"I'm Not a Lesbian" Says Tearful Oprah Winfrey

ABC News ^ | December 8, 2010

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A tearful Oprah Winfrey has denied she is a lesbian, saying that constant rumors about her close relationship with a female friend were irritating "because it means that somebody must think I am lying."

The influential TV talk host addressed the nature of her 20-year relationship with Gayle King in an emotional interview with journalist Barbara Walters that will be broadcast on ABC television on Thursday.

"She is the mother I never had. She is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person," Winfrey said of King, fighting back tears.

"It's making me cry because I'm thinking about how much I probably have never told her that. Tissue please," she added.

King and Winfrey, 56, met while working at a local Baltimore TV station in the 1980s and have been inseparable professionally and personally, sparking much media speculation that they are gay.

[netmilsmom]

Dontcha love how libs think there is nothing wrong with being gay but get offended when someone thinks they are?

[Catholic Canadian]

Oprah’s not gay?

Well wow, that’s a relief. /sarc

[Beagle8U]

Save the Gay Whales!

[MissTed]

"I'm not a lesbian, but my girlfriend is."

[WayneS]

“...but I play one on TV”.

[Vigilanteman]

Oprah: If it makes you feel any better, I could care less what you do in your studio, much less your bedroom.

[WayneS]

I’ll bet it’s not a relief to Michelle Obama...

[CWSNTEXAS]

So she’s not a lesbian. She’s a fat, new-age, self-centered, liberal. She should have picked lesbian.

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Not that there would be anything wrong with that.

[earlJam]

[henkster]

She’s not a lesbian; just ask her husband.

[Catholic Canadian]

I’ve also noticed that Liberals will use the term ‘gay’ as an epithet, even though they are Liberals and are supposed to be down with homosexuality and tolerant of it. Must be a confusing world these leftards live in.

[Tallguy]

interesting observation.

[Beagle8U]

Being so rich and all...I'll bet Orka has some really big closets.

[ejonesie22]

Oh well this is good to know.

Now I can check off item 11,897,658 on my prioritized list of things I have been wondering about...

[circlecity]

My experience is when a woman breaks out the tears the skepticism knob goes all the way up to 11.

[day10]

I love women - I am a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.

[vetvetdoug]

I’m a lesbian, its just about all I think about...

[NonValueAdded]

Sez the Bard, “the lady doth protest too much.”