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Interviewed by ''Le Monde'', Herzog said "What I wrote in ''Annapurna'' is the exact truth. ... My writings have never been contradicted." To ''Montagnes'' he said the passages had been removed from Lachenal's book because they did not interest the editors.{{sfnp|Roberts|2001|pp=182–183}}
The 1998 publication of Herzog's ''L'autre Annapurna'' again stirred up the press. In an interview Herzog now said Lachenal was an excessive personality and he and Devies had removed passages from Lachenal's draft to avoid charges of defamation and to keep things calm. He said Herzog's brother had helped Lachenal because he was incapable of writing, that Lachenal was very happy with the rewrite and that Lachenal's son had made up the story about the draft being distorted. The sherpa Foutharkay
Roberts' book about the controversy has itself also been criticised. In reviewing ''True Summit'' the American Alpine Journal said "David Roberts has none of the Himalayan expedition experience necessary to put the events in context."{{sfnp|Palais|2001}}
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