Posted on 06/10/2006 6:54:37 PM PDT by sully777
She crashes weddings, but Oprah brings a gift. Odd gifts but gifts nonetheless.
That’s what happened last weekend when Sarah Klein’s little brother got married in Tulsa, Okla.
Klein, an actuary for Mercer Human Resource Consulting, lives in downtown Kansas City. On June 3 she was a bridesmaid when her brother, Ben, wed his college sweetheart, Heather Anderson.
Bride and groom had just finished their first dance at the reception when the DJ announced to the crowd of about 250 that a special guest had arrived.
Elevator doors opened and a camera crew, a gaggle of beefy, good-lookin’ bodyguards and a woman in a pink dress and big straw hat walked into the room. The woman in pink approached the bride and groom and announced: “Heather and Ben, I’m Oprah Winfrey.”
That’s when the screaming began.
According to media reports, the Klein affair was the second wedding Oprah crashed in Tulsa that day. She stopped in town on a drive from California to New York for Sunday’s Tony Awards, where her musical, “The Color Purple,” has been nominated for 11 awards.
In Tulsa the talk-show queen was spied shopping at Dillard’s with gal pal Gayle King along for the ride. The trip will be featured on an Oprah show in September.
Oprah and company showed up at the Anderson-Klein wedding after 9 p.m. and stayed only a few minutes, Klein said. “I think she did it tastefully by coming toward the end of the reception,” she said. “She didn’t completely steal the spotlight from the bride. They just kind of acted like they were invited.”
Yeah, but how many guests show up with a phalanx of big, hulking, gorgeous bodyguards? (Klein’s description.)
Oprah came bearing gifts: two big boxes wrapped in silver paper she autographed for the couple.
The crowd watched eagerly. Keys to a car? Keys to a new house?
Nope.
Dishes with horses on them.
Not exactly what the couple had registered for at Pottery Barn.
“I’d just put them out and say, ‘This is what Oprah bought me,’?” the groom’s sister said.
Have you heard this story yet? Oprah was seen shopping at the Prominade Mall.
She is simply trying to add more members to her cult.
She's something else. She probably thinks they'll never forget their wedding because of her. I think they'd remember it, anyway.
THAT'S DISGUSTING!
ALL she is doing is stealing the attention AWAY form the bride and trying to impress people with her money and celebrity.
So WHEN is someone going to MARRY OPRAH?
Is THAT the REAL problem with OPRAH CRASHING WEDDINGS?
Its all about Oprah...I am so sick of her ego...larger even than her hair!
Maybe she hid a key. I would inspect those dishes real closely.
Yes, it is ALL ABOUT OPRAH and how obnoxious she has gotten with that HUGE ego. No class at all. Crashing WEDDINGD of all things for attention. You'd think it was a game show ... all wondering when they see her WHAT GIFT will she give.
Too bad NO ONE WANTS TO MARRY OPRAH.
Me thinks she needs more time with a sane doctor to help her with basic manners and her other issues.
Oh yea. Both of them on the same thread.
oh me likey that vince vaughn. He's a sweet treat. ;-)
Clintoon's been known to pull this crap, too.
She picked up my tab at Kilkenny's.
Tell us more.
Church of Oprah: shrewd and shameless self-promotion in the guise of genuine and heartfelt kindness to other people...
We all ended up at the Lorton's by Philbrook for a wild party in the basement.
She must be hard up for show material.
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