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James Frey to Oprah: That Interview Was a 'Car Crash'

Rob Quinn — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:03:48 CDT

Oprah Winfrey is using two of The Oprah Winfrey Show' s final eight episodes to revisit what she says is the biggest controversy of the show's 25-year history. Author James Frey was back on the show yesterday, five years after Oprah gave him a very public dressing-down for having invented...

James Frey Returning to Oprah

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:04:48 CDT

Oprah Winfrey eviscerated him on her talk show (and later apologized for it ), but James Frey is ready to return to the scene of the crime. The author, who famously found himself the recipient of Oprah's wrath when it was revealed he fabricated portions of his so-called memoir, A...

James Frey's Latest Creation: Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay Jesus

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:55:02 CDT

James Frey pissed off a lot of people—including Oprah—when his “memoir” A Million Little Pieces was exposed as fictional—but his new book might spark even more ire. Illumination: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible features a Messiah who marries gays, impregnates a teen, and later takes...

Oprah to Fake Memoirist: Sorry!

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:57:31 CDT

In a moment worthy of, well, Oprah , talk-show queen Winfrey herself had an epiphany while meditating—and called memoir faker James Frey to apologize for publicly eviscerating him on her show. “When I heard her say, ‘I felt I owe you an apology,’ I was very grateful,” Frey tells...

Fake Memoirist Frey Implies Dirt on Oprah

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:52:00 CDT

Does James Frey—who achieved infamy when Oprah Winfrey denounced his fake addiction memoir A Million Little Pieces —have dirt on the talk-show queen? That’s what he seems to imply in new novel Bright Shiny Morning , the New York Post reports. The paperback edition, out May 12, includes an omitted...

Fake Holocaust Author on GMA

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:00:00 CST

Holocaust memoir faker Herman Rosenblat appears on Good Morning America today in his first TV appearance since his downfall, Gawker reports. A leaked video of Rosenblat being interviewed made it onto YouTube last night, and shows the story he’s trying to spin: that he convinced himself he was the boy...

Fake Holocaust Memoir May See Light as Novel

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:25:02 CST

Herman Rosenblat’s Holocaust memoir was exposed as fake, but that doesn’t mean no one can profit off it: A small New York press is considering publishing the work as fiction, Gawker reports. Rosenblat, who even fooled Oprah a la James Frey, spun a touching but debunked story about meeting his...

Publisher Yanks Kid Spinoff of Holocaust Fake

Rob Quinn — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:54:23 CST

Publishers are now pulling a picture book inspired by a Holocaust love story revealed to be a fake, Publishers Weekly reports. Lerner Publishing has announced it will cancel reprints of Angel Girl and offer refunds for returned copies. Herman Rosenblat's memoir Angel on the Fence was canceled by another publisher...

Publisher Cancels 'Fake' Holocaust Memoir

Katherine Thompson — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:41:30 CST

A publisher has canceled a Holocaust memoir attacked by experts as a fake, reports Publishers Weekly . Angel at the Fence , which was promoted by Oprah Winfrey, purported to tell the story of Holocaust survivor Henry Rosenblat, who claimed he was saved by food tossed over a concentration camp fence by...