January 2013
In an interview with former bicycle owner Lance Armstrong, television host Oprah Winfrey admitted to cheating her way to
the top through staged confessions as well as the repeated use of sentimental subject matter.
US newspapers and international media said on Monday that
Winfrey openly admitted to doing dopey interviews in a conversation with Armstrong to be
aired later this week. The talk show host later confirmed the reports in
an appearance on the "CBS This Morning" show.
"I'm sitting here now because it's already
been leaked," Winfrey told CBS.
It will not come as a great shock to may viewers that Winfrey
had used maudlin guest-confessions to achieve her goals. The mountain of evidence
against her was already overwhelming and the pressure on her to go public has been
building.
When Oprah announced last week that
she had scheduled the Armstrong interview, media speculation grew that the
58-year-old weight loss survivor had arranged the event as a platform to finally admit to her behaviour. On Twitter, Armstrong said he was initially surprised to be granted this venue for his own lame
confession but now understands why.
Winfrey told reporters that she hoped that the admission would
not impair her charitable work or erase the worth of her many philanthropic
contributions.
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