NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says she’s not a lesbian, not even a little bit.
Her long personal and professional connection with Gayle King has sparked rumors that they are gay, but Winfrey denies it in an upcoming interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters.
“I’m not even kind of a lesbian,” Winfrey says.
Persistent gossip to the contrary annoys her, she says, explaining that, if it were true, “Why would you want to hide it? That is not the way I run my life.”
Asked to describe her relationship with King, Winfrey calls her “the mother I never had, the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves.” Winfrey’s eyes moisten and her voice chokes as she adds, “I don’t know a better person.”
Winfrey will end her daytime talk show next spring and, on Jan. 1, is launching a cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network.
That new venture has given her moments of panic.
“I would wake up in the middle of the night literally like clutching my chest, like, ‘What have I done?’” she tells Walters.
“A Barbara Walters Special: Oprah, The Next Chapter” will air Thursday at 9 p.m. Eastern.
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Nepalm
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 6:20pmNot at any time do I want to hear when any person says anything about any topic at any time on any episode of the Oprah show. Saw Bill Clinton once and he was going to say something interesting but she cut him off with a stupid joke and let him off the hook. So I don’t care what she says or does. Not interested at all. ever.
Report Post »Nepalm
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 6:26pmOh, and thanks, Oprah, for telling my wife to force me to watch “The Secret.” What a load of crap, Did you ever take a chemistry class in your life? The universe is ruled by entropy, the tendency of things to go from a state of order to a state of disorder. So the law of attraction is pretty much fantasy constructed from happy thoughts and not reality. Attraction of like to like only exists in physics and is used to describe gravity. Gravity hasn’t been a secret since Newton.
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:53pmOprah always saying, the more you give the more you receive nonsense just so they donate to her charities.
Report Post »iwalkalone
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 6:13pmOprah Oprah Oprah
Report Post »go away
i dont ever want to hear about your sex life, regardless of what it is performed with, gross.
maxstout
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 6:10pmShe’s a misandrist just like Ellen Degenerass, Tyra Banks, Wendy Williams, Martha Stewart and other man haters that encourage women to be independent, lesbian or not.
Report Post »washingtonconserv
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 6:02pm@boca
Report Post »could not agree with you more.
EZDOZIT
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:51pmROBERTJA,when you talk about Oprahs christian roots,do you mean the 10 years she belonged to Rev.Wrights,Obamas white hating:jew hating:America hating:new age: pagen pasters church? Oprah had the good sence to get away from him when she did. What would happen if her mostly white women audience were to find this out? So what does this say about Obama?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:46pmWho cares! She is a traitor to capitalism, which she enjoys the fruits of with her (however many) houses and millions of dollars, but supports Obama’s socialist agenda (it’s not like she needs the exposure) that will keep others from the same opportunities for success that she has had. What she does in private is no concern of mine but supporting that thug and his “I’ve never been proud of my country until now” wife of his is my concern. I used to admire her success and her drive but now I pity her for destroying her legacy in a matter of months. Getting your integrity back is a very hard thing to do after making millions off the backs of trusting Americans and then stabbing them in the back.
Report Post »RobR
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:43pmJust because ONE wears a strap on does not make that same ONE not a lesbian. Oprah, you’ll always be that number ONE in my eyes girl.
Report Post »Russman
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:39pmWow,
Report Post »I read that………….. and it was 30 seconds of my life I’ll never get back……………………………………….
BRAVEHEART
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:36pmOprah loves to be worshipped by her subjects. She constantly glorifies herself as a great benevolent Queen that bestows gifts and blessings on her subjects. She sees herself as the great Voice of Enlightenment and Justice. The Oprah-caholics can’t wait to bow down and worship daily. Messiahs can’t be gay at least not in public.
Report Post »BocaBaby
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 1:35pmWell said!
