According to biographer, Kitty Kelley, talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, "Gave birth to a baby boy who died within weeks of being born." Winfrey currently has no biological or adopted children.
These claims are sure to enrage, Winfrey, in addition to the barrage of other personal items Kelley unleashed from Oprah's life, in her unauthorized biography that has gotten more attention than any piece the talk show host ever pushed, as apart of her book club.
Author claims Oprah lives in 'culture of secrets'
Date: Wed. Apr. 21 2010 10:37 AM ET - The author of a new book about the life of Oprah Winfrey says the TV icon lives "in a culture of secrets," which she uses to protect her image and powerful media empire...
Her book also claims a teenage Oprah gave birth to a baby boy who died within weeks of being born, and suggests that the talk show host is an asexual woman who "has poured all of her energy and juice into her career, building her brand, her empire."...
"People expect when they meet Oprah to meet that warm, cozy, engaging Oprah. It's not quite that way," said Kelley...
Biographer, Kitty Kelley, pulled no punches with, Oprah Winfrey, in releasing an excruciatingly embarrassing tell-all on the talk show host. Winfrey remained quiet for weeks in the face of one embarrassing revelation after another, released as excepts from Kelley's book.
However, after sites such as this one, interpreted her silence as confirmation the book is true, Winfrey responded yesterday, with a weak answer, labeling the unauthorized piece, "A so-called biography." That's hardly a denial of its contents.
Instead, yesterday Winfrey gave credence to the book's claims she is a lesbian by stating that longtime girlfriend, Gayle King, has shown her, "What true love really is." Yea, that sounds gay.
Monday April 19, 2010 05:50 PM EDT - Oprah Winfrey made her first public remarks about Kitty Kelly's controversial new book about her, deriding it as a "so-called biography."...
Praising King before presenting her with her award, Winfrey thanked her longtime confidante for teaching her "what true love really is." Winfrey described King as "her best friend who always wants the best for me" adding, "She's never been jealous or envious of me a single moment of my life except when I was on stage singing with Tina Turner."
Kitty Kelley's astonishing book on talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, broke through a tight-lipped Hollywood blacklist and has become one of the most talked out biographies in America. You can't stop the internet.
In the book, Kelley describes Winfrey, as a liar and exaggerator that embellished her upbringing, as so poor, they lived in squalor and her only pets were two cockroaches, claims her family denies, stating Oprah told them these fabricated stories of an impoverished youth is what sells and what the public wants to hear.
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She also discusses Oprah's alleged sexual abuse at her uncle's hands, which the family also disputes. However, Kelley believes Winfrey on this count, stating they are in denial, as many families of sexual abuse are, to varying degrees.
One of Winfrey's cousins also informed Kelley as to the true identity of Oprah's dad, which the author declined to divulge. It is claimed in the book that Winfrey does not like her mother, but the family believes it is her duty to tell Oprah the identity of her dad.
The book also reveals Winfrey is a megalomaniac, as she is quoted as having said, "I really like me, I really do. ... When you mention great actresses, you'll have to say my name. ... I know people really really love me, love me, love me." Ok, you were good in Color Purple, but calm down, girl. Regardless, Goldberg stole the show.
Kelley also reveals what the Judiciary Report has stated in the past about Winfrey - she is bisexual. Kelley states Oprah paid an ex-boyfriend $50,000 to keep that secret quiet. So much for that.
Many are wondering how Kelley convinced the Winfrey family to spill Oprah's secrets and in such great detail, as the talk show host is a woman that goes to great lengths to keep her past private.
'Oprah's' Seven Most Shocking Tales
Winfrey was somewhat "spoiled" growing up, according to her cousin, Katherine Carr Esters. "Where Oprah got that nonsense about growing up in filth and roaches I have no idea," Esters is quoted as saying in "Oprah." "I've confronted her and asked, 'Why do you tell such lies?' Oprah told me, 'That's what people want to hear. The truth is boring.'"
Winfrey speaks highly of herself. Kelley quotes the talk show host as saying, "I really like me, I really do. ... When you mention great actresses, you'll have to say my name. ... I know people really really love me, love me, love me."
An explosive book on talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, is being blackballed in Hollywood, due to the allegations contained therein. Not much has been revealed about the book, but rumors about Winfrey's lesbianism and demanding ways at company Harpo have persisted for years.
Irrespective of the book being blackballed in Hollywood, it is getting attention in the blogosphere, which means the details contained in the expose shall not remain quiet.
Oprah Winfrey Supporters Won't Book Kitty Kelley and Her Unauthorized Biography
By Jason Boog on Apr 09, 2010 10:23 AM - In an interview with the NY Times, biographer Kitty Kelley (pictured) alleged that some of television's biggest shows would not book Kelley to promote her upcoming unauthorized biography of Oprah Winfrey.
Here's an excerpt: "In promoting this book, we have already been told by Barbara Walters's producer, No, you cannot be on The View, I cannot disrupt my relationship with Oprah. Joy Behar, the same thing. Charlie Rose; Larry King said, I will not do it, it might upset Oprah. Even David Letterman."...
Why Larry King, Charlie Rose, David Letterman and Barbara Walters all said no.
There is a serious backstory to the story of O. The first thing you need to know is that there was great surprise in the publishing world that such a book could even be done. Oprah, being the doyenne of making or breaking books, was thought to be immune from an unauthorized biography because … well, she is the doyenne of making or breaking books. Kitty Kelley was probably the only author whose name and track record could convince a publisher to take the leap. (And we’re not talking Grace’s Storm Door and Publishing Company; we’re talking Random House.)
