Oprah's sexuality is still a mystery. Kelley's plan of attack on this most sought-after subject was merely to rehash old gossip about the close relationship between Oprah and her best friend, Gayle King, while adding that Oprah had once told Vernon she was not in love with her longtime beau Stedman Graham.
Sifting through hundreds of interviews Oprah has given over the years as well as her own interviews with dozens of Oprah family members, childhood friends and former teachers, Kelley succeeds in demonstrating how Oprah's early experiences helped lead to her becoming a TV host who frequently explored the taboo subjects
SHOOT: Personally I feel there is another level of truth to that which is proved or talked about. Simply look at the actions of a person. Are they married? How does what they say compare to the ordinary reality of their lives. With Michael Jackson and Oprah - if you don't detect a schism [reality vs claimed reality] you lack perception skills about other human beings.
Sifting through hundreds of interviews Oprah has given over the years as well as her own interviews with dozens of Oprah family members, childhood friends and former teachers, Kelley succeeds in demonstrating how Oprah's early experiences helped lead to her becoming a TV host who frequently explored the taboo subjects
SHOOT: Personally I feel there is another level of truth to that which is proved or talked about. Simply look at the actions of a person. Are they married? How does what they say compare to the ordinary reality of their lives. With Michael Jackson and Oprah - if you don't detect a schism [reality vs claimed reality] you lack perception skills about other human beings.
 clipped from www.time.comKelley paints a picture of a woman who learned early on how to suppress information that could hurt her and use the rest to advance her career — even if it meant cutting people out of her life or making them "weed[s] in her garden of grudges." So does Kelley get the goods on Oprah? Yes and no. Here are some hits and misses from Kelley's 544-page tome. Hits Sifting through hundreds of interviews Oprah has given over the years as well as her own interviews with dozens of Oprah family members, childhood friends and former teachers, Kelley succeeds in demonstrating how Oprah's early experiences helped lead to her becoming a TV host who frequently explored the taboo subjects of sex, rape and incest. Although she has often claimed to have grown up dirt-poor, with hand-me-down clothing and cockroaches for pets, Oprah may have been exaggerating, says her cousin Katharine Esters Ego and hubris — not particularly surprising from someone on Oprah's level.
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