Fresh from his public stoning on The Oprah Winfrey Show, disgraced author James Frey says that he doesn't plan to write about his experience being verbally flogged in front of millions of readers.
"I think writing a book about this experience would be trying to capitalize on it in some way and that's not something I want to do at all," Frey said in a segment on Oprah Winfrey's syndicated talk show that was taped, but not immediately aired, after Thursday's explosive program when Winfrey turned against the author whose book she endorsed last fall.
Frey's comments were part of "Oprah After the Show," a conversation featuring Frey, Winfrey and publisher Nan A. Talese to be broadcast Friday night on the Oxygen network, a cable channel Winfrey helped found.
Despite Frey's on-air humiliation, when Winfrey berated him and the author acknowledged that key parts of the books were invented, "A Million Little Pieces" kept on selling. On Friday, it was in the top 5 on both Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.
So noble! So selfless! We're so moved by his honesty and raw emotion that we feel compelled to rush out and buy another copy of his book. Or maybe not.
