Lance Armstrong interview airings & discussions.

[Trail Child]

I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes POTUS in my lifetime.

 

[Kies]

He is a good actor .... Could be some mileage in that prediction ;-)

 

[stewie griffin]

I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes POTUS in my lifetime.

Is that like "Toys R Us" for marijuana?

 

[stewie griffin]

A perfect summery of Lance Armstrong
http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html
Scary how accurate that is.

 

[Trail Child]

I started watching the second part .... I really think this guy needs therapy.

ETA: He just admitted he's now in therapy. That therapist has a big job ahead, me thinks.

 

[Trail Child]

Is that like "Toys R Us" for marijuana?

Sorry ... President Of The United States.

 

[Trail Child]

The man finally cracks .......

 

[mr_hippo]

What a monumental waste of time! The 'bare all' interview that did not!

Thanks for choosing Oprah, being interviewed by her must be like being savaged by a dead worm on steroids! Be a man and face the likes of interviewers of the same calibre as Jeremy Paxman or even Piers Morgan.,

Employ a media coach because your mannerisms spoke louder than you did. I watched your eyes to see if you were lying! Most people have an automatic reaction if they tell a lie, not foolproof but a good indicator.

Your refusal to name names is another way of trying to elicit sympathy "I may be a lying, cheating bar steward but I am no grass." What you forgot to add was “This interview is all about Me, Me, Me and don’t forget that!” What are you afraid of, being sued? You did that to innocent people and not only won but ruined reputations.

We saw an interview with Betsya Andreu, remember her? The wife of Frankie one of your former team mates. She alleges that you called her something like a 'fat, ugly, stupid bitch.' I shall translate your reply from Weasalese to English: "I did not call her fat so if she is lying about that then what else is she lying about?

Have I finished? Nearly done! If I had my way, your appeal against your ban would go ahead with the case getting adjourned sine die, you would be stripped of all assets and sold and these would include joint assets. The proceeds would buy a small house for your family and the rest may, in some small way, recompense your victims.

To prove to you that I am not all bad, I will allow you to change name to Tom Pepper, Tom Who? He was a bigger liar than Satan and is the only one ever to be expelled from Hell for lying!

 

[johnr]

Not a fan then?

 

[raindog]

We saw an interview with Jackie Andreu, remember her? The wife of Frankie one of your former team mates.

You mean Betsy.

 

[mr_hippo]

You mean Betsy.

Sorry for the mistake, I had a senior moment and had a picture of her in my mind and I confused her wtyh a old friend of mine.

 

[Radchenister]

I notice the links to the last interview are gone now (removed from YouTube due to copyright). Looks like you can still catch parts here: http://www.oprah.com/own_tv/onc/lance-armstrong-one.html .

Edit: Syncronisity with above post and scrap my link - doesn't work in UK (for me anyway).

 

[italiafirenze]

Oprah is getting quite the slagging off, but I was surprised she asked as many cycling questions as she did. Though they seemed to be confined to the first few questions of the interview.

She was always going to be more interested in the human aspect. She interviewed him like he was a celebrity husband who had cheated on his wife. You could easily substitute doping for adultery in that interview and get roughly the same outcome.

You can't be surprised she didn't ask how many doses of EPO it takes to win a Tour or who supplied it or which doctors provided it or which other riders were using it. That's just not interesting to her audience.

The one big question was "Lance, you've been caught, how do you feel about that now?" and sometimes he seemed to be honest about it, sometimes he didn't (he couldn't seem to decide what he deserved or didn't and how sorry he was). And I think Oprah did a good job of getting that answered. Especially at the point he broke down about his son.

Although I agree that a Piers Morgan interview would've dug into far more detail because he loves the details. He asked Ken Barlow how many women he'd slept with for god's sake.

 

[Herzog]

Oprah is getting quite the slagging off, but I was surprised she asked as many cycling questions as she did. Though they seemed to be confined to the first few questions of the interview.

She was always going to be more interested in the human aspect. She interviewed him like he was a celebrity husband who had cheated on his wife. You could easily substitute doping for adultery in that interview and get roughly the same outcome.

You can't be surprised she didn't ask how many doses of EPO it takes to win a Tour or who supplied it or which doctors provided it or which other riders were using it. That's just not interesting to her audience.

The one big question was "Lance, you've been caught, how do you feel about that now?" and sometimes he seemed to be honest about it, sometimes he didn't (he couldn't seem to decide what he deserved or didn't and how sorry he was). And I think Oprah did a good job of getting that answered. Especially at the point he broke down about his son.

Although I agree that a Piers Morgan interview would've dug into far more detail because he loves the details. He asked Ken Barlow how many women he'd slept with for god's sake.

For a person who knows very little about cycling (as far as I've read), I thought she did a good job. There were a few routes which she didn't pursue which she should have (e.g., donations to the UCI, hospital room 'confession' etc.), but LA wouldn't have 'gone there' anyway. Overall, pretty much as expected.

 

[italiafirenze]

For a person who knows very little about cycling (as far as I've read), I thought she did a good job. There were a few routes which she didn't pursue which she should have (e.g., donations to the UCI, hospital room 'confession' etc.), but LA wouldn't have 'gone there' anyway. Overall, pretty much as expected.

I think she could sense which questions he wasn't going to answer and didn't press him on those things. Maybe she did and it was cut. Who knows.

He was worried about incriminating himself or others and so didn't want to answer.