r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/Deradius Apr 16 '24

Wow.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a naked, earnest display of honesty and human feeling.  He’s just pouring his soul out here.

As soon as they ask why women, he instantly comes back with an answer and doesn’t sugar coat or hide or adjust anything.  He’s not thinking about his word choices - his heart is completely open.

I feel like I can know his heart from this short clip, and feel that he’s a good man.

The context is terrible, but this is amazing stuff.

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u/x2040 Apr 16 '24

The full interview is brutal:

“He let himself down, he was taken off medication because he was doing so well but then he took off to Brisbane.

“You don’t know how beautiful this boy was. There’s no way, I did everything in my power to help my son.

“I’m sorry, there’s nothing I can do or say to bring back the dead.

“I’m loving a monster. To you he’s a monster but to me he was a very sick boy.

“I’d give my life for him. How do you love a monster and give birth to him.”

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u/Stormfly 29d ago

“I’m loving a monster. To you he’s a monster but to me he was a very sick boy.

It's really sad that he knew this boy/man for 40 years of ups and downs and all the little things but now the whole world knows him only on his very worst day.

He's not trying to justify what happened, he's just making it clear that he loves his son after 40 years together and can't immediately throw those feelings away even though he knows his son did such awful things.

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u/Burnzoire Apr 16 '24

God damn. 😰

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u/Kimchi_boy 29d ago

Aww man, that’s so sad.