James Frey Is Just Following Orders

Time Out reminds James Frey that he’d told Vanity Fair that he “feared and loathed” the press and wouldn’t be doing any other interviews. So what’s he doing … being interviewed in Time Out? “The first [reason] is that I felt more comfortable doing that interview than I expected to. And second, my publisher asked me to do more press, and it’s my job to do what my publisher asks me to do.”

Oh, so he kind of … lied! Please stifle your gasps of shock.

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