Arnold Schwarzenegger On The Difference Between Lance Armstrong Scandal And His Own: ‘I Never Lied’

Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined the hosts of Fox & Friends to weigh in on the debt ceiling negotiations, his new movie, and former Olympic cyclist Lance Armstrong’s admission that he used performance enhancing drugs. When asked how he handled the scandal that erupted when it became clear he lied about fathering a child out of wedlock, Schwarzenegger insisted “I never lied.”

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Gretchen Carlson posed asked Schwarzenegger if he would weigh in on Armstrong’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in which he admitted to using drugs.

“What do you make of the culture that we live in now where more and more people, including yourself, find themselves in situations where they have lied,” Carlson asked.

“I’ve never lied,” Schwarzenegger said. “You’re talking about my scandal that I had? Well, I came very clean when my wife asked me the simple question, ‘is this true?’ I said yes.”

“I never, ever beat around the bush,” Schwarzenegger continued, “because it’s always the hiding and the cover-ups that get you into deeper trouble.

Watch the segment below via Fox News Channel:

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