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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Et encore une fois.

Larry: "We're back... His mother was in the Oprah audience that afternoon. Watch."

[Mother in audience screams with joy: 'That's my son!']

James's mother: "The fraud story is very sad for us. So many people stand behind us, our friends, James's friends. I'm disappointed that it happened. I don't believe it. I believe in James. The book stands on its own. ... I believe in all those people it has made a difference for. ... If you've ever had a child who's been on drugs and you go to the airport to pick him up and his teeth are broken and he reeks of alcohol... We found where we were going to take him for rehab..."

Larry: Do you feel you've let your mother down a little?

James: I stand by the essential truth of my book... I've let my mother down many many many times in my life... Addiction destroys families... At least one family dealt with it together..."

This is a rather strange chapter in James's Larry martyrdom. His mother is hauled out to announce the news that she supports him one hundred percent.