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Oprah is pissed at Gayle for leaving OWN network
Nov 28th
Earlier this month news broke that Oprah Winfrey’s bestie Gayle King,
was leaving Oprah’s struggling OWN network for her own show on CBS.
The national enquire is now reporting that Oprah is devastated…
source:The National Enquirer
“Please, please don’t leave me!”
A distraught OPRAH WINFREY begged her best pal GAYLE KING not to abandon her OWN network in favor of a brand-new gig on CBS’ re¬vamped “The Early Show” – and she was reduced to tears when Gayle turned her back and walked out the door, sources told The ENQUIRER.
Now, Oprah, 57, is said to be devastated about what she feels is a personal betrayal, as well as the programming nightmare she now faces in fill¬ing the slot once held by “The Gayle King Show.”
“Oprah is terribly hurt that Gayle could be so ungrateful,” a source revealed. “She begged Gayle not to go, but Gayle said she just couldn’t pass up the opportunity of a lifetime.
“And I think she stunned Oprah when she kept saying, ‘It’s a major network!’ ”
If this is true, Oprah needs to calm down, I understand that the two of them are close friends, but even good friends don’t have to do every thing together. If gayle wants to do her thing, Oprah needs to be supportive of that, just like Gayle has been supportive of her for many years…. just saying.
Oprah Fires Her Cousin For Talking About Jesus TOO MUCH
Mar 4th
Source: Gawker.com
Kitty Kelley — Shortly after Oprah Winfreybecame a national sensation she hired her first cousin Jo Baldwin to be her speechwriter. Later she promoted Baldwin to VP of her company Harpo Inc.
“When I received my PhD in 1985 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Oprah asked me where I was going to work,” said Jo Baldwin in the summer of 2010. “I said I would be applying for a position at Ebonymagazine as a copy editor. Oprah said she did not like Linda Johnson Rice [owner ofEbony] and I should come to work for her instead. So I did.”
“I was to work for her for three years, but she fired me without notice after two years… I heard from someone later that she got rid of me because she got tired of me talking about Jesus all the time… Oprah preferred the teachings of Shirley MacLaine’s books, such as Dancing in the Light and Out on a Limb, which Oprah made me read but I didn’t think much of.”
Jo Baldwin, a tenured professor at Mississippi Valley State, is also an ordained minister who preaches at two churches every Sunday. Deeply religious, the Reverend Jo, as her parishioners call her, feels her famous cousin has lost her way and is mired in godless New Age mumbo jumbo.
Baldwin’s feelings, like many in Oprah’s family, stem from resentment over the way she has been treated.
The power of Oprah’s vast wealth makes most of her relatives quake. They want to be part of the luxurious life that she offers on occasion (her lavish Christmas presents, her birthday checks, even her hand-me-downs) but they chafe at the way she has dismissed them since becoming famous and they know that she does not cherish them as family. She prefers instead her celebrity friends. Oprah holds Maya Angelou as the mother she should’ve had; she sees Sidney Poitier as her father, Quincy Jones as her uncle, and Gayle King as her beloved sister.
Jo Baldwin became estranged from her famous relative who continues to put distance between herself and her blood relations. Oprah will not give her mother, Vernita Lee, her personal phone number. If her mother needs to call Oprah, she must call the studio and talk to Oprah’s producers.
“The family is tangled with so many secrets and so much fear,” said Baldwin. “I admit I was afraid of Oprah for 20 years. Absolutely terrified. She’s powerful and dangerous. She told me if I ever opened my mouth [about what I know] she’d sue my pants off.”
Baldwin, who spoke to me for the paperback publication of Oprah: A Biography, feels the main reason she is not close to Oprah is because of the differences in their religious convictions.
“Mainly, Oprah wanted to shame me for being a follower of Jesus as if to say, ‘What is He doing for you that’s so great?’ Oprah inflicts emotional wounds that could lead to physical illness, if they aren’t healed. My faith has kept me from getting sick [over her].”
Kitty Kelley’s book, Oprah: A Biography, is now available in paperback.
I can’t say i’m shocked, folks have been saying that Oprah sold her soul years ago…
not saying I beilvie it, just saying…
Tyler Perry will be on Oprah to talk about his childhood rape
Oct 19th
Super star director Tyler Perry will appear on Oprah Wednesday to give what he calls his “most in depth interview ever.”
Perry will join Winfrey to discuss the abuse he endured growing up as a child, from rape by both male and female relatives to sexual abuse at the hands of a church member.
The actor and playwright has previously discussed his traumatic childhood but took to his Twitter account to say that this account would be much more detailed.
“This Wednesday, October 20th, I will be on The Oprah Show doing the most in depth and revelatory interview I have ever done.”
Perry is said to describe the day he was raped as the day he “died” and will discuss when he contemplated suicide to end his pain.
The Oprah Winfrey shows airs weekdays at 4 p.m.
