Oprah is gay
Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King on dating rumors: 'If we were gay, we would tell you'
Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King attend the 3rd Annual Academy Museum Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on December 03, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)
Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King – longtime friends and one of television's most iconic duos – are setting the record straight.
During a sit-down interview with Melinda French Gates for her "Moments That Produce Us" series, Winfrey and King spoke about their high-profile friendship and the duo shot down the years-long rumor of them possibly dating.
"For years, people used to say we were gay," Winfrey, 70, said in the interview. "We were up against that for forever."
King chimed in, saying people still wonder if they are dating, even to this day.
"I used to utter, ‘You got to execute a show on this,'" King recalled telling Winfrey in the interview. "Because it’s hard enough for me to get a date on Saturday bedtime with people thinking we're gay."
"If we were lgbtq+, we would
What are the signs that Oprah Winfrey is a Lesbian?
We all know that Oprah leads a rather 'peculiar' lifestyle. And she has been tagged as a lesbian many times. What are the signs that Oprah is a lesbian?
Here's mine: She loves dogs and has a pack of them - and lesbians love dogs!! Now what are your signs that Oprah is a lesbian?
| by Anonymous | reply 150 | November 30, 2021 7:28 AM |
Oprah reading an elderly classic book to her bow wows.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 3, 2021 2:54 AM |
I think the rumor grew out of her almost obsessive love for Gayle and her rather quiet seemingly distant partnership with Steadman. (never married him.)
Steadman also seemed sort of gay. I retain tabloid photos of him modeling speedos in a fashion show that people thought seemed gay and after Oprah's last illustrate he was on a show Gayle had on OWN and seemed smitten with her hot son.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 3, 2021 2:56 AM |
Well, each of her homes has an adjacent bedroom for Gayle, but no rooms assigned to Stedman. Plus Maya Angelou got drunk in a hotel bar and quietly said to friends of mine between sips of bourbon, "Gayle is Oprah's specia
Oprah Winfrey: 'I'm Not a Lesbian'
Dec. 8, 2010— -- For 25 years, Oprah Winfrey has dazzled television audiences with her bold personality and candor, sharing her struggle with her weight, surviving sexual maltreatment as a child and letting her fans in on her personal relationships, including her close friendship with Gayle King.
"She is ... the mother I never had. She is ... the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't comprehend a better person. I don't know a beat person," Winfrey, 56, told Barbara Walters, through tears.
"It's making me cry because I'm thinking about ... how much ... I probably have never told her that. Tissue please. I now need tissue. I've never told her that," she continued.
Over the years, Winfrey and King, who met while functional at a local Baltimore television station in the 1980s, have been inseparable both professionally and personally, sparking constant rumors that the two are gay.
"I'm not a lesbian ... I'm not even courteous of a lesbian," Winfrey said. "And the reason why it irritates me is because it means that somebody must believe I'm
By Stephanie Hu, Communications Intern
On March 14th, 2024, renowned media leader, actress, and authorOprah Winfrey received GLAAD’s Vanguard Award at the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles. The Vanguard Award honors allies who have promoted acceptance of LGBTQ people and issues.
Introduced by long-time friends, iconic Chicago musician Chilli Pepper, and star host Paolo Presta, Winfrey delivered an emotional and powerful speech. She honored her late brother, Jeffrey Lee, whose memory inspired her allyship.
“Many people don’t know this but, 35 years ago, my brother, Jeffrey Lee, passed away when he was just 29 years old from AIDS. Growing up at the time we did, in the community we did, we didn’t possess the language to comprehend or speak about sexuality and gender in the way we do now. And at the period, I didn’t know how deeply my brother internalized the shame that he felt about being homosexual. I wish he could have lived to witness these liberated times and to be here with me tonight.”
Winfrey was the host and producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show for 25 years, where the show consistently spotlighted an array of LGBTQ issues:
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