Oprah told \u201cCBS This Morning\u201d on Tuesday that her interview with Lance Armstrong was the \u201cbiggest\u201d of her entire career.<\/p>\n
Multiple outlets have confirmed that Armstrong admits to using performance-enhancing drugs throughout his cycling career in the hotly awaited interview with Oprah. The interview was filmed over a marathon two-and-a-half hour session in Austin on Monday. The first segment will air Thursday on OWN.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the CBS morning show from her Harpo Studios headquarters in Chicago, Oprah said the interview had been \u201cdifficult,\u201d but that she was \u201csatisfied\u201d with what Armstrong had to say. She acknowledged that Armstrong did indeed confess to doping, saying that she scheduled the CBS interview because of all of the reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were mesmerised and riveted by some of his answers,\u201d she said, adding that Armstrong says what \u201cpeople around the world have been waiting to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the interview was \u201ccertainly the biggest interview I\u2019ve ever done,\u201d because it was going to be available to people around the world through both television and the Internet. She added that she had made a decision to air the full interview over two nights because she did not want to leave anything out.<\/p>\n
Gayle King asked Oprah to respond to charges that Armstrong selected her for his confession because she would go soft on him. (\u201c60 Minutes, which has covered Armstrong very aggressively, had its interview requests firmly rebuffed.)<\/p>\n
Oprah said she prepared for the interview \u201clike a college exam,\u201d and had 112 questions she planned to ask Armstrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout an hour and 20 minutes in, we took a break,\u201d she said. \u201cLance actually said, \u2018will there be a point when you lighten up?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n