Celebrities react to Oprah’s interview with Lance Armstrong

theGRIO REPORT - Today, Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Lance Armstrong has been met with overwhelming approval from her critics, and also celebrities have turned to Twitter to chime in on Armstrong’s tell-all moment...

Chris Witherspoon

Jan 18, 2013

Last night Oprah’s highly-anticipated interview with Lance Armstrong made good on all the media hype it was receiving days prior to airing.

The interview, which Winfrey has called the most important of her television career, became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter just moments after it started.

Winfrey was faced with the challenge of delivering a hard-hitting interview on a subject matter that is somewhat out of her wheelhouse. According to David Bauder from the Associated Press, “she needed to get in the weeds of technical material involving drugs, investigations and a huge cast of characters and accusations. Yet it was important not to get lost in those weeds, to keep sight of the human element.”

Today, Winfrey’s interview has been met with overwhelming approval from her critics, but also celebrities have turned to Twitter to chime in on Armstrong’s tell-all moment.

Actor/comedian Tom Arnold said it best: “A lot of sports journalists were questioning if Oprah had what it takes to thoroughly interview Lance Armstrong. The woman is shredding him,” he tweeted.

A lot of sports journalists were questioning if Oprah had what it takes to thoroughly interview Lance Armstrong. The woman is shredding him.
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) January 18, 2013

Wow. Watching @Oprah interview. Just WOW
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) January 18, 2013

I always want to make sure Oprah is on MY side.
— matthew perry (@MatthewPerry) January 18, 2013

https://twitter.com/andyroddick/status/292089897374867456

Great day for liars! They are dominating the news today. #CongratsUSA
— Rashida Jones (@iamrashidajones) January 18, 2013

Fair is fair. Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France while Oprah used him to win her time slot.
— Joan Rivers (@Joan_Rivers) January 18, 2013

“@SilverLimePhoto:If you were to admit a lie to Oprah, what would it be?” I took performance enhancing drugs before I defeated the Gorn. 😉
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) January 18, 2013

https://twitter.com/CarsonDaly/status/292139445153583106

Funny Oprah does a whole show about a cheater but never did a show about a hardworking honest comic who's had his ups and downs. #hmmm

— Colin Quinn (@iamcolinquinn) January 18, 2013

https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/292128074470936576

What a snivelling, lying, cheating little wretch @lancearmstrong revealed himself to be tonight. I hope he now just disappears. #LiveWrong

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 18, 2013

Oprah has been on an uphill battles to build ratings for OWN since launching the network in January 2011. In an attempt to gain more viewers, Oprah introduced her prime-time series Oprah’s Next Chapter, in early 2012.

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