Robert N EmersonTerri Irwin interview draws a huge audience
September 28th 2006 05:37
So obviously Ray Martin didn’t put off too many viewers, with about 2.5 million tuning in to watch the Terri Irwin interview. This wasn’t as high as Channel Nine’s interview with the Beaconsfield Miners though, which gained an audience of 2.8 million. Still, it’s a very impressive figure and actually more than watched the telecast of Steve Irwin’s memorial service on 7, 9, 10 and ABC combined (2.39 million).
Ray did a humdrum, pedestrian job much as I’d expected and for the most part he avoided asking idiotic questions. The worst moment was when he attempted to be ‘deep’ by asking Terri if she loved Steve too much. What an inane and insensitive question! Was he trying to insinuate that if she loved Steve less she would be experiencing less grief now? What kind of person asks a recent widow if the love she felt for the father of her children was wrong?
Still, the interview wasn’t about Ray, it was about Terri. I think most people would have tuned in even if a trained chimp was asking the questions (maybe more, in fact). I’m not ashamed to say that I absolutely bawled my eyes out, and was absolutely captivated by every word that she said.
Now that she has done the interview, I just hope that the media vultures will leave her in peace so she can deal with the death of that great man
Ray did a humdrum, pedestrian job much as I’d expected and for the most part he avoided asking idiotic questions. The worst moment was when he attempted to be ‘deep’ by asking Terri if she loved Steve too much. What an inane and insensitive question! Was he trying to insinuate that if she loved Steve less she would be experiencing less grief now? What kind of person asks a recent widow if the love she felt for the father of her children was wrong?
Still, the interview wasn’t about Ray, it was about Terri. I think most people would have tuned in even if a trained chimp was asking the questions (maybe more, in fact). I’m not ashamed to say that I absolutely bawled my eyes out, and was absolutely captivated by every word that she said.
Now that she has done the interview, I just hope that the media vultures will leave her in peace so she can deal with the death of that great man
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Comment by MichaelB
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I too thought that the question about loving too much was an absolute shocker! I mean, how does one know if they are 'loving too much'?! Yeah I hope they're left alone now, if they keep publicising the Irwins the Australian public will end up resenting them and it won't be their (Irwins) fault. MB