Three years after an extortion scandal that led him to bare his infidelities, David Letterman said he sees a psychiatrist once a week. On Sunday, he gave an extraordinary interview to Oprah Winfrey on her OWN network in which he talked about his feud with her and Jay Leno and about his efforts to make amends for his affairs with Late Show staff members that became public in 2009.
"For a long time I thought I was a decent guy," Letterman said. "But yet I was still capable of behaviour that wasn't coincidental to leading a decent life. That's what I'm working on. I want to really be the person I believe that I was. I wanna be a good person."
Letterman said his wife, Regina, has forgiven him, but he still hasn't forgiven himself. He said he went through depression and now has compassion for others who have gone through it.
"I always thought: 'Aw, you're depressed? Go do some push-ups and you'll feel better'," he said. "But it's not that."
Letterman and Winfrey cleared the air on their own feud, which fuelled Letterman's comedy for years. Letterman said he believed it began when he called to ask Winfrey to appear on Late Show and she would not agree to appear. Winfrey said she declined because she had been on Letterman's show before and there were drunk people in the audience who made it uncomfortable. "I didn't want to have that experience again," she said. "That's really all it was for me."
Letterman apologised to Winfrey, took her hand and kissed it. "I hope we can put this behind us, Oprah," he said.
"Let us do it, David," she said.
Despite Letterman's often withering comments about his rival Leno, he believes they are still friends. "He is the funniest guy I've ever known," Letterman said. "Just the smartest, a wonderful observationalist. Therefore, the fact that he is also, maybe, the most insecure person I have ever known, I could never reconcile that." - AP
MATCH INFO
Who: France v Italy
When: Friday, 11pm (UAE)
TV: BeIN Sports
Zayed Sustainability Prize
The Freedom Artist
By Ben Okri (Head of Zeus)
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
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Starring: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Hayley Joel Osment
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Rating: 5/5
If you go
The flights
There are various ways of getting to the southern Serengeti in Tanzania from the UAE. The exact route and airstrip depends on your overall trip itinerary and which camp you’re staying at.
Flydubai flies direct from Dubai to Kilimanjaro International Airport from Dh1,350 return, including taxes; this can be followed by a short flight from Kilimanjaro to the Serengeti with Coastal Aviation from about US$700 (Dh2,500) return, including taxes. Kenya Airways, Emirates and Etihad offer flights via Nairobi or Dar es Salaam.
Temple numbers
Expected completion: 2022
Height: 24 meters
Ground floor banquet hall: 370 square metres to accommodate about 750 people
Ground floor multipurpose hall: 92 square metres for up to 200 people
First floor main Prayer Hall: 465 square metres to hold 1,500 people at a time
First floor terrace areas: 2,30 square metres
Temple will be spread over 6,900 square metres
Structure includes two basements, ground and first floor
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Starring: Amir El-Masry, Pierce Brosnan
Director: Athale
Rating: 4/5
Jetour T1 specs
Engine: 2-litre turbocharged
Power: 254hp
Torque: 390Nm
Price: From Dh126,000
Available: Now
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MATCH INFO
Euro 2020 qualifier
Norway v Spain, Saturday, 10.45pm, UAE
Director: Laxman Utekar
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Akshaye Khanna, Diana Penty, Vineet Kumar Singh, Rashmika Mandanna
Rating: 1/5
EA Sports FC 25
Developer: EA Vancouver, EA Romania
Publisher: EA Sports
Consoles: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4&5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S
Rating: 3.5/5
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Director: Scott Cooper
Starring: Jeremy Allen White, Odessa Young, Jeremy Strong
Rating: 4/5
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