Lance Armstrong confesses to using performance-enhancing drugs in 'emotional' Oprah Winfrey interview Following the announcement last week that Armstrong would give his first interview after being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles to Winfrey later this week, the chatshow host today confirmed that he has confessed, but did "not come clean in the manner I had expected." But she said Armstrong "certainly had prepared himself." "I feel he answered the questions in a way that (suggested) he was ready," she added. Asked if Armstrong was contrite during the interview, Winfrey said: "I choose not to characterise. I would rather people make their own decisions about whether he was contrite or not. I felt that he was thoughtful, I thought that he was serious, I thought that he certainly had prepared himself for this moment. I would say that he met the moment. Winfrey revealed no lawyers had been allowed at the interview at her request, although Armstrong did have a team of people in the room. She added that at one point Armstrong asked her: "Will there be a point where you lighten up?" Video courtesy CBS This Morning