Lance Armstrong’s Ex Bares Soul to Oprah

James Joyner @ Gone Hollywood | Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Kristin Richard, Lance Armstrong’s ex-wife, reveals that she voluntarily gave up her identity while married to the biking star, making both herself and her then-husband miserable.

Lance Armstrong’s ex-wife, Kristin Richard, revealed to Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday that the road she shared with the Tour de France record holder was far from smooth. Although the 1999-2003 marriage produced three children before it ended in divorce, the union also left Richard feeling “smothered,” and turned her from an opinionated career person into a “yes” woman, Richard, 34, said on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

“You and Lance looked like you had it all,” said Winfrey, noting that Richard was swept off her feet by the stellar athlete, married him, had three children quickly and moved to the French Riviera. Richard, however, said that her role was strictly to cheer on Armstrong, prompting Winfrey to advise women not to make the same mistake. “It wasn’t Lance saying, ‘You should be like this’ or ‘Do this.’ It wasn’t him making a mandate and me being a mouse. It was me trying to emulate whatever I thought would be the perfect wife or the perfect mother,” said Richard, promoting an article she’s written for the April Glamour magazine titled “What I Wish I Had Known About Marriage.” “We think we’re trying to please somebody for the sake of our marriage, but then if you ask Lance today if he appreciated that, I think he would probably say, ‘Well, that wasn’t the woman that I fell in love with,’” added Richard.

Imagine that.

Lance Armstrong’s Ex Bares Soul to Oprah

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