest opinion and it was June who became aggressive or maybe (considering the hours she has devoted) overly passionate. Anyway enough said on the subject. Respect to all.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Karen, don’t focus on June. Since you are new to the site you have no idea of the hours, days, months of well over over a year and a half she devoted of her own personal time close to 24 hours a day fairly moderating this site, cleaning up or having to outright delete some of the real hair raising comments people posted on MM threads. She did a thankless job and took a lot of crap with that job back then.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
June
This is my first time on here, on this entire site actually, so I’m not turning this thread into anything ‘again’ as you put it. FYI I have read every post on this thread and therefore I’m very aware whose on here. Thank you.
Your input will be sorely missed.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Cheryl
You are so right! I honestly don’t understand how some people have no feelings of compassion for the McCanns and also continue to uphold some sort of wicked hate campaign against them. I’m sure they would stone them both dead given a chance, they seem so ‘mob’ like with their words, they don’t seem to comprehend that they are suffering already! How can someone hate another person so much, especially those that are suffering as much as the McCanns are. The insinuations that they were somehow involved is completely reprehensible.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
karen
I suggest you read the posts, there is already a Karen.
You are not debating, just assuming, and I shall not be posting on this nonsense you are turning the thread into again.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Ok June with the big J! How very pedantic of you! Who would want to idolise people in such pain. Of course Madeleine is the priority here but like any tragedy there are ripples and the McCanns feelings should not be ignored or trampled on, for that matter! I agree with you 100% that they should not have left their children alone, no one should condone that, but they have paid the ultimate price. I’m assuming, of course, that you have never made any mistakes that created consequences and therefore you have no regrets in your life, otherwise you would not be so judgemental. I pity you; I really do because the vitriol that you pour out against the McCanns isn’t healthy. Hatred is destructive and there is certainly enough of that going on in the world without adding to it unnecessarily, don’t you agree? I’m sure the McCanns are fully aware of their mistakes, more than you could possibly imagine, therefore they are in little need of this continual reiteration.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Katy said:
“They never considered for a moment that she might have just wandered out ”
I’ve always wondered how Kate knew immediately that Madeleine had been abducted. She said she couldn’t say because of the secrecy laws when she was an Arguida. I haven’t seen any explanation since then.
June, I agree with all you’ve just said.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
karen with a small k deal with it,
its not a Kate and Gerry fan club, its about 3 small children who were left alone by negligent parents, if you see me as cold and compassionless then YOU have the problem. They are meant to be protectors of their children, THEY failed them.
I don’t do idolatry, clearly you do….think of the child, possibly raped and tortured, scared and hungry definitely.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Karen, thank you for the kind words. They are cold and heartless people and rather remind me of stories one hears from time to time of mean kids who stand around a dying animal on the street, throwing stones at it, prodding it with sticks to make it move and suffer more.
What is interesting to me, Karen, and may be to you, is everyone says it is about Madeleine, a young child missing, and no one is talking/thinking about her. How can one? People are consummed with condemning the parents with ugly words; ugly insinuations; and they keep everyone, including themselves, focused on the parents. Every step those parents have taken to keep their missing child in the public’s eye, with hopes that someone who knows something will come forward, has been ridiculed, ugly insinuations made and imo deliberately misinterpreted to put them in a bad light!
Yes, through a totally irresponsible act of neglect, with no thought of the horrible consequences, they left their children alone. They left them alone, it can’t be undone! Now, why can’t people respect the grief and torment they are going through, and will have to live with the rest of their lives, and just stand back and let them alone.
April 27th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
June
I fear you will be seen as heartless and lacking in compassion because your words seem cruel and somehow bitter, i don’t understand you. Furthermore, I certainly do not see Madeleine as some public possession but I do feel sad for her parents as much as my heart aches when I think about what could have happened to Madeleine. Do you have children or any idea about the loss of a child? The McCanns are living in torment and hell each day and people like you stoke the fires, can you not see that?
April 27th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Hi Brandon Chatelaine
So good to see you all here, or still reading. anyway !!
