It seems that she is somewhat in favor of the theme of the book but doesn't acknowledge its falsehoods.
"What is relevant is that he was a drug addict ... And stepped out of that history to be the man he is today and to take that message to save other people and allow them to save themselves," Winfrey said Wednesday night in a surprise phone call to CNN's Larry King, who was interviewing Frey on his live television program.
That is kind of a backing but she doesn't acknowledge the actual false stuff in the book though. Also Frey's allegations of falsifying the book are no longer just allegations any more.
Frey, in his first interview since The Smoking Gun story came out, acknowledged he had embellished parts of the book but said that was common for memoirs and defended "the essential truth" of "A Million Little Pieces."
I guess it may be common since I don't really read too many memoirs. It just seems kind of shady that someone would make up such wild stories just to make his life sound better for some book. And since that book is such a massive best seller it is like he faked parts his life just for the cashola. Perhaps the truth is much more mundane then the fiction. Maybe he just drank a lot and passed out on his living room floor every night. We can't be sure anymore.
So it lessens the impact of what he was trying to get across. He was trying to give us a cautionary tale to make us say don't take drugs or if you do then you can recover and still lead a productive life. If the cautionary tale part is faked then the words ring as hollow as the "Say No To Drugs" crap that came out in the 80s.
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