Report Post »ltb
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:35pmWhy is it Liberals love gays and lesbians around election time, but if you ever inquire about the sexual preference of a “straight” Liberal (I really don’t think there are any straight Liberals), they always respond with “Hell no, I’m not gay!”? I guess the answer to that is the same answer to the question of why Democrats love “liberal thinking” blacks as long as they stay in the welfare fields on the ghetto plantations, but start calling them Uncle Toms as soon they get uppity ideas about leaving the plantation and taking care of themselves.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 9:27pmI’ve often wondered about the same sort of thing myself. I guess I was confused because I thought that liberals felt that gays were to be preferred over straights or some silly thing like that. But then again, O has two other things in her favor, she‘s a woman and she’s black. So, I guess she doesn’t need the trifecta of being a gay black woman.
Report Post »DeltaHawk
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:32pmn
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:31pmshe is an Hussain Obama loving biotch–ever sen her without makeup??? OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Liberals are Disgusting
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:24pmSo what?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 8:04pmyep…..who cares. I never watched her TV show. So I won’t be missing it much
Report Post »RebelAlliance
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 8:31pm‘So what’ is right, she is useless…..
Report Post »nelan72
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:21pmShe said that she was not but her girlfriend was.
Report Post »psst
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:28pmThat’s funny.
Report Post »Rn mom
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:16pmShe should be crying over the way she sold out this country with her glowing endorsement of Obama “you are the one”- uuuggghhhhh. Oprah should be crying for the way she used her fame and celebrity to endorse a man for president who had no business being our president- maybe Kenya‘s or Indonesia’s president, but not ours. The man has no allegiance here and the country is learning what a farce he is, and how meaningless her endorsement is. She should have stuck to book clubs.
Report Post »thetruthnow
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:15pmThis is what this liberal, deviant, twisted “in your face” sexual crap has gotten us….jeez, you can’t even hang out with a trusted same-sex friend without someone thinking you’re flippin GAY! It’s DISGUSTING and ****** me off SO much! This NEVER was an issue before same sex marriage was in your face daily! Now, you can’t have dinner with a same-sex friend without someone thinking..”Are they together??”. IT’S SOOOOO F#*!ing GROSS! I miss the days when this never even entered people’s minds! The innocence is GONE, Gone, gone….so sad!
Report Post »BocaBaby
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:38pmI’m sorry but they ARE a couple…….totally inseparable,
AND she’s not the FIRST person to lie about being gay.
Report Post »YouGottaProblemWithThat
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:46pmTHETRUTHNOW….tell us how you really feel. Pises me off SO much! Funny…
Report Post »doglady
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:12pmOprah who cares about your sexuality. How much of your wealth have your distributed lately? You lost a bunch of fans when you backed Obama.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:05pmOh, cry me a river, you repulsive woman. Personally, I do not want to know what oprah does with her inflatable barack (or michelle) love-doll in the privacy of her own bedroom. Why not just answer “no”, or “that’s none of your business” and move on – but oprah will do anything for attention, so she ramps up the fake-clown-drama and turns on the bottled-idiot-tears. So gross.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 4:59pmWhat would be a story would be her stating she is no longer a liberal.
Report Post »roberja
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 4:53pmI wish she would get back to her Christian roots and realize has richly God has blessed her.
Report Post »ladybe
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 12:45amI wish she would, too. She started out with an outwardly strong faith.., then we all watched as she went from
Report Post »Father, mother, God into la-la land making the death and ressurection of Jesus of no account. I quit watching her years ago.
N37BU6
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 4:52pmWhat a nasty, racist woman.
If you don‘t know what I’m talking about, just Google “Oprah Winfrey’s racist comments”.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 6:00pmLizbo and a racist in one package. class
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 4:50pmzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Report Post »justice
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Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 4:48pmeven Steadman has to wonder!!! i guess as long as he gets is allowance he might not care.
you would think if she was gay she would admit it because she is a left wing nut job obama supporter, now she has her on net work the obama mama will be able to tell the rest of t v how and what to show and say. if she is not gay, she is a commie lover.
