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LONDON, Oct. 8-- British Prime Minister Theresa May relived Sunday the ordeal of her disastrous party conference speech, insisting "I am resilient". In her first major interview since Wednesday's conference fiasco when a prankster interrupted her speech, her coughing fits and the stage backdrop falling apart, May said at no time did she think of giving up. In an exclusive interview in the Sunday Times newspaper, May was asked if she had cried or been depressed in the aftermath of her speech. She replied: "One minute journalists are accusing me of being an ice maiden or a robot, then they claim I'm a weeping woman in dire need of a good night's sleep! The truth is my feelings can be hurt, like everyone else, but I am pretty resilient." May said at no point did she feel like leaving the stage when things went wrong, adding, "I am a very determined person." Describing what gave her the guts to plough on, May said the speech had not been the easiest in her life. "But I had an important message to deliver and I was determined to do that. It didn't feel like I was alone up there, it felt like everyone in the room was with me and willing me on and that made a huge difference," she said. Asked if the speech was the worse day of her life, May described it as just a speech, adding that she had had to deal with horrific events such as the "appalling Grenfell Tower fire and loss of life". | 
