Posted on 03/04/2011 3:22:35 PM PST by mojito
CAIRO: Oprah Winfrey is not coming to Egypt’s Tahrir Square, despite an announcement from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism saying the celebrity had accepted an invitation “without hesitation.”
According to a post on Oprah’s Twitter account Friday evening, the star has been in bed with the flu since the Oscars earlier this week. “Hearing reports that I’m taking show to Cairo. NOT TRUE. Have no plans to do so,” she tweeted.
The Ministry of Tourism invited Oprah and other celebrities to Tahrir Square as part of a campaign to bring tourists back to Egypt following the January 25 Revolution, which managed to oust Egypt’s 30-year dictator in just eighteen days.
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Maybe she heard that the Egyptians have been collecting stones for a fer days, now.
Oprah is the Queen of Denial.
Come on guys, maybe she is really not feeling herself, and that’s all.
Just as well, a lot of liberals are going to be very disillusioned by what happens in Egypt as things progress.
Naw..
The new network she started is advertising some of the most despicable show lines I've ever heard.
I hope she recognizes how degenerate she has become before long.
I'm ashamed to say that I didn't see that one coming.
Good. Those poor Egyptians have suffered enough.
Does she get credit anyway?
Ew, nobody wants that.
Seriously, who cares?
Never seen it. Dropped cable 21 years ago. Quit ALL broadcast ca 2003 (whichever Star Trek it was then lost my interest), though I might watch a football game if it's got my attention (home team, or final playoffs).
Check up on it sometimes in the hotel when traveling -- I'm always back into my book in very short order.
Don't miss it one bit. A complete waste of airwave frequency allocations, IMHO. Yes, YMMV.
My reaction too. But I'll give her the benefit of the doubt; if you have the flu, DON'T travel. If only for your own health's sake.
Opera? ... Who the hell is Opera?
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