On January 26, 2006, as more accusations against the book continued to surface, Winfrey invited Frey onto "The Oprah Winfrey Show". She wanted to hear from him directly whether he had lied to her or "simply" embellished minor details, as he had told Larry King. Frey admitted to several of the allegations against him. He acknowledged that "The Smoking Gun" had been accurate when the website reported that Frey only spent a few hours in jail rather than the 87 days Frey claimed in his memoirs.