M.I.A. puts Oprah and Lady Gaga on blast
Jul 28th
In a new interview with Time Out magazine, M.I.A. goes on the attack against
pop star/attention whore Lady Gaga, she also takes a few shots at the queen of all media, Oprah Winfrey.
Discussing the recent Metropolitan Ball in New York, she said:
“She [Oprah Winfrey] made this huge speech at the ball praising Lady Gaga and about how she is helping Americans to be the best of themselves. There’s millions of other Americans who represent that for me.”
“Is it about numbers? About how much you’re selling? Is it truly about the journey?,” she continued. “Because Lady Gaga’s journey isn’t that difficult: to go from the f*cking Upper East Side to a f*cking performing arts school and on to a stage at the museum of f*cking wherever. That journey’s about four miles.”
The one hit wonder went on to gripe about Oprah giving her “the cold shoulder” at the event.
“She was with supermodel Iman and David Bowie, Iman was always dancing with me, hugging and kissing me, but Oprah seemed really pissed off with me.”
M.I.A. who is desperately trying to create a buzz for her new album “MAYA”
previously made headlines when she called Gaga “a good gimimick.”
I agree that lady Gaga is a gimmick and I also agree that Oprah
could have chosen someone else to praise, but at the end of the day who cares?
M.I.A needs to focus on trying to sell her album, I have yet to hear any of her new song on the radio…just saying
Usher and Will.I.Am perform “OMG” on Oprah
May 11th
Usher and Will.I.Am performed Usher #1 hit “OMG” on the Oprah show
it was a pretty good performance check them out.
MO’NIQUE ISN’T HAPPY WITH HER BROTHER’S INTERVIEW ON OPRAH
Apr 25th
Apparently when Mo’Nique gave Oprah Winfrey her blessing to interview her family, she didn’t think it would turn out the way it did.
According to Radar Online, the Oscar winning actress is very unhappy with the way Oprah’s interview with her brother Gerald Imeswent.
he molested her repeatedly when they were younger.
Although Winfrey asked Mo’Nique if it was okay if Imes appeared on her show the actress felt that he lied during the interview and it was not sympathetic enough towards her.
Winfrey who also suffered sexual abuse wanted to make sure that the Precious star fully understood what her estranged brother would say after he originally approached her to appear on the show.
On the show which aired on Monday Imes confirmed that the molestation continued for a year or two, starting when he was 13 and Mo’Nique was 7 or 8.
A source close to Mo’Nique told RadarOnline.com: “Gerald actually made the first move and called Oprah asking her if he could appear on the show. “So, Oprah called Mo’Nique to see if she was okay about him appearing on her show to discuss the abuse and although she was not entirely happy about it she gave Oprah her blessing.”
Imes said he decided to appear on Winfrey’s show to apologize to Mo’Nique and bring their family back together. Imes said he himself was molested and he was using drugs and alcohol at age 11.
He said: “I abused and betrayed the trust of another sibling, my sister, my blood sister,
I’m sorry, Mo’Nique. I’m sorry. Hopefully somewhere, somehow as siblings we can come back together as brother and sister.”
well according to Radar Online the relationship with both her brother and her parents, who also appeared on the episode, is now worse than ever.
The source added: “Oprah and Mo’Nique were never the best of friends…
Mo’Nique was less than impressed with how the interview played out,
she felt that her brother lied and that it was not sympathetic enough towards her.
“She was particularly upset that Gerald lied to Oprah that he molested her while she was sleeping because she was wide awake and scared of him.
she is also angry that he did not get any help or enter rehab and she does not trust him around children. Oprah asked her to appear on her show again for another interview but at this point she has declined the invitation.
If anything it has made the situation worse between Mo’Nique and her family
and she doesn’t know if she will ever speak to them again.
click to watch
personally I think this sick MOFO, was not only cocky and arrogant
but i feel he is some how looking for his 15 mins of fame.
he was very defensive, and i don’t feel that he was very apologetic.
Oprah shouldn’t have done the show… this was simply for ratings,
and basically it makes it seem like this type of behavior is ok,
because he was never charged or locked up for his crime,
nor has he received any type of counseling.
i wouldn’t have him around my kids either,
i don’t blame Mo’Nique for being stand-offish.
Janet says Michael was in denial about his drug abuse
Apr 3rd
Janet Jackson is coming to terms with her brother, Michael Jackson’s death.
she is speaking with Oprah this week, Janet said the family knew he had a problem, tried to intervene, but also knew Michael was in denial.
“he was very much in denial,” Janet told Oprah while promoting “Why Did I Get Married Too” with Tyler Perry.
As for the intervention, Janet states they “tried an intervention several times” but were unsuccessful.
Janet says she is very happy that Michael’s children are surrounded by loving family.
“They’re dealing with it,” Janet told Oprah. “And thank God they have their family.”
