Sobbing Timothy Poe says he's sorry

The soldier with Minnesota ties who went on a reality show and claimed he was injured in Afghanistan and then came under fire for the story now says he is sorry -- and very confused about what happened. After a week of taking criticism, he spoke tearfully in an interview with WFAA in Dallas on Friday.
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After a week of taking criticism, country singer Timothy Poe spoke in an exclusive interview with WFAA in Dallas about claims he made on the reality show "America's Got Talent" that he was injured as a soldier in Afghanistan. Military officials say that wasn't true.

Crying through the interview, Poe apologized, and says he didn't lie.

"I mean, as far as everything I said, I believe it whole-heartedly myself," he told WFAA. "But I feel like I'm going crazy."

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