In an episode aired in March 2023, Ms Wandelt told US television talk show host Dr Phil McGraw her mother had refused to show her proof of her pregnancy and birth, which her family denied, saying “it’s obvious that Julia isn’t Maddie” in a statement to the show.
Mr Clair told The Independent Ms Wandelt wasn’t “saying she’s Madeleine McCann” rather that a DNA test had linked her to the family.
She apologised to Madeleine’s parents in January last year in a social media post after a DNA test in April 2023 proved she wasn’t Madeleine.
A Polish woman who has claimed she could be Madeleine McCann has been arrested at Bristol airport on suspicion of stalking the missing girl’s parents.
Appearing on the BBC Radio 4 podcast series ‘Why Do You Hate Me?’, early last year, Ms Wandelt explained she first became suspicious of her identity when she was 20-years-old and her family could not fill in gaps she had in her memories about her childhood.
