Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfreyis an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is currently North America's first and only multi-billionaire black person. Several...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth29 January 1954
CityKosciusko, MS
CountryUnited States of America
When it comes to what happened, and didn't have to happen, to children, it's pretty overwhelming, ... It makes me so mad. This makes me mad! This should not have happened.
We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
It is difficult for me to talk to you because I really feel duped. More importantly, I feel you betrayed millions of readers ... As I sit here today, I don't know what is true, and I don't know what isn't.
If Oprah falls into the hands of Scientology, who can tell what influence she might have on the population? The prospect is terrifying.
For me, she embodied royalty. She was the queen. ... You knew she was a force.
From the moment I had Rachael on my show earlier this year, I knew she had it. She has that connection with her audience that most people only achieve one-on-one.
I am confident that she's going to blow us all away. That's what friends do for friends.
I was sitting at home feeling frustrated and useless, like so many other people, so I came down to personally assess how I could best be of service.
I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexism.
I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer and Madame C.J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.
I did send flowers and I did send a note
Nothing I saw on television prepared me for what I experienced on the ground,
Let's face it, ... there was nobody that looked like me.
SEND ME BACK TO PRISON! My final plea is to you Miss Winfrey, ... The Oprah Winfrey Show.