“One of us didn’t make it… And it was very difficult.”
They’re the incredibly sad words from Sir Bob Geldof in the wake of his daughter Peaches’ death earlier this year.
In a heartbreaking interview, Geldof has lashed out at the media and their actions following the 25-year-old’s death from a heroin overdose.
Peaches Geldof, a television presenter and model, was found dead in her Kent, UK home by her husband Thomas Cohen on April 7.
Now, six months after her tragic passing, 63-year-old Irish musician and activist Geldof has told The Guardian his children were hounded by the media from an early age.
“Whatever people think about us, this is a normal family. Close the door and it’s normal… It’s still homework, it’s still tea time”, he said, speaking in an interview about his band The Boomtown Rats.
“And it’s having to go to school in the morning. But it’s having to go to school where, on more than several occasions, there were 40 photographers walking backwards in front of you,” he said.
In a rare attack on British media, Sir Geldof took particular aim at the UK publication The Daily Mail – saying it had ‘bullied’ his daughters for years.
“You know, the children were never, ever, ever given a break, particularly by The Daily Mail, who engaged in a lifelong exercise in bullying,” he says. “These tiny little girls – never once did they write anything about their courage, their strength, their beauty, their abilities,” he said.
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I will never understand why photographers following people around - particularly children - isn't considered stalking and restraining orders obtained. It shouldn't matter that someone is famous, related to someone famous, once spoke to someone famous - we should all have the same protections.
I love seeing pictures and video of my favourite actors and musicians at official events - as in when they are actually doing their job - but in their off time they should have the right to choose if they wish to be filmed. The public should NOT have this view that 'they' (celebs) choose to be in the spotlight so therefore they have to wear this constant harassment.
Bob Geldof is a true gentleman.