David Walsh and Emma O'Reilly - Late Late Show - 2013-01-25

[@nytrocircus]

Emma O'Reilly is one heck of a woman! May happiness dominate her life. Thankyou to both David and Emma for their courage.

[@fancifulrat]

@Christy Dolan We all make mistakes and David made an honest mistake .

[@lucasm3879]

@Christy Dolan Armstrong may have avoided financial ruin - but he has been massively humbled, you can see the difference in him compared to when he was on top. He says he is over being caught, yet he also still bears a grudge towards Floyd Landis. Why? Because Landis is the person who instigated his downfall. I watched the new ESPN documentary interview with him and he's still clearly bitter.

[@lucasm3879]

@Christy Dolan Yeah I agree - I didn't mean humbled in a positive way! I mean he's had his public confidence pretty much crushed.

[@wvu05]

@@lucasm3879 He's still the same psychopathic bully he was when he was at the top of the cycling world. He just doesn't have the ability to ruin people that he used to. We should consider ourselves thankful that he never aspired to public office.

[@tonydrennan1050]

@@wvu05 I understood what you were saying until the last point. The people who are at the top of the political system are extremely corrupt, and 100% have the ability to destroy lives, and do it repeatedly.

[@SolicitorRandolph]

Damn Emma O'Reilly is a beauty.

[@carloslewis5645]

🤢

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

Shes hot.

[@shane-irish]

She looks scary

[@smudge6670]

The late late show owe David Walsh an apology after the 2002 show with Stephen Roche were they blatantly tried to discredit him.

[@olliebatson4366]

was thinking the very same

[@sparkyhughes131]

In fairness Kenny tried to keep some balance to the debate but the doctor and another random woman praising Roche were clearly planted in the audience

[@FinelyChoppedHeaf]

Apparently that was Stevens ma

[@christianjensen5523]

Agreed Smudge!

[@BoltzmannOcto]

Kind of, at the time the mentality among the riders was it's our sport, none of the officials need to know, none of the fans need to know and none of the reporters need to know, this is how it has always been, the riders always get screwed over and treated like Mules so screw everyone else..... The actual fact of the matter is those days were dead and over with after they stopped making the Tours 4,000 kilometers long, back then drugs weren't just necessary but in all honesty a doctor would say that those guys should be prescribed steroids for health reasons they are torturing their bodies and losing 10-20lbs over 2-3 weeks and it is very unhealthy. David Walsh, in the end, got exactly what he deserved, his rightful status as an absolute professional who did his job at the very pinnacle of his field and he is now thought of someone who never lied or manipulated or stretched the truth to print tabloid like sensationalism, but was a true professional the entire time

[@SlimTortoise]

Thank you David for your pursuit of the truth!, you are a true Hero and a credit to Ireland.

[@questaz2001]

Hahaha look at you chasing this ponce nobody Walsh around youtube telling him he's your hero. You're a top shelf loser. And no one but you knows who Walsh even is.

[@SlimTortoise]

quest az And you know Lance well? I agree I don't know him at a personal level, but I'm not calling him a hero because he makes a good breakfast!. Lots of people know David Walsh, so that comment "no one knows David Walsh but you" is bizarre and a little desperate!. But as always i take your comments on board and give then the thought it deserves!. :-)

[@longmemory1620]

david is always bullied when he tells the truth about cheats like Michelle Smith Stephen Roche and Lance Armstrong

[@deemariedubois4916]

quest az I'm an American in Georgia who knew who David Walsh before Lance broke down and admitted what so many knew but were afraid to say but David was never afraid to say it, LANCE IS A CHEAT!

[@wvu05]

@@vincentdamen6059 Even Asteriskstrong admitted to doping. The defenders have moved on and try to pretend that it was still an equal playing field.

[@MrSkill_420]

I hope Emma found a caring husband and is growing a large family. Bless her

[@davecassady7468]

American talk shows should be like this.

[@AndyBrownt4]

David Walsh is dead on!

[@shane-irish]

David was right with steven roche and was right here

[@choski76]

great interview. well done.

