Lance Armstrong and the confession
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Lance Armstrong and the confession
| Fri, 01-18-2013 - 10:46am |
Is anyone following the Lance doping saga? What do you think about Lance Armstrong's confession and his "deeply flawed" statement?
I personally think it is shameful that he lied, cheated, tormented people, and got away with it for so long and then suddenly blabs his heart out.What is it that he is really expecting-kwim?
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I'm glad the truth finally came out; but I was appalled at how blasé he came across in Oprah’s interview. I mean really... he didn’t just deny for years, he verbally and legally attacked people and tried to ruin lives! And he supposedly counted a lot of those people as friends... and a simple apology is supposed to charm them (and us) now? I don’t think so.
I think it's awful. I heard something on TV that perhaps he waited the amount of time he did in order to wait out a statute of limitations (I don't know if that's true but if it is, this is even more disgusting).
It's a shame because the Livestrong foundation does really wonderful things for cancer and it's also become a decent go-to site for health and fitness questions.
He doesn't get any points for coming clean now. His credibility was shot when the doping claims came up and he denied them vehemently. That would have been a more honorable time to come out with this.
He is looking for the easy way out and he doesn't deserve it in my opinion. He should have to give back all his awards including every last penny. His name forever should used as a great example of self-absorbtion, greed, selfishness, poor sportsmanship, bullying, envy, strife, and grief.
I agree w/ what everyone else said. I said this elsewhere but I think it's one thing to choose to destroy your body; it's another to destroy other people's reputation and coerce them to destroy their bodies. He's no better than a drug dealer. What surprises me is the amount of support he still has. I don't think steroid/PED are the issue--it's how he chose to deal w/ the aftermath that is the problem. The apology? Ulterior motive written all over it.
Good point about Sheryl Crow. I'd love to know what she thinks about all this nonsense.
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Speaking of which, Sheryl Crow sounds like a class act based on the media interviews she has done.
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment-eonline/20130122/b380583/?cid=hero_media
"Lance Armstrong 's life of lies couldn't have been easy.
Sheryl Crow, who dated the disgraced cyclist from 2003 to 2006, seems to have empathy for her ex-fiancé. She told Entertainment Tonight that it's "got to be really hard to walk around knowing that you're not telling the truth about something."
5 biggest bombshells from Lance and Oprah's interview
"I think that honesty is always the best bet and that the truth will set you free," she added. "To carry a weight like that around would be devastating in the long run…I always contend that the truth is the best way to go."
Last week, Lance finally admitted to Oprah Winfrey he used performance-enhancing drugs for all seven of his Tour de France wins. He blamed his "ruthless desire to win at all costs" for leading him to cheat and attempt to cover up his lies for so many years.
And while Sheryl was gracious about her ex's downfall, we bet she's secretly glad to have been set free of that relationship.
Lance had lots of famous friends"
I've read articles that say he's a sociopath and it seems to fit. He doesn't seem at all remorseful for what he did to others. If there were true remorse, he would have contacted them first. Oprah is a poor choice.
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