My original post was about NOT having him on Oprah so soon. As far as the trucks are concerned I guess you keep him in the house until the fanfair blows over. You do whatever to protect him.
You need to be honest about modern media. They would sit there and snap photos at every perceived appearance of the poor boy. If he walked out to get in a car, they would shove microphones in his face.
If you thought he was a prisoner of the monster, what more of a prisoner would he become of the media? Then you reinforce the ideas that what he did was shameful because you are hiding him.
He has nothing to hide. They were trying to get out in front of the rumor mill the media will feed.
Just think of everytime President Bush has delayed responding: the Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, Stem Cells. He has never gotten past some of those.