I saw a few seconds this morning. It's a terrible loss, a young son but for the life of me I don't enderstand the need to go on camera a few days after. Bury your son, mourn him, care for the rest of your family..get strength and support fro relatives and close friends, but why the need to publicly mourn? I don't get it..
My thoughts at the beginning. But I think she genuinely just wanted to say thanks, and let people know what a neat kid this boy was. I was very impressed with the lady. Good people.
She said (or Tim Russert said) that she gets strength from all the letters people have sent and she wanted to acknowledge. She said Teddy was her life, now he's gone, so she has a lot of time to read all the letters.
I think it's very sad. Doubly so because of the holidays.
Besides, it doesn't seem to be in any bad taste or for publicity - this incident has received a lot of coverage already.
I think that there has been such an outpouring of support (because the boy's mother and father are both public figures) that Susan St. James just wanted to acknowledge it. I've seen a few interviews (before this tragedy) with St. James and have been impressed with what a genuine person she is. Also, I know folks who live in Litchfield, CT (the Ebersols' home base) and they've told me the family really is wholesome: church-going, parade-attending, etc. I was touched when she said they would be reading all the emails and letters they get because "there's nothing else for us to do, now that Teddy's gone." Let's pray for this family.
This may be petty, but I guess Hollywood types need that screen time and the need to perform in front of an audience even when they are grieving. I does seem a bit strange. I guess they think (probably correctly) that most people are really interested in their lives. I'm not. I'm sorry for their loss, but I am no more sorry for them than for the hundreds of non-famous names I see in the obituaries every day. The ones who don't have homes in Telluride, Hollywood, and who know where else. It just reminds me of John Kerry.
Nitpick with the Associated Press: There is no Notre Dame University in the United States that I know of. There is one in Lebanon, one in the Phillipines, and one in Kyoto, Japan. There is, however, a University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN. You would think an international news organization such as the AP would know this.
Thank you for your post. I too cannot get it: why does everybody disrobes before the camera?
She was probably being hounded by the press and did it in self-defense. I remember her from her television days and the days when I read things like People magazine. When she married she became a wife and a mother and left the limelight.