Oprah is a fraud
At least that’s what her family member is saying. I could careless…but check it out and judge for yourself.
OPRAH WINFREY’s cousin has accused the media mogul of embellishing stories of her poverty-stricken background, insisting her famous relative was "spoiled" as a child.
The media mogul has often claimed her family was so poor she was dressed in potato sacks and adopted cockroaches as pets growing up in rural Mississippi.
The TV titan’s life comes under scrutiny in new book Oprah, by gossip queen Kitty Kelley, and the tome includes interviews with Winfrey’s cousin Katherine Carr Esters.
She alleges Winfrey has exaggerated tales of her poor childhood, claiming that although the family wasn’t rich, her cousin was relatively "spoiled" compared to her stories of abject poverty.
Esters says, "Where Oprah got that nonsense about growing up in filth and roaches I have no idea. 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.’”
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Pro's comment says
On April 13, 2010 at 10:36 pmAt this point in Oprah career none of it matters but if she is lieing about how she grew up like her cousin states I do not understand the need to do so.