Hell, Pissant. I'd bet twenty to one that Oprah would book him, service him, and push his memoirs on live TV. Wearing a Merry Widow. And a leprechaun hat. Guaranteed she'd try to turn a profit from the end of the world.
Didn't Ted Turner once say that CNN had pre-recorded an end-of -the-world news article to put on in case it looked like the balloon was going up for real? They did it as a half-serious thing, because they wanted to be able to beat the competition with the scoop.