Frey in the Freying Pan

Author of the controversial "A Million Little Pieces", James Frey, appeared yesterday on Oprah.

It was great theater. Here was Oprah apologizing for coming to Frey's defense on Larry King and taking Frey to task on the findings by the Smoking Gun that major parts of his memoir were made up.

I give the weasel Frey some credit for showing up and sitting through what I'm sure was 60 of the most excruciating minutes of his life (worse than the fake root canals he wrote about).

To me it was so awkward watching Frey squirm that I actually looked away from the T.V. at times (I do the same when I watch people eat gross things on "Fear Factor"). His expression was mostly that of a bad boy who's red behind was still fresh from the spanking he just received.

But in the end, Frey can at least go home and cry into his thousand thread count egyptian cotton pillows thanks to Oprah.