15 Tweets Highlighting The Mixed Reaction To THAT Michaella McCollum Interview On RTÉ

Michaella McCollum of the 'Peru Two' was interviewed by RTÉ on April 3, and it certainly got the nation talking. Following her arrest for attempting to smuggle €2 million worth of cocaine through Lima's airport, the Tyrone woman spent two-and-a-half years in a Peruvian prison. Having just been released, but still unable to leave the country, RTÉ sent a correspondent to perform an interview with the newly liberated 23-year-old. The Irish public had a mixed reaction to the programme to say the least. Some felt that the interview was far too soft, that it was overly sympathetic to a convicted criminal, while others were merely fixated on McCollum's change in hairstyle...

Interview approach worse than my hairstyle but ultimately she's ruined her own life, won't reoffend & danger to nobody. #MichaelaMcCollum

— Eoghan McDermott (@eoghanmcdermo) April 3, 2016

I get that she's young&made a mistake but for gods sake ask the questions we all want to hear!Terrible interview #MichaelaMcCollum

— Brian Ormond (@brianormond79) April 3, 2016

100% don't feel sorry for this girl. Obviously terrifying situation but you always have a choice #MichaelaMcCollum #PrisonInPeru

— Alexandra Ryan (@SweetLikeAli) April 3, 2016

Uneasy watching #MichaelaMcCollum interview should we give drug mules media coverage/celebrity etc. Or was she just v young & vulnerable?

— June Shannon (@juneshannon) April 3, 2016

Oh here we go. The poor me act. Blame my environment. #MichaelaMcCollum

— Peter (@peterc83) April 3, 2016

Woman in Ibiza knew nothing about drugs. In other news, a man came home from Rome today and said: "Catholicism? What?" #MichaelaMcCollum

— Philip Nolan (@philipnolan1) April 3, 2016

"I couldn't afford the deposit for a house, to rent, so I went on holidays" Sound economic sense there. #MichaelaMcCollum

— Mallow News (@MallowNews) April 3, 2016

I suppose you have a lot of time to get your story sorted and on how you'll deliver it when in prison #MichaelaMcCollum

— Anne Mc Coy (@annemccoy) April 3, 2016

Really enjoyed that episode of Peru's Next Top Model #MichaelaMcCollum pic.twitter.com/pKOBN3VwD2

— Deric Ó hArtagáinTV (@deric_tv) April 3, 2016

Depressingly I already have the line "could Michaela please come to the diary room" in my head #MichaelaMcCollum

— Oisin Langan (@oisinlangan) April 3, 2016

Interview with a drug smuggler on @rte prime time tv. What's next John Gilligan hosting Winning Streak? #MichaelaMcCollum

— M.J. Vaughan (@MickeyJoeV) April 3, 2016

Very soft interview, I agree. But also a young girl who got dragged into something and couldn't escape. Feel sorry for her #MichaelaMcCollum

— andrew knowles (@andrewknowles10) April 3, 2016

'Everybody makes mistakes' - I left the heating on last week that's a mistake. Not smuggling 1.7mill worth of cocaine ???????????????? #MichaelaMcCollum

— Ian McCabe (@ianomccabe) April 3, 2016

I never thought I'd hear someone describe being imprisoned in Peru for drug smuggling as a growth opportunity #MichaelaMcCollum

— Leslie Ann Horgan (@LeslieAnnHorgan) April 3, 2016

She's well tutored, well coached, well rehearsed I'll give her that #MichaelaMcCollum

— PJ Coogan (@pjcoogan) April 3, 2016

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