Lance Armstrong Admits to Cheating in Frustrating Oprah Interview
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Last night, Oprah aired the first part of her interview with Lance Armstrong, who admitted to her that he took performance enhancing drugs for the entirety of his career. Of course, we already know that Armstrong had all types of blood and substances flowing through his veins during his record setting seven Tour de France titles (since stripped from him) because he's been outed by everyone from his ex-teammates to Sports Illustrated. So, what do you get when you admit to truths that have long been held as such by the public in a reportedly explosive interview? An interview that is pretty damn boring.
Armstrong came clean on a number of lies of which he had long been the only prominent truther. The first of which is the fact that he took drugs. A lot of drugs.
Lance Armstrong says he did take banned substances.
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Including EPO, blood doping and transfusions, and other substances like testosterone, HGH.
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He took drugs while winning the Tour de France races that propelled him to fame and fortune beyond anything that anyone in his sport had ever come close to achieving.
Including Tour de France victories.
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Armstrong acknowledged that not only did he cheat, he was a mega-asshole to anyone that outed him as a cheater.
Oprah: "Were you a bully?" Lance: "Yeah, I was a bully. I was a bully in the sense that I tried to control the narrative."
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He admitted that shaming his disbelievers by asking them why they didn't believe in miracles was an incredibly arrogant and stupid thing to do.
Oprah reminding us of that time Lance Armstrong said to his accusers, "I'm sorry that you don't believe in miracles."
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#Armstrong says of it, "I've made some mistakes in my life, and [saying that] is one for sure." "I don't know why I said it."
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He copped to bullying Betsy Andreu, a one-time confidant who has long refused to lie on Armstrong's behalf.
"I called you crazy. I called you a bitch. But I never called you fat." #Armstrong on Andreu
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Aaaaand, that's about it. Out of a whole 90 minutes, mind you. Buzzfeed Sports has video, too, but trust that the tweets are as animated as Armstrong and Oprah were. The rest of the highlights are here:
[There was a video here]
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