We are very happy, still lots to do to the house though.
Came home to tie up some loose ends.
I say life is a bitch ! Huh ? when SWine Flu sweeps your ’story’ off the front Pages of the Wail etc, even the Budget gets in and you do not.
Off to supper now with my Mum and brother.
Love to all, will read up on ‘The house of Pain’ later, as Coco would say teee hee,
April 27th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
“It is the same “Disney” World they seem to live in and to which they think the rest of the world subscribes.
If it is not true, which I suspect, then she is telling the world an untruth. Possibly to make money.
If it is true, she may be in need of psychatric help.”
Taking on the role of Psychiatrist, Petermac, diagnosing who is in need of psychiatric care? How do you know she hasn’t already gone to one? Good chance if she has, and it wouldn’t surprise me, a Psychiatrist told her if it would help her cope with her guilt and grief to talk to her daughter and tell her how she is feeling; how sorry she is for leaving her alone and asking her forgiveness; how much she misses her; how much she loves her.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Just as well I changed my name to Karen the Magnificent - since there’s 2 of us around now.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
karen
People are compassionate, towards Madeleine. Strange you mention her once only, why? is she just a possession to be returned, not a sentient being?
Her parents had choices, and they are still alive and kicking, Madeleine may not be.
They may very well regret their actions.
It is Madeleine who matters.
If you see me as heartless and compassionless , well…….
April 27th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
OMGosh…. I can not believe the heartless, horrible people that have commented here. The only compassionate and rationale person appears to be Cheryl. You lot must be descendants from Salem. Those poor people have suffered enough don’t you think that they wish they could turn back the clock and not leave their children alone on that fateful night. And the insinuations that they had something to do with it is despicable, I don’t know how you sleep at night. There are so many horrible things happening in this world that I feel we are becoming desensitised to certain events however, the loss of a child should bring the compassion out in everyone. I live in hope of the safe return of Madeleine and I’m sure her parents want to maintain public awareness and that is why they continue to make appearances to talk about what happened. Wouldn’t you?
April 27th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
If she speaks to Madeleine I imagine that this is a sign that she thinks she is dead.
I remember one interview where Kate was described as hoping that Madeleine was not cold. KAte was in Portugal in July at this stage - a place and time where it’s actually difficult to imagine being cold at all. I think as a Mum I would be more concerned that, if she had been taken, she was in a hot place, and might de-hydrate and be hot and thirsty, or sunburnt.
Kate’s comment reminded me of my friend, after her baby died and was buried, being consumed with the notion that the little one would be cold, as she had been buried in a summer dress in the summertime. My friend used to say “I k now it’s silly, but I keep thinking it must be so cold down there, under the ground…”
The question is does she actually KNOW that Madeleine is dead. If Madeleine is dead, then what happened that evening?
Is David Payne’s visit at 7, whether it was 30 seconds or 30 minutes, as variously described by Kate and Gerry, relevant?
Did something happen earlier in the evening, and was her body hidden in the wardrobe until being moved later, after they had eaten their meal and were all “bobbibg up and down” to check the kids,when an absence would be less conspicuous?
Come on slueths!!
And Mc Canns, come on and sue S Amaral. If he is wrong, you stand to make a fortune. Don’t you want this money for the search?
April 27th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Cheryl, You are clearly a kind-hearted person, but if you speak to people who were there on the night you will learn that they did not go looking at all - while the whole neighbourhood was out of their beds searching, the Mc Cs stuck to the apartment. They never considered for a moment that she might have just wandered out - which if you know Luz, would be your first thought.
Also they have not acknowledged that what they did was wrong. Gerry claims it is within the bounds of reasonable parenting. Well. go look at the apartment and walk around. a 4 year old babysitting 2 two year olds in an apartment with open doors, in the dark. Duh?
And yes of course they have been punished. but as long as the truth does not come out, others have been punished too, ie Mr Murat, S Amaral and their families, and the people of Luz who have lost livelihoods - eg 130 people employed at Ocean Club before this, now down to 27. Some of them had been there 20 years and are now made redundant.
