He finally admitted to being bisexual, but only after his political career was destroyed.

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When he finally admitted it to Oprah, it did little to shift how most people felt about him.

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Former Armstrong teammate Tyler Hamilton also accused Armstrong and others in cycling of intimidating him into staying quiet about his own doping, which he finally admitted in 2011.

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He finally admitted it.

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In a way, it felt cathartic that after years of making excuses, he finally took responsibility and admitted he failed.

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He said he had done so because Pakistan had finally admitted he was a Pakistani citizen, but that was some time ago.

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That was all the Japanese public was told too, when, finally, 22 hours after he was admitted to hospital, the government issued the first public health bulletin.

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He admitted that he knew there were officers outside and still fled with the weapon in his hand, finally ditching it under a parked car while he was being chased.

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