Anderson Cooper Sensitively Handles Frey Controversy
As you likely expected, James Frey vs. Oprah post-game analysis dominated most of last night's news, with our darling Anderson Cooper devoting an entire hour to the matter with his dapper guest, Smoking Gun editor William Bastone. Much of the time was spent replaying Oprah footage, especially the part where a shocked Oprah and her studio audience are visibly hurt to learn that Frey fabricated details about his love, Lilly, and her suicide.
During the always-messy call-in portion of the show, Anderson spoke with a woman named Lilly. As she was getting on the line, he said, "We have Lilly from Arkansas on the phone... Maybe she's the Lilly from the book?" Oh, har, har, Andy — way to make every heartbroken housewife in America burst into tears.