oprah to the rescue

in light of the controversy surrounding her book club entry, oprah chimes in [bugmenot login] on a larry king interview with the author in question...

instead of questioning the author who fudged incidents in his memoirs, the big O blames the publisher for miscategorizing the book. the author laughably defends the book and himself by saying only a few of the 400 page book are bunk

Frey said his embellishments, which he did not address directly, were far outweighed by the basic truth of his experiences.

Frey urged readers to look beyond the fabrications to what he said was an honest evocation of the anguish in an addict's life. But he acknowledged that the questions raised over his embellishments led to inevitable questions about the other more private events in a book set mainly during his time in rehab.

"That's something I'm going to have to deal with," Frey said.

at least he acknowledges the controversy, if not fully standing behind the contents of the book about himself