Richard Pryor was reportedly to have made this famous statement under these conditions:
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Probably the most desperately creative lie I ever heard, is attributed to the great Richard Pryor who, when caught by his wife in a compromising position with another woman, leapt out of bed and said, in the voice of a man unjustly accused, �Who�re ya gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes?� Maybe Pryor wasn�t president of a country, but that was a most political answer.