I never made this claim. You are misrepresenting me. I did not know many details about the next GoW so I did not make an assessment on how significant is covid impact. We do not know how long is the delay since they never committed to a release date. If they said GoW will be delay one year due to Covid, I call it BS as well, but I seriously do not know how long is the expected delay.
We DO know Halo intended to be released during launched windows but push back to at least sept, which is almost a year. Hence I think the covid isn't the main reason for the delay.
Also saying someone make a nonsequential white lie isn't a big deal, people, including me do this all the time. I can have a bad day, & someone causally ask, how is your day. I said "great", white lie to move on. "Why are you late?". "Oh, I forgot my phone, & went back to pick it up", sure sound better than I played video game & forgot the time.