[@Omar_Little]

absolutely horrific interview. Tubridy is a clown. Walsh at the beginning is saying how Armstrong was incapable of displaying remorse and turbridy spends 2 minutes repeating what Walsh just said back to him.

[@warplanner8852]

You want to punish Lance Armstrong? Totally and completely ignore him. Pay him no mind.

[@wvu05]

Take his money, too. Someone needs to impound his yellow jerseys. He didn't win the race, after all.

[@treasuretrovel3816]

I do have to say that Lance was scapegoated by the system. I'm not saying he was not guilty and responsible for his own cheating and certainly the worst thing about him was how he tried to destroy others. HOWEVER, he entered a corrupt cult, so to speak, at age 21. For heaven's sake, the actual drug testing commission was basically set up as a don't-ask-don't-tell along with all the other officials, etc. There were a lot of lined pockets. Interestingly, while Lance was racing, there were basically no positive drug tests as far as I know. No scandals like the big one with the French team that occurred right before Lance came into his own. As soon as Lance retired (the first time), Landis tested positive. That basically reveals that as long as Lance was racing and cheating and winning, the pockets got lined, the don't ask don't tell code was in place and all the other racers could dope as well. Obviously, the winner gets tested the most. It is my opinion that Landis used the testosterone with the same schedule of avoiding detection as he had on the Postal Team and then was blindsided that that method was not foolproof except when Lance was wearing the yellow jersey. When things started going south with the Lance scandal, all the lined pockets pointed at him and were happy to let him take the fall for the whole corrupt system. So, in that respect, I do think that unfair.

[@wvu05]

Asteriskstrong had multiple positive tests. He just bribed the UCI to keep their mouths shut, and he turned in other cyclists he perceived as a threat. He had the most sophisticated doping operation, and he purposely ruined the lives of others who got in the way of what he considered to be his God-given right of the yellow jersey. (Yes, I know he is an atheist, but you get my point.) He deserves every bad thing that happens to him, and quite frankly, he got off light when the government was willing to settle their lawsuit.

[@eamonreidy9534]

Cycling is a cesspit of drug abuse

[@thesoultwins72]

@treasuretravel3816.......Mmm - despite your claim of not wanting to excuse him you do a bloody good job as an 'Armstrong apologist'. You blatantly overlook Armstrong's past - when at just 16 years of age and as an up-and-coming triathlete, he had already forged a reputation as the biggest 'pusher' in the sport and was more than willing to not only use PEDs himself but supply others. Armstrong then moved into professional cycling in the early '90's - at the exact same time as the massive explosion in the use of EPO. Coincidence? Maybe. But it's a strong possibility that given Armstrong's ruthless 'win at all costs' mentality he not only was using EPO but bullying his team to do likewise. And we all know to what lengths he would go to in his determination to achieve that objective. You disobeyed Armstrong at your peril and perhaps this is what elevates him to a completely different level as both a cheat and doper. Most professional cyclists that resorted to using PEDs did so in a relatively 'quiet' way - and although other pro cyclists and those involved in the sport may have suspected, the infamous 'omerta' within the peloton ensured it stayed within the peloton. But once Armstrong started winning races and gaining notoriety, he recognised the dramatic levels of power this brought with it - and he was not slow to use this. It was not enough to be in the vanguard in the use of more potent and powerful PEDs [such as blood-doping transfusions etc] but you had to commit completely to Armstrong's ideology. As he famously said himself - 'If you're not with us, you're against us'. And woe-betide anyone that stood in Armstrong's path. In effect Armstrong's psychopathy led him to set out to destroy the lives of those that not only challenged him [such as Irish journalists David Walsh and Paul Kimmage, Masseur Emma O'Reilly and ex-pro cyclist Greg Lemond] but refused to obey him. [eg: team-mates Frankie Andreau, Tyler Hamilton and Floyd Landis]. Sorry - but Armstrong is one sick individual and the lame excuse that 'everyone was taking drugs at that time' in no way excuses his disgraceful behaviour. Armstrong

[@AndyBrownt4]

Lance said he never met his dad: meet your daddy, Lance Armstrong, Mr David Walsh.

[@stanleycates1972]

Yes, LA remains a sociopath. Still see's himself as a god and the best ever.