Report Post »BocaBaby
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:35pmyou know what, i beleive she is gay….and the truth is, that at the heart of the matter she doesn‘t think it’s ok to be gay, she can’t come to terms with it, and she is not ever gonna admit it, BUT something about her ‘friendship’ with gayle, dosesn’t pass the smell test…………hasn’t for years…..and you don’t cry about how wonderful a girlfriend is….i don’t care how mushy you are, her emotions when she describes gayle are totally out of sinc with normalcy……and i don‘t care if she does ’live’ w/stedman….there is and will NEVER be a true ‘oneness’ with them, like there is with normal hetrosexual couples……it is way off, and most people with a good eye, have spotted that for years…….he is a cover…but the truth always outlives a lie…….she doth protest too much.
Report Post »psst
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 4:46pmOk Opry.(as Mama says in Mama’s Family)So you’re not a *****.
Report Post »Like Rush said “What’s wrong w/ being a *****’?
The entertainment industry celebrates Queeness. So it’s no big deal if you were.
Now we know you’re not becuase you said so.
Next..
BocaBaby
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:27pmdon’t like her, don’t believe her…….at all.
i so hope her sphere of influence continues to diminish. she is a racist and the epitomy of narcissim.
now, not to mention, she isn’t even professional enoughto admit obummer is a loser of a president, and that SARAH is qualified…….what in the h-e-double hockey sticks does she think makes her qualified to make the determination if she is or isn’t, ESPECIALLY based on her idiot endorsement of barrack hussein the kenyan born??
go cry to someone who cares oprah…..cuz you are not a nice person, and your charity is mostly made up of you making advertisers pay for your big give-aways…..it is easy to see that your money and empire are not the truely as generous as portrayed, but you are a oh-so clever marketer, because your vast audience of unsuspecting souls, drank all of your Kool-Aid, so very long ago. Take your New Age Mysticism and deceptive talks and dissapear…..our country might come out of some of your mind-control, and very calculated undermining, of what is truly good, pure, and true….and it ain’t you.
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 3:46pmAnd take your dumb Book Club selection with you.
Report Post »12 gauge
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 4:39pmI guess I have something in common with Opra after all, I not a lesbian either
sofaking obvious
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:14pmI can’t stand Oprah. She hates white people. :)
Report Post »sportlock
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:35pmAnd since she had to go on record, it appears she may suffer from lesbiphobia. Don’t want anyone believing that, huh Oprah?
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:45pmIs she upset because she isnt a Lesbian or because of the rumors that she is???
Report Post »difoliano
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:58pmTO sofaking obvious: Why do people hate others because others’ hate? Unfortunately her “hate” is not the problem! It is a profound and disingenuous mistake to speak before you think. Next time maybe some thought could add some substance to the conversation! Cheers DF
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 5:59pmOld joke. I’m not gay….. but my boyfriend is.
Report Post »TheBees
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 6:26pmI am, I LOVE WOMEN!!!! Wait, I‘m not a woman I’m a male, that makes me normal! Never mind! I never thought she was a gay. A left wing liberal Socialist/Marxist/Democrap? Yes! But not gay.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 6:46pmI‘ve never heard O was gay and don’t care one way or the other. Although my mother was fond of saying “me thinks thou doest protest too much”.
Report Post »sofaking obvious
Posted on December 8, 2010 at 7:00pm@ difoliano
Report Post »Relax. It’s a joke for a waste of time article. Some people don’t over analyze such meaningless stories. Go back to your DVR, try to find the play button and resume your Oprah.
Do we “cheers” when you’re drinking cool aid?
walkwithme1966
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 2:02amThis is not news that is worthy of Blaze.com, unless this is a gossip website!!
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bostonchris
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 7:43amyes you is
Report Post »jbl8199
Posted on December 9, 2010 at 11:09amI wish I was a lesbian, but alas, I’m a guy.
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