But if there’s one person who deserves riches and happiness, it’s Oprah.
So what else is there to know about the queen of talk shows?
How come Oprah never got married?
And what was she like before all of the fame and fortune?
This is the untold truth of Oprah Winfrey.
That’s quite the accomplishment!
She deserves to, after all!
Her parents were unmarried teenagers, housemaidVernita Leeand soldier Vernon Winfrey.
In 1991, Winfrey spoke toThe Washington Postