"His white body next to her black body"
I used to watch Oprah religiously. In fact, I never missed an episode. Now, looking back, I don't have a clue why I did that. Nothing against the woman or the show in particular, I just find absolutely no interest in it anymore.
So I ask myself, have I changed or has the show just taken a slow, subliminal change for the worse?
I haven't heard myself say, "hey, did you see last night's Oprah" in so long. Am I still interested, sure--but will I rush home to watch the Tivoed show? NO! Maybe its just me, but lately I perceive the talk show diva to just be pandering to stay at home moms who believe that she is somehow the voice of reason. Maybe they feel like they are living vicariously through Oprah? I admit that when I used to watch the show, part of me wanted to be like the big-O--especially to have her shoes and purses. Remember how the media hounded her when she went to court with an Hermes Birkin bag? That bag cost her more than the average American makes per year. Oh the life. I would literally sleep on that bag.
I digress.
Oprah has been often quoted as saying that she still stands in the same world as everyone else but she just has better shoes.
Well guess what Oprah, I too have the Choos and the Blahniks. Many, many of us do. That fact doesn't make me or anyone else better.
But to Oprah herself, she has this air of superiority around her that permeates the television screen and makes me cringe in disgust every time she tries to impart her voodoo magic advise onto me.
Take for example her complaints that she is so dreadfully over-worked, over-booked and with no "me" time. This is why, after all, she claims she became overweight AGAIN after eating blue corn tortilla chips. Not regular old tortilla chips, ORGANIC blue corn chips after all. Give me a break Oprah. It's just pure selfishness. She has more than enough money to have a personal trainer on staff 24/7, an army of personal chefs and even doctors (like Dr. Oz) who could do some nice tummy tuck work for pennies for her. Why does she still battle with weight? I suspect its all an ego problem. She just does not want to listen to anyone but herself. The little voices in her head must be telling her: eat that chocolate cookie, eat it...no, you don't have to run that mile...you are Oprah freakin' Winfrey, after all. It doesn't matter!
Now, I am a terrible gossipy-goose. My friends will be the first to attest to this fact. Circumstances being as they are then, of course I will read the new Kitty Kelly book spilling the beans on the media maven.
Predictably, I'm sure I will read about the purported love affair between the O and her bff Gayle, her troubled and fictional relationship with the stud, Stedman, and probably some details on the Cruela Deville side of O.
The funniest thing I did hear about the book is the lurid 411 on Oprah's relationship with the elevator music crooner, John Tesh. Apparently, the two shared an apartment in Nashville until Tesh "said one night he looked down and saw his white body next to her black body and couldn't take it anymore."
Ouch. That was rough. I'm sure Oprah will gain about 15 pounds after hearing that one!
So I ask myself, have I changed or has the show just taken a slow, subliminal change for the worse?
I haven't heard myself say, "hey, did you see last night's Oprah" in so long. Am I still interested, sure--but will I rush home to watch the Tivoed show? NO! Maybe its just me, but lately I perceive the talk show diva to just be pandering to stay at home moms who believe that she is somehow the voice of reason. Maybe they feel like they are living vicariously through Oprah? I admit that when I used to watch the show, part of me wanted to be like the big-O--especially to have her shoes and purses. Remember how the media hounded her when she went to court with an Hermes Birkin bag? That bag cost her more than the average American makes per year. Oh the life. I would literally sleep on that bag.
I digress.
Oprah has been often quoted as saying that she still stands in the same world as everyone else but she just has better shoes.Well guess what Oprah, I too have the Choos and the Blahniks. Many, many of us do. That fact doesn't make me or anyone else better.
But to Oprah herself, she has this air of superiority around her that permeates the television screen and makes me cringe in disgust every time she tries to impart her voodoo magic advise onto me.
Take for example her complaints that she is so dreadfully over-worked, over-booked and with no "me" time. This is why, after all, she claims she became overweight AGAIN after eating blue corn tortilla chips. Not regular old tortilla chips, ORGANIC blue corn chips after all. Give me a break Oprah. It's just pure selfishness. She has more than enough money to have a personal trainer on staff 24/7, an army of personal chefs and even doctors (like Dr. Oz) who could do some nice tummy tuck work for pennies for her. Why does she still battle with weight? I suspect its all an ego problem. She just does not want to listen to anyone but herself. The little voices in her head must be telling her: eat that chocolate cookie, eat it...no, you don't have to run that mile...you are Oprah freakin' Winfrey, after all. It doesn't matter!
Now, I am a terrible gossipy-goose. My friends will be the first to attest to this fact. Circumstances being as they are then, of course I will read the new Kitty Kelly book spilling the beans on the media maven.
Predictably, I'm sure I will read about the purported love affair between the O and her bff Gayle, her troubled and fictional relationship with the stud, Stedman, and probably some details on the Cruela Deville side of O.
The funniest thing I did hear about the book is the lurid 411 on Oprah's relationship with the elevator music crooner, John Tesh. Apparently, the two shared an apartment in Nashville until Tesh "said one night he looked down and saw his white body next to her black body and couldn't take it anymore."
Ouch. That was rough. I'm sure Oprah will gain about 15 pounds after hearing that one!
Posted by Socialista at 4/12/2010 1:45 PM 
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Tags: Oprah Winfrey Kit Kelly biography
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