The Two Most Arrogant Parts Of Lance Armstrong’s Confession To Oprah
Call this an apology, or call this an interview, but Armstrong still possesses that legendary ego.
In the second part of Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah, he had two moments that showed he still possesses the arrogance that drove him to lie in the first place.
2. The first came when Oprah asked Armstrong whether Livestrong could survive without him. He said, “Yeah, I certainly hope so,” but would not unequivocally affirm that he thought Livestrong would survive without him.
3. The second came when Oprah said, “A lot of people think you’re doing this interview because you want to come back to the sport,” and Armstrong basically said yes.
“I deserved to be punished. I’m not sure that I deserved the death penalty,” Armstrong said. The death penalty refers to a lifelong ban from competition.
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Becky J 4 months agoWhat’s genuinely really upsetting to me (for personal reasons, if nothing else) is the fact that a lot of his die-hard supporters seem to be trying to ‘offset’ his alleged actions against the fact that he has seen off cancer. I think it’s worth pointing out that a hell of a lot of people go through the same thing under much more challenging economic/social circumstances than Lance Armstrong would have faced during his own illness. They do not then go on to behave appallingly, while their supporters provide them with ‘carte blanche’ to do so on account of previous health difficulties (and I’m not talking about ‘doping’ here - I seriously don’t care about people who cheat at sport - I’m talking about the alleged perjury and threats of physical violence, and the possibility that he has quite literally ruined the lives of people who stood up to accuse him of something which then turned out to be true). To suggest that this behaviour, if true, is in any sense ‘OK because he’s a cancer survivor’ is about as insulting to all those other (unsung, and not nearly as wealthy or affluent) survivors as it’s possible to be. The fact that he, unlike so many others, got a second chance at life and apparently used it to this end is also pretty insulting to people who don’t end up surviving their cancer. We have no right to expect cancer survivors to suddenly become saints, but the notion does all seem a bit, well, ungrateful. Plus, if we start sending out the message that celebs/politicians/people in general having raised money for charity (however significant a sum) provides absolution for all future ‘sins’, where on earth does that end?
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Frank1964 4 months ago
The progression of attitudes about Armstrong is interesting: maybe I missed it before, but to me it looks like folks are a lot angrier post-Oprah than before. But yeah: sociopath, or something damned close to it. His lies are far worse and more consistent than any normal liar’s, and his “confession” is far more self-serving than any normal confession.
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Peanut75 4 months agoEveryone is so quick to
place athletes, actors and other public figures on a pedestal then crucify them when they don’t live up to our expectations. Anyone who has never cheated in any way, snuck around, lied or tried to cover a lie can be angry. Otherwise, understand he is only human and he screwed up. -
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kimf9 4 months agoNo. Just. No. He didn’t “screw up.” My “expectations” of anyone, especially public figures, is that they act honourably and set an example for us common folk. Lance Armstrong ruined people’s lives, put into question the future of professional cycling/cyclists and jeopardized a successful cancer charity and He was/is a bully whose apology (if you can even call it that) comes too little and way too late.
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lawgirl 4 months ago
Wait a second…what about all the people he sued for defamation for telling the truth about him? What about the people who he forced out of the sport or threatened with physical violence for telling the truth? Do you have sympathy for those people? People who lost their livelihoods not from his “mistakes,” but due to his direct orders and his direct actions (for example, SUING people for defamation). Do you know how much it costs to defend yourself in a lawsuit? Or what it’s like to lose your job for telling the truth? Where is your compassion for Lance’s victims? The doping is one thing, but Lance went beyond doping. He destroyed people. Where is your compassion for the people he willfully destroyed?
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kristencaterpillar 4 months ago
One hundred percent agreed, could not have thought of better words to use myself.
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kaydepuckettifbbp 4 months agoI’d rather him be bluntly honest than tell half truths to make himself sound better. Meanwhile, what did he really do to any of us, or are we just pissed off because the media is telling everyone they should be?
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lawgirl 4 months ago
People are mad because of how he destroyed other people’s lives to cover up his doping. It was thing to dope, everyone was doping in cycling at that time. But, he actually sued people for defamation, chased people out of the sport, had people lose endorsements, business contracts, etc. for telling the truth. That’s where the condemnation and sociopath allegations come into play. He not only lied about doping, but actively destroyed the livelihood of anyone who wouldn’t lie for him under oath or questioned his cleanness.
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