So the Mc Canns owe people. They owe Madeleine, in terms of co-operating with the police investigation, publishing all the possible sightings, including the Smiths, coming out and warning parents not to leave their kids alone at all, ever.
Their sanctimonious attitude is just style, the substance of this case is much more important.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Will investigate…
April 27th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Are you trying to confuse me Anorak?
The comments are in the wrong order. Frist is last.
Moderator - We have a new database and software
April 27th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
First!!!
Anorak
I wasn’t though. Your software has gone weird again.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I think MM is long gone & she’ll be found during some other investigation or by dog walkers or something… and not by anyone who reads about her…
So that leaves - watching her weird parents & listening to the daft things they say… which is like some kind of Chris Langham parody.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Her diary was supposed to be used for Madeleine to read when she was found, with all her thoughts about her daughter written down
Does she go in there and harp on to Madelienes ghost about how she is to appear on Oprah now and is as famous as jon benet ramsey ?
April 27th, 2009 at 9:28 am
lyn
“Kate talks to Madeleine every day - what use is that - if she is alive she won’t be able to hear her and if she is with the Angels, she definitely won’t be listening.”
It is the same “Disney” World they seem to live in and to which they think the rest of the world subscribes.
If it is not true, which I suspect, then she is telling the world an untruth. Possibly to make money.
If it is true, she may be in need of psychatric help.
April 27th, 2009 at 8:33 am
There were some pretty ghastly things said about Murat too.
I have no idea how the McCanns are feeling, but I hope guilt is the main feature.
They made their choice and Madeleine is taking the consequences.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Hi Bounty !!!!
Glad your move went well
Im still here in the background, just a tad sick of anoraks bullying on Susan Boyle.
Its going to be a busy week
The DP stuff has been exposed in portugal today.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Kate talks to Madeleine every day - what use is that - if she is alive she won’t be able to hear her and if she is with the Angels, she definately won’t be listening.
April 27th, 2009 at 4:33 am
Cheryl
Sorry I worded that wrong. I meant that you had made it clear that you didnt agree with them being left alone that night.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Not correct, Julia, I strongly take the stand as everyone does they were guilty of neglect leaving those wee ones alone. It is from that act of neglect leaving them alone that the tragedy was able to happen. Yes, I strongly believe and feel within me that is all they are guilty of.
Hi Percy, I think they are on there to keep her name and face in the public eye, hoping against hope whoever may have taken her or someone who may have information re her being taken will develop a conscience and, if nothing else, make an anonymous phone call to tell what they know. Also, by being on there they are telling the perpetrator - we will NOT stop looking for her!
“Agony entertaining…”, Percy? Not by a long shot! We go through this way too often over here, Percy, children being missing and it is far from entertaining when you see the pictures of the heart broken parents and hear them being interviewed on the news and a picture of the child that is missing - it is heart breaking!
June, the parents did acknowledge how wrong they were over a year ago! Kate McCann has both guilt and grief written all over her face! Even when it is not truly your fault your child has gone missing, one is eaten up with guilt inside thinking that it is your fault and how you could have done this differently or that differently and it drives you to the brink of insanity! Now, those two have a reason to take on guilt and they are filled with it, don’t think for a second they are not.
June, two years ago it was all about a young child being missing and people wondering where she was, would she be found … BUT the tide turned when Amoral announced for papers to hear and print he suspected the mother. From that point on, the Cause was changed loud and clear and blog sites became filled with hatred, condemnation, horrid speculations about the parents. The public’s hatred, newspapers feeding their frenzy, amoral’s unprofessional leaking information and not all the truth, all put the parents smack front and center and that young child was somehow forgotten but not by them.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Good Morning June…..what has happened to Madeleine is horrific and be sure that someone is feeling guilty….
April 27th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Cheryl
Your not being too lenient on the parents, youve made it very clear that you dont agree that the children were left alone that night, and that is all they are guilty of!
April 26th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
…but that was always going to be impossible once the media were brought in and still is.