I have a little lump in my throat as I write this. She is one of the most powerful and adored women. She is the queen of TV…an actress…producer…a book writer… and a lecturer. When she talks, everyone listens. She has billions of followers. All you have to think of is her first name. I am speaking about Oprah.
In the 80s, she flew me out to Baltimore, Maryland to do her local talk show. She greeted me with a smile and a hug. She dressed so beautifully. She was a fashionista. I still remember a long colorful silk scarf that draped around her upper body and tied on her shoulder. When I told her my story, she was interested and showed her happiness for me.
Later when she moved to Chicago, she had me on again. Again only kindness emanated from her. I watched her show every day. She could interview anybody and her audience adored her. When she walked on stage the audience went crazy.
One day she walked out pulling a red wagon …and in the wagon was some kind of lard or fat representing the amount of weight that she lost. Oprah wore a turtleneck and a pair of jeans. She radiated light.
I was coming out of a studio where I met a national gossip columnist named Cindy Adams. She was petite with perfect make up and coiffed hair. She asked me “what do you think of Oprah’s weight loss?” I replied “as long as Oprah exercises and eats healthy she will be fine.”
The next day she wrote a column and the headline was Richard Simmons thinks Oprah will gain all of her weight back and some. I never said that. She made it up to sell newspapers. I forgave Cindy because that is the kind of person that I am.
When Oprah read this I was erased from her life. I was never asked to be on her show again. She never ever forgave me for something I did not say.
I still respect Oprah. Her heart is filled with helping people just like me. I still remember the two times I did her show. I never talked to a gossip columnist again. The world is a better place because of Oprah.
I hope someone tells Mrs. O about this post, and she forgives him. Because if anyone could get him out of hiding. It is her.
[ # 1269838 ] Comment from Typical Virgo [February 27, 2024, 9:52 am]
Oprah seems to have a really nasty habit of cutting people out of her life, with no explanation, never letting the other person give her their side (she did this to Iyanla from Iyanla Fix My Life, remember?), just one day they’re in, everything’s good, and the next day theyre OUT, on the curb, excommunicated, like Oprah never knew them to begin with. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Oprah needs to be CANCELLED.