let's say for sake of argument that you'd written a novel based on your life. The big question is how much does all this really matter? Oprah's public clearly seems to think that it does.īut truth is of course entirely subjective, and all writers who use their lives as material select and shape facts to serve their purpose.Īs one reader said in a New York Times forum : He admitted that he had been jailed for just a few hours, rather than (as he initially claimed) 87 days, and went on to say that he had made mistakes and lied. But yesterday, to the delight of her viewers, she made a sharp about-turn, telling Frey that she felt "duped", and accusing him of "betray millions of readers." Frey was met with a barrage of groans, gasps and boos when he confessed that certain facts and characters had been "altered" for inclusion in the memoir. When allegations first emerged that he had exaggerated his criminal record, Winfrey made a surprise call to Larry King's CNN show in support of him, in which she called the alleged fabrications "much ado about nothing". In his memoir, Frey claimed to have spent three months in jail. made a second appearance on her show yesterday, and listened in silence as the occasionally tearful host accused him of "embarrassing and disappointing" her. Reverberations continue to be felt after her most recent pick, James Frey, admitted that he had embellished parts of his memoir A Million Little Pieces. Poor old Oprah - she doesn't seems to have much luck with the living authors she features on her show, does she?
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