Did some articles that were written about Robert Palmer and Mary Ambrose not actually take place I have read that they were debunked?

Answer 1

Yes, that is correct. Two articles written by Jane Gordon titled "Robert Palmer Was Addicted To My Love" and "The Interview", and one article written by Nick Krewn titled "A Feature on Robert Palmer" never took place, per Elizabeth Freud and Suzanne Parks. Parks was Robert Palmer's publicist from 1989 to 1998 and Freud was his publicist from 1998 to 2003. Parkes has stated that at the time that Krewen's article was allegedly being given in Canada, her client was actually in New York on a publicity junket for Honey with his wife, Susan. Parkes has conclusively stated that the interview never took place. In fact it did not even appear on the internet until ten days after Robert Palmer's death on a Web Site known as Octopus Media. Regarding the alleged Gordon interviews, at the time that the "Robert Palmer Was Addicted To My Love" interview was allegedly taking place, Robert Palmer was on stage in front of a British audience, taping a part of his "My Kinda People" special for Yorkshire Television. This was noted by Elizabeth Freud to the Sunday Mirror, and the publication cancelled the three part series, as it was originally planned. The publication also fired Jane Gordon, as well as issuing a public apology to the Palmer family. The second article that Gordon wrote titled "The Interview" was debunked for the same reason. The interview never took place, according to Freud. This alleged interview has only appeared on an overblog site, and although at the bottom of the article it says that it appeared in the Sunday Mirror, it in fact never did. Elizabeth Freud and the Palmer family have publicly dismissed these articles out of hand. Both Freud and Parkes have both publicly stated in writing that Geraldine Edwards was engaged to Robert Palmer at the time of his death and that their client and Mary Ambrose had broken-up in early 2003. There is also a blog on a MetaFilter site that reads more like an article outlining Robert Palmer and Mary Ambrose's relationship that contains no factual information. Elizabeth Freud has outright said that she believes that blog was placed on Mary Ambrose's behalf by Nick Krewen, due to the writing style. Robert Palmer did not give any of these three interviews.