Oprah is gay
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Oprah Winfrey says she's not a lesbian.
Her long personal and professional relationship with Gayle King has sparked rumors that they are homosexual, but Winfrey denies it in an upcoming interview with ABC's Barbara Walters.
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Persistent gossip that they are more than good friends annoys Winfrey, she says, explaining that if it were true, "Why would you want to hide it?"
"She's the mother I never had. She's the sister everybody would want. She's the friend everybody deserves. I don't know a better person," Winfrey, holding back tears, tells Walters of King.
When Walters asks her about the tears, she responds, "It's making me cry because I'm thinking about - I probably never told her that."
Winfrey will conclude her daytime talk demonstrate next spring and, on Jan. 1, will launch a cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network.
That unused venture has given her moments of fright.
She tells Walters: "I would stir up in the middle of the night literally like clutching my chest, like, 'What have I done?"'
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) - Oprah Winfrey says she's not a lesbian.
Her long personal and professional partnership with Gayle King has sparked rumors that they are gay, but Winfrey denies it in an upcoming interview with ABC's Barbara Walters.
Persistent gossip that they are more than good friends annoys Winfrey, she says, explaining that if it were true, "Why would you want to hide it?"
"She's the mother I never had. She's the sister everybody would want. She's the friend everybody deserves. I don't recognize a better person," Winfrey, holding support tears, tells Walters of King.
When Walters asks her about the tears, she responds, "It's making me cry because I'm thinking about - I probably never told her that."
Winfrey long has made Chicago her home base. Her daily talk exhibit has been recorded in Chicago for 25 years and wraps up taping in May.
Winfrey will end her daytime talk show next spring and, on Jan. 1, will launch a cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network.
That fresh venture has given her moments of fright.
She tells Walters: "I would awaken up in the middle of the night literal
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"It's making me cry because I'm thinking about how much I probably have never told her that. Tissue please. I now need tissue. I've never told her that," she continued.
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