Oprah on her Lance Armstrong interview
After a two-and-a-half hour interview, Winfrey describes herself as "satisfied."
Oprah on her Lance Armstrong interview
David Hiltbrand, Inquirer TV Critic
Oprah Winfrey was in Austin, Texas on Monday for her much anticipated interview with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. (The discussion will air as a two-part special beginning Thursday on Oprah’s OWN channel.)
This morning Ms. Winfrey appeared live on CBS This Morning to discuss the summit. She says that she came prepared with 112 questions, not all of which got answered.
According to Oprah, she and her TV crew were “mesmerized and riveted” by Armstrong’s answers. Charlie Rose asks if the athlete, who last year was stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles, was forthcoming. “He did not come clean in the manner that I expected,” Winfrey responded.
Throughout his career, Armstrong had adamantly denied the repeated allegations that he was using performance enhancing drugs. The interview would be the first public admission of his wrongdoing.
Was he candid? Oprah defers from characterizing Armstrong’s attitude, but she did say that by the end of extensive interview, she felt “satisfied.”
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If she told the truth that she was bored like we all would be by his contempt and arrogance it would not make for great ratings. I want the 10 hours of my life back I spent reading his book.— Earl J- I feel for anyone who paid for and read his book. I tended to believe him since he never tested positive for drugs that we heard about (heard there was one that was squashed somehow). He's a coward (in addition to being a liar) for crying to Oprah and not just standing up and facing the music in front of the media and all of us the world over. He makes Mark McGwire look like a choir boy.— PhillySubsMac
- The Lance Bots will see their Hero Crumble in front of Oprah.Lance finally tells the Truth He will never Live this Down.His Reputation is RUINED!— KOOLK777
- Was she as satisfied as she is with the open buffet at "Golden Corral"?— Yooperspud
- The "LANCE BOTS," will gather en mas, will asssemble around the world amd tune in to watch their leader, Optimus Lance answer allegations that will envelope the last 20 years of his reign. When it is over, the Lanceformers will collectively rip out their circuitry boards, drop to their knees then fall on their faces. Never again to roam planet earth, never again to give witness to the biggest fraud the sporting world has ever been subjected too. Never again. [:>(— frank castle
