If one was of a religious persuasion the route to forgiveness or absolution maybe your Priest, Rabbi, Imam or local hair stylist.
For celebrities it is the TV screen or the cellular screen for such acts of atonement or admission.
Celebrities whether worthy or not have a number of gods they can turn to for salvation.
One such God or Goddess in this case is Oprah. Oprah’s confessional couch has a large viewership whereby one, might have a fair hearing.
Next week it’s to be Lance ‘Louse’ Armstrong's declaration of guilt to cycling crimes.
This is indicative of the garish world we inhabit, a world where many bare themselves like a Bergdorf window display, every nuance exposed for mass consumption.
Cameras and social media in some conspiratorial cement have afforded us instant replay of our daily minutia.
Narcissism in overdrive.
But back to Armstrong; what can we expect from a serial deceiver, some form of soft landing onto Oprah’s cushions that will airbrush away the fact millions of people were fooled into years of delusion?
Perhaps it’s premature to voice what could transpire from such a spectacle. Much chatter and suspicion has emerged
to how godly Oprah could handle such a event.
Rather like interviewing Bernie Maddof minus the suicides.
Oprah needs ratings for her new show which has not fared to well unlike her former network show.
To have the scoop on Armstrong’s potential atonement might serve her needs, but will do little in way of convincing the general public that Armstrong should be forgiven.
If Saint Oprah has any influence this could be a genuine moment to declare ‘do people really care if their sports heroes are taking drugs? ‘
The stadiums are full, season tickets are snapped up, and concessions fill our belly's with expansive joy. Clearly the public have voted with their pocket books with bums in seats.
If that modicum of truth was realized then at least we would have some honestly in a dishonest world.
