Oprah Winfrey has won her bet with Piers Morgan — snaring controversial Eagles quarterback Michael Vick for his first big interview since being released from prison on dogfighting charges.
Vick is set to appear on “Oprah” Feb. 24.
Winfrey was Morgan’s inaugural guest on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” last month when Morgan challenged her to a bet of 200 British pounds (around $300) on who would land Vick first.
Vick later told USA Today that Winfrey “will probably win, because I know nothing about that other guy.”
Winfrey tried to drop out of the bet last week. “I don’t know why I let you talk me into it,” she tweeted to Morgan. “I don’t gamble.”
“I was told neither of us could get him because Vick couldn’t be seen to endorse gambling,” Morgan said yesterday via e-mail. “So if you check Oprah’s tweets at the end of last week, she suddenly withdrew the bet to me. Now we know why.
“I’ve now written to her saying she can only withdraw if she forfeits the bet, and pays up!”
Vick served 21 months in prison for running an illegal dogfighting ring in Virginia.
He was signed by the Eagles in 2009.