Oprah Winfrey has said Lance Armstrong "did not come clean in the manner I expected" during a two-and-a-half hour interview with the disgraced cyclist.
The shamed sportsman reportedly admitted using performance-enhancing drugs to the US talk show host, ending a decade of denial.
And speaking to CBS after the interview, Winfrey said she was "satisfied" with the confessional.
"I would say he did not come clean in the manner that I expected," she said.
The interview will be aired on Oprah Winfrey's television network "It was surprising to me. I would say for myself, my team ... we were mesmerised and riveted by some of his answers.
"I feel he answered the questions in a way that (suggested) he was ready. I can only say I was satisfied with the answers."
Asked if Armstrong was contrite during the interview, Winfrey said: "I choose not to characterise.
"I would rather people make their own decisions about whether he was contrite or not. I felt that he was thoughtful, I thought that he was serious, I thought that he certainly had prepared himself for this moment. I would say that he met the moment.
"At the end of it... we were both pretty exhausted."
She also dismissed fears expressed before the interview that she may give Armstrong an "easy ride" adding that the confessional would be screened over two shows, to avoid cutting it down too much.
Winfrey said she had not planned to comment on the interview before it was screened, but decided to do so after it was widely reported he had admitted drug use.
Meanwhile, cycling's governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI) urged Armstrong to testify before its independent commission on doping.
"If these reports are true, we would strongly urge Lance Armstrong to testify to the Independent Commission established to investigate the allegations made against the UCI in the recent USADA reasoned decision on Lance Armstrong and the United States Postal Service (USPS) team," the federation said in a statement.
Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles last year after a US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) report said he was a ruthless competitor, willing to go to any lengths to win the prestigious race.
USADA chief executive Travis Tygart labelled the doping regime allegedly carried out by the US Postal Service team that Armstrong once led "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen".
The interview with Winfrey is Armstrong's first public response to the report.
He is not expected to have provided a detailed account about his involvement, or addressed in depth many of the specific allegations made in the more than 1,000-page report.
A government source has told ABC News that Armstrong had also met authorities to discuss paying back some of his former team's sponsorship money from the US Postal Service.
The source also suggests Armstrong may give the names of others involved in illegal doping - leading to a possible reduction of his lifetime ban.
The American has apologised to staff at his Livestrong Foundation, saying he was sorry for the distress he had caused. He vowed he would repair the foundation's reputation.
Armstrong is said to be worth around $100m (£62m). However, most sponsors dropped him after USADA's scathing report - at the cost of tens of millions of dollars - and soon after, he left the board of Livestrong.
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