Oprah Winfrey Says Lance Armstrong "Met The Moment" In Q&A

Oprah Winfrey this morning discussed the interview she conducted yesterday with Lance Armstrong in which the seven-time Tour de France winner admitted to doping during his career. She said Armstrong “did not come clean in the manner that I expected” and it was “surprising to me.” Winfrey: “We were mesmerized and riveted by some of his answers.” During the two-and-a-half-hour interview, Winfrey said she asked most of the 112 questions she had prepared. Winfrey: “I feel he answered the questions in a way that he was ready. … I was satisfied by the answers.”

Winfrey said she chose “not to characterize” whether she thought Armstrong was genuinely “contrite” during the interview. Winfrey: “I would rather people make their own decisions about whether he was contrite or not. I felt that he was thoughtful. I thought that he was serious. I thought that he certainly had prepared himself for this moment. I would say that he met the moment” (“CBS This Morning,” CBS, 1/15).