Originally Posted by Jayma:
“Anthea - highly annoying when she seemed to ridicule the reason for Bruce leaving, i.e. that he was missing his wife. 'There's only 5 days!' and saying that she could survive without Grant for that long. That's very nice, Anthea considering your husband came with you into the competition and you had only been separated from him for 24 hours by this point - Bruce had been away from his for over a week.”
And what about Anthea's reaction when Bruce was eliminated? Slightly hypocritical for her to criticise Bruce for missing his wife after that.
Originally Posted by stargazer61:
“Saw Bruce on TV this am and he reiterated that Hilsborough had been very much on his mind as well as missing his wife”
Originally Posted by Ignazio:
“Bruce was the first on the pitch to notice what was going on. The fans were screaming "Bruce help us," and first time he asked a policewoman to have the game stopped he was met with "There's nothing I can do." Only when he appealed again was the game stopped.
Time just cannot erase the memory of such a tragedy.”
Yes, if Hell's Kitchen hadn't coincided with the Hillsborough anniversary, I wonder if he might have stayed. There's no question this was a really tough week for Bruce.