Friday, January 27, 2006

No, the lie of it. That's a lie. It's not an idea. That's a lie.

That is what Oprah said to James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces
She brought him back to her show because she felt betrayed that she was lied to so badly. She questioned every single thing about the book and him, then he would say "I don't remember."
She then would counter and say, well you remember about this and this, and this, so how come all of a sudden you don't remember this part?

Even when he was 'telling the truth' when oprah was asking him questions, you can tell by her face and how she responds (Uh-huh, o-kay, what does that mean), that she doesn't believe, nor will she ever believe a word he has to say.
I could tell that by the time Oprah started to talk to the publisher NAN, that she was already jaded, and angry that the guy could lie to her face, with a straight face.
I felt sorry for her. Extremely sorry.

SEE OPRAH TALKING TO JAMES ABOUT WHAT HE SAID

If it (being lied to on grand scale by someone you trust) happens enough times to you then you get used to it, so you are not quite so devastated when it happens again. You also don't expect much out of people at all...which is how that kind of thing changes a good person.....

I am sure in her past relationships it has happened to her (she has said that many times on the show), but it probably hasn't happened recently and on such a grand scale so she was shocked and shaken.

Larry King Transcript

I am going to get off my soap box soon but lies are typically what happens when you deal with addicts (any type of addicts) so its best not to really let your guard down too much, if you don't want to get caught up in their mess. James even said that he thinks this was an opportunity for him to finally tell the truth in his life.......
When you hear that, you just think Uh-huh, O-kay, What does that mean?
If you can't tell. I really like Oprah.
Oh and people may think she was silly to believe him. But that is what people who generally tend to tell the truth do, they believe other people will tell the truth too..... JOEL STEIN SUMS UP MY FEELINGS BEST
:(
Hugs M

4 comments:

Panner said...

Okay.... but she even called Larry King to defend James and say that she didn't CARE about if the book was a lie or not-she was happy with the story it was telling. HUM..... bad move on her part.

Anonymous said...

Yeah,
When you feel passionately that something is good (and will help others) and someone has the right motivation and a pure heart, you feel like defending them is the right thing to do.
Then later when it really hits you....When you feel betrayed and your heart sinks, then you react differently.

Anonymous said...

BTW
My mom was even dismayed. I talked to her this morning and she was saying that she supposed this blatant lying was always around and she never really noticed.
Now she is seeing it more and more...
Poor mummy

Anonymous said...

Umm, Let's be clear here. I read the transcript of the Larry King interview and no where in there did she say she didn't care about the book being a lie. She talked about the essence of the book and how it helps people. she definitely does care about being lied to.

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