[@stanleycates1972]

@Leo D'Arcy yes, his ego remains undiminished and his bank account is doing well

[@zerg9523]

To be fair to Lance, he was the best in his era… an era of dopers sure… but he was the best.

[@BillyBob-yb5ht]

I think a little bit of perspective is called for here especially in the doping context. Roache nor Armstrong are not mass murders. I can’t understand why Indurain , Merex ,Hinault were not perused in a similar manner. Why were both of these men confronted about their involvement with PED’s after they retired ? The gravy train that ran along in conjunction with their professional life saw no reason to interfere back then. Admittedly Armstrong behaviour against those who questioned or challenged him was utterly deplorable. Look at the damage that’s been caused in professional and amateur rugby today as a consequence of PED’s. Usain Bolt’s performance alongside Jamaican drug testing are questionable to say the least, or are we going to wait for the passage of time on this one.

[@BooklessT]

Perhaps I'm just cynical but for anyone to ride at those speeds day in day out for such an extended period and not have medical intervention just doesn't sound plausible. I suspect a lot of what happens is simply staying ahead of the drug legislation.

[@daverigby23]

About time Livestrong was investigated. 500,000,000$ doing nothing but supporting the Armstrong family

[@wvu05]

It was nothing more than a reputation laundering organization. As soon as I saw that they spent money on "awareness," I know it was suspect. Once I heard it had over 90% overhead, I was outraged.

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

Beauty

[@navylaks2]

From Hated to Hailed ;)

[@bronxcheer1484]

navylaks2 - the opposite of Lance.

[@bobbybox3968]

Why 10 dislikes

[@shane-irish]

Ask your mum

[@wvu05]

Asteriskstrong set up that many dummy accounts.

[@royfr8136]

Americans

[@shanet5604]

Americans…

[@korpulian]

The world is much better without Lance Armstrong.

[@fancifulrat]

Technically Emma cheated as well , but she came clean . I respect that , it would have been much easier for her to stay silent .

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

Fine, but she didnt win anything. Was she given a flesh colored jersey for being best Maseusse of the Tour 7 years in a row? Theres a huge difference.

[@wvu05]

How did she cheat? She wasn't a doctor, and nobody ever accused her of administering PEDs.

[@sosss505]

Old wagon of a yoke..

[@doh-ray-meproductions4131]

Walsh on the one hand committed to the pursuit of the truth, but on the other did nothing but paint a dark picture of cycling, spending no time on its beauty, drama, spectacle, tactics, raw talent, technology or science. A deeply unfair unbalanced portrayal of a sport which still has a huge following in Europe because of its many magical and fascinating elements. Unfortunately David and Paul did a massive ammount of damage to cycling perception in Ireland, and tarnished the reputation of one of the most outstanding natural raw talent athletes Ireland ever produced in Stephen Roche. Answer or explain this David Walsh, despite the enormous advances in cycling technology, diet, recon, training, power meters, team buses, every fascet and including the evolution of drugs, but not one rider has repeated Roche's Triple Crown win since 1987.

[@deppresedonion6320]

Roach was a doper if it had started raining he would have desolved there and then from the drugs inside of him .Come on get real man .

[@wvu05]

"But he took me to ball games!" Terry Malloy describing Johnny Friendly His job was to uncover the truth. If the vast majority of the sport is tainted, it is getting its just desserts.

[@doh-ray-meproductions4131]

You clearly know loads about cycling, all the much. A Joe soap who believes everything he reads with his eyes, eye that eye reading and sheepish lack of critical critical thinking is exactly one of the reasons why we live in such an easily swayed society.

[@doh-ray-meproductions4131]

Wow, I'm blown away by your knowledge of the sport. Incredible. Any more fascinating broad stroke insights?

[@longmemory1620]

too flirty 7:07

[@Driver2616]

🙄

[@OnTourWithPattiSmith]

Walsh has always been outright stand up about the two women ... .. who simply told him the truth when nobody else was willing to speak out. I completely get the story about the idiotic yellow bracelets. A women at work bought a bunch and was trying to get everyone to wear one ... I handed it back to her and said I had no interest. She went on, “why not?! Lance this. Lance that. Blah blah blah Lance.” I was nauseated and snapped back “because he takes performance enhancing drugs to win those races.” And I knew that as a fact because, before the cancer, he himself had told us how they cheated. Those stupid yellow things could quickly antagonize.

