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>> details made him a media darling until it was revealed that his girlfriend never existed. turned out she was a hoax cooked up by an acquaintance of teos who pretended to be the girlfriend online and on the phone. >> i'm just calling to say good night. i love you. >> teo claims he didn't know it was a hoax. >> at that time i didn't know. to be honest with you. i did not know. >> according to him, he didn't deliberately lie. unlike lance armstrong, the champion cyclist and cancer survivor had been under suspicion for doping for years. and for more than a decade vehemently denied the allegatio...

Cycling performance? >> yes. >> i am not interested in what people have to say. i'm focused like a laser beam on their interests. >> the city should not have been put through this. my own personal failures are responsible and i apologize. >> do you smoke crack cocaine? >> exactly. yes, i have smoked crack cocaine. do i? am i an addict? have i tried it? probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago. >> from politicians to professional athletes, 2013 was a year full of scandals we think deserve another moment to reflect on. joining me now msnbc contributor and op...

Your wives, you can't hide it from them. it's too much a part of the daily life. >> since then, armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france victories, banned from his sport, left his charity, and lost nearly everything. but he hopes comments like these he made on the o.w.n. network -- >> they are my mistake. i'm sorry for that. >> -- might be enough to help restore his reputation. >> you win the tour de france seven times, happy marriage, children. it's just this mythic perfect story. and it wasn't true. >> it's the greatest sports story ever told in many ways. that's why it's been...

>> since then, armstrong has been stripped of his seven tour de france victories, banned from his sport, left his charity, and lost nearly everything. but he hopes comments like these he made on the o.w.n. network -- >> they are my mistake. i'm sorry for that. >> -- might be enough to help restore his reputation. and rewrite his story. >> you win the tour de france seven times. you have a happy marriage. you have children. i mean, it's just this mythic perfect story. >> yes. >> and it wasn't true. >> it's the greatest sports story ever told in many ways. and that's why it's been the most drama...

What he said. >> yes or no. did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> so he said a lot. but there was a lot he didn't say. what were some of the major things that he didn't go into? >> well, i think he didn't talk about the people who around him who helped him for 14 years cover up this massive doping conspiracy. >> he didn't talk about how it all transpired. >> right. the people who helped him, the enablers, the people who -- the gov...