I’m not an Armstrong fan. This is no secret. I don’t like his relationship track record with famous women, I don’t like athletes who are even suspected of cheating at their sport, I’m not a big fan of the Live Strong Foundation, and I especially don’t like egotistic douchebags who gloat backhandedly on Twitter.
For the two of you out there who didn’t know how much I dislike the man, there it is.
Yet, this individual– who’s had his seven Tour de France titles stripped and has been banned from the sport of cycling– will just not sulk off into the anonymous world of non-celebrity. No matter his sponsors have deserted him. No matter that people are lining up in the wings, stage right, to sue the pants off of him. Armstrong must, MUST remain in the public eye!
Armstrong has decided he needs to make an announcement. What that announcement is, we do not know. Speculation abounds. Will he confess? Will he vigorously restate his innocence? Will he announce a new chapter of his life and refuse to answer questions about doping? Will he blame it on the culture of the sport? Will he claim himself to be a victim of unsavory trainers and managers? Will he apologize to the two women he aggressively buried under lawsuits and vilified for attempting to come clean about his doping ring? Will he jump on the couch, proclaiming his love for Katie Holmes?
Whatever it is he has to say, Armstrong apparently feels pretty good about it and himself. The AP quoted him on Sunday morning as saying:
“I’m calm, I’m at ease and ready to speak candidly.”
Well, thank goodness for that! I’m glad you’re feeling good about it, Lance. And, why now? Does he think they will allow him to race again? Is he trying to win back sponsors? No one knows, besides Armstrong and Oprah, course.
Who better to lead you back into the public eye than the queen of the talk show interview herself; Oprah? Oprah was made for public announcements, in prime time, no less. The Lance Armstrong interview will air on the Oprah Winfrey Network at 9:00 pm eastern this evening. Then we’ll all know what shenanigans Armstrong is up to. I’m almost tempted to watch it, except season three of Lost Girl starts tonight, and I really enjoy my SyFy show about faeries and werewolves and petty criminals of Russian decent with one liners…
What do you think Lance Armstrong has to say? Do you think he will come clean? And what is (are) his motive(s)? Will you watch the interview with Oprah?
Kath
01/14/2013
What a sleaze. Make that, SLEAZE.
Sarah
01/14/2013
The word on the street is that he headed over to LiveStrong today, cried a bit, said sorry for making their lives a living hell for hte past several months, but didn’t cop to anything. Which is pretty much par for the course.
The Six-Fingered Monkey
01/14/2013
Faeries, werewolves and petty criminals of Russian decent sound a whole lot more interesting than ANYTHING this douche bag could have to say… Also sounds like a roster of my ex-lovers.
Sarah
01/14/2013
Wait a minute… Do we run in the same circles?
The Six-Fingered Monkey
01/14/2013
OMG! Sarah? Is that YOU?
I didn’t mean to call you a petty criminal. I could delete that if you want.
Sarah
01/14/2013
Nah– it’s okay. Most everyone around here knows that about me already…
Lance
01/14/2013
Had Lance (armstrong not me in the third person) done this, say, in 2008, then he could have saved Livestrong the lost money and embarassment. He was going down five years ago, and he knew it.
I think he’s a sociopath. Plus, he talking to another narcissist, Oprah. The truth will be doped.
brahm (alfred lives here)
01/14/2013
Will be fascinating TV… will he be honest? Will Oprah be in ass-kissing mode, in journalist mode, or in beat-up-an-author mode?
Will he give back all the money het got paid for winning? What about the money he got in a lawsuit when he sued a newspaper for saying he used drugs to win? Oh yeah, the guy is a douche…
Sarah
01/14/2013
I’ve also wondered about the money. What will happen with the money?
And Lance, I totally agree with you- the man’s a sociopath.
Kevin (www.BeInBalance.ca)
01/15/2013
Can you say ‘ratings’ hog for both Oprah and Lance?
Sarah
01/15/2013
You’re right on. What was supposed to be taped last Friday and aired yesterday evening has been hyped, taped yesterday, and will now be broken up between Thursday and Friday evenings, it appears.
Piggy, piggy, piggy.