[@estherdawson]

Just watched this interview as wanted to see the guests speak. Never seen this show before. What a dreadful interviewer! Wanting to keep his own agenda rather than just letting the guests speak, constantly interrupting and finishing off the sentences for the guests! Terrible! Is he the usual host or just a fill-in? Never seen anyone try to control an interview as much or constantly butt-in!

[@Lousy_Bastard]

You are so spot on he is an ass wipe, that's him all over he loves to hear his own voice and thinks he's God's gift to the human race. A truely awful person, and yes he got the job through nepotism.

[@shanet5604]

Yep !

[@davidisaacs6692]

Walsh has/had an unhealthy obsession with Armstrong, and made a career out of him. Armstrong was a doper NOT a serial murderer!!

[@HkFinn83]

Look up Walsh appearance on this show in 2002. He was treated like the villain for telling the truth. There’s more to this story than cheating in sports. It’s the way honest people like Walsh were treated and what it says about media freedom (lack thereof), legal systems across different countries and institutional lying and scamming in sports with the support of the multinational company’s who back it.

[@deppresedonion6320]

He was hunting down dopers long before Armstrong .He was destroyed on this same show in 2002 over accusing Irish riders of doping .

[@alphaess1]

You've made the same comment twice. Maybe you're the one who's obsessed.

[@derekmclean5603]

What Armstrong is though, is a liar, cheat, fraud and a thoroughly disgusting human being who made vile personal attacks on those who he saw could bring down his house of cards. He tried and succeeded in some cases to destroy the lives and livelihoods of fellow riders, former colleagues, friends and journalists who dared dared to question his ethics. The truth did come out however and Armstrong’s facade crumbled to dust, so David Walsh’s “obsession” was justified.

[@wvu05]

@@derekmclean5603 And, he sicced the UCI on any rider he saw as a threat. That's how they caught Tyler Hamilton, among others.

[@davidisaacs6692]

Walsh has/had an unhealthy obsession with Armstrong. Armstrong was a doper NOT a serial murderer!!

[@lucasm3879]

David Isaacs Disagree. I understand the whole 'everyone doped, Lance has been treated unfairly' argument. I don't subscribe to it. Armstrong made it worse for himself by being such a vindictive bully. His miracle comeback from cancer story and his subsequent fame and huge earnings also made him a special case.

[@bustabloodvessel5327]

Lance Armstrong was not just a doper and a cheater. He was an outright criminal who defrauded sponsors and donors out of millions under false pretenses and deception, which are crimes in law. He should still be serving an extremely lengthy sentence if the law had been applied fairly and equally as it should. People get years in prison for using deception and false pretenses to steal only a few hundred euros, pounds or dollars yet Armstrong steals millions upon millions in crime after crime and people act as if nothing happened. He is a criminal and a conman who left a trail of victims behind him.

[@wvu05]

Armstrong was a crime boss. He deserves every ounce of scorn he gets, and he got off light. At the very least, he should have been forced to surrender his ill-gotten gains, even if that meant selling his house and having to live in a much more modest place.

[@daverigby23]

About time Livestrong was investigated. 500,000,000$ doing nothing but supporting the Armstrong family

[@pavanatanaya]

Dave Rigby Not for profit organizations are notorious for lining the pockets of the administrators and spokespeople. Only then do any proceeds go to the named recipients. It's a tax dodge

[@wvu05]

@@pavanatanaya Even among nonprofits that are nothing more than a tax dodge, Livestrong is especially foul. They have overhead of over 90%. The only groups that come anywhere near that are televangelists (CBN has over 80%). Usually, a decent charity will have overhead of less than 20%. I am treasurer for a small nonprofit that gives scholarships to students in Africa and school supplies to immigrants in America. Because we are very small, no one takes a salary, and our overhead is in the single digits or low double digits, depending on how successful fundraisers are. Always look at the overhead for a nonprofit, and that will tell you if it's the real thing or not.