“I don’t care much about truth.”
So says James Frey. And for the first time since the controversy broke about the untruths in his book “A Million Little Pieces,” I have watched an interview with next-to-n0 doubt that he was being honest. I’m not talking about the Oprah appearance. I’m talking about the video on Big Think.
Here’s a comparison, in talking about “A Million Little Pieces:”
Oprah Interview:
You know, I made a mistake, and at a certain time, it came time to pay for it, and I paid for it.Big Think:
When the controversy blew up, and I was sort of written off by the publishing business, and by the literary community, instead of being upset about it, I was kind of excited. … From that point forward I was free. I got kicked out of a club I didn’t want to be a part of and it was awesome.This might look like a wind-up to pound Frey with accusations of contradiction, double-speak, whatever. It’s not. These quotes above don’t necessarily contradict each other. He paid for it and it freed him. But the latter is brutally honest. The Oprah quote might have cracked a door open for Frey. Big Think closes it tight. If readers still don’t understand the rules of Frey, it is their own fault.
He tells a story to Oprah about leaving the first interview (in which she scourged him) laughing “pretty hard” during the cab ride. “And then I got home and my wife gave me a hug and told me she loved me and I went in and saw my daughter who was sleeping and I kissed her and that was the day.”
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