[Niamh.]

Too right Sharon

Who is she facing "backlash" from though, most people seem to agree with her as far as I've read

Sharon Osbourne is facing a backlash for "ignorant" comments made on her US chat show, in which she called Madeleine McCann's parents "insane" for leaving their daughter alone.

The former X Factor judge was discussing a Mumsnet thread which asked if it was ever acceptable to leave young children unsupervised, when she made critical comments clearly directed at Madeleine's devastated parents, Kate and Gerry McCann.

Speaking on her CBS show The Talk on Friday, Osbourne, 63, said: "I will tell you a very quick story.

"There was a husband and wife on holiday in Portugal.

“They left their baby in the room sleeping, sleeping while they went to dinner in the restaurant.

“While they were in the resort their baby was taken.

"And it is like, ‘Oh but we can see everything that is going on’ and it is, like, insane.”

Madeleine disappeared from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007.



She has never been found despite her parents' repeated public appeals for information and countless police investigations.

A family friend reported in The Mirror said Osbourne's comments had hurt the McCanns.

They said: “It’s very *disappointing when someone with such a high profile makes this sort of *ignorant, ill-informed comment.

“She should think about the effect it could have on Madeleine’s brother and sister, as well as the wider family.

“It’s based on ignorance of the true facts. While she’s entitled to her view she should keep it to herself.”

At the time of Maddie's disappearance on May 3, just days before her fourth birthday, her parents were having dinner with friends at the holiday resort's tapas restaurant, approximately 50 metres from their apartment.

The group had been taking turns to check on their sleeping children before Kate discovered Maddie had been taken at about 10pm.

The couple, from Rothley, Leicestershire, have since admitted they remain wracked with guilt over her abduction and have expressed regret about not using the resort's in-house babysitting service.

In an interview to mark the first anniversary of her disappearance, Gerry said: "We made a mistake, but we are paying more for it than anyone could ever possibly imagine.

"Hindsight has proven we made a mistake and we would never leave the children again."

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/672...parents-insane

[Crimson Dynamo]

If I am looking for parenting advice, Sharon is my go to gal...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

If I am looking for parenting advice, Sharon is my go to gal...

pretty solid advice if you ask me, do you disagree with her?

[the truth]

im not keen on here, but shes 1000% right on this one.theyre insane. its worse they left all their kids unattended in a ofreign country with a window or door left open?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

pretty solid advice if you ask me, do you disagree with her?

I think she should try and understand that an abductor took the child

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

im not keen on here, but shes 1000% right on this one.theyre insane. its worse they left all their kids unattended in a ofreign country with a window or door left open?

Seems like they only said the door was left open after the Portuguese Police said that the window being tampered with didn't happen............

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I think she should try and understand that an abductor took the child

Except there's actually no proof of that happening, that's just a theory

[_Tom_]

Why would anyone 'blast' her, that's most people's thoughts on the parents.

[smudgie]

Hardly insane.
Neglectful, bad judgement and totally stupid thing to do, no doubt they will have to live with that the rest of their lives.
Sharon isn't my idea of Mother Earth to be fair, but she is entitled to her opinion, had the parents been publicity shy then I would perhaps feel a little more sympathy for them re their having to listen to the opinions of others being made in public.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Hardly insane.
Neglectful, bad judgement and totally stupid thing to do, no doubt they will have to live with that the rest of their lives.
Sharon isn't my idea of Mother Earth to be fair, but she is entitled to her opinion, had the parents been publicity shy then I would perhaps feel a little more sympathy for them re their having to listen to the opinions of others being made in public.

What about if you left your 2 two year olds and your 3 year old home alone one night and the next morning the 3 year old asks you where you were when the younger ones were crying the night before? Or if you went back to check on your 3 year old, found she'd vomited while you were out so you washed her, put her back to bed and then went back out drinking with your friends? Would that be insane especially if you are a Doctor? Surely that's insanely dangerous?

[Babayaro.]

Well she's not wrong...

[Marsh.]

I think they were absolutely barmy to leave their children alone.

But what's prompted her to suddenly talk about this now?

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I think they were absolutely barmy to leave their children alone.

But what's prompted her to suddenly talk about this now?

shes pretty spontaneous so it probably just came up as part of a topic

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I think they were absolutely barmy to leave their children alone.

But what's prompted her to suddenly talk about this now?

A discussion on whether or not it's acceptable to leave children on their own, according to the article.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What about if you left your 2 two year olds and your 3 year old home alone one night and the next morning the 3 year old asks you where you were when the younger ones were crying the night before? Or if you went back to check on your 3 year old, found she'd vomited while you were out so you washed her, put her back to bed and then went back out drinking with your friends? Would that be insane especially if you are a Doctor? Surely that's insanely dangerous?

It is wrong, it is dangerous, I don't think anyone could deny that, but hardly the actions of insanity.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by smudgie

It is wrong, it is dangerous, I don't think anyone could deny that, but hardly the actions of insanity.

Sharon's too used to overstating everything from the X Factor.

She calls mediocre, amazing.


Edit - That's Sharon, not Niamh.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by smudgie

It is wrong, it is dangerous, I don't think anyone could deny that, but hardly the actions of insanity.

By insane I assume she's saying it's madness which it is surely?

[the truth]

Originally Posted by smudgie

It is wrong, it is dangerous, I don't think anyone could deny that, but hardly the actions of insanity.

I think its totally insane

3 tiny young kids in a foreign land left alone with the door open and the parents out drinking ? insane in the membrane

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I think she should try and understand that an abductor took the child

Which might not have happened if there was a family member looking after her and the other two kids?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I think they were absolutely barmy to leave their children alone.

But what's prompted her to suddenly talk about this now?

They were discussing a blog I think where a mother asks if it's ok to leave her 10 month old at home sleeping while she went to the shop or something like that and obviously the McCanns spring to mind with a discussion like that

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Which might not have happened if there was a family member looking after her and the other two kids?

again assuming that abduction theory.....which is all that is.............is true

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Which might not have happened if there was a family member looking after her and the other two kids?

or she gets stolen the next day at the shops


same argument

[Crimson Dynamo]

child abductions happen with parents and without parents, most in the UK happen when kids are playing outside but noone says "well if only the parents never let them play outdoors"

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

or she gets stolen the next day at the shops


same argument

Not really. As presumably the parents are with them at the shops?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

child abductions happen with parents and without parents, most in the UK happen when kids are playing outside but noone says "well if only the parents never let them play outdoors"

That's not the point though, since this was clearly preventable.

There's a difference between allowing your children to play outside at home versus leaving your BABIES alone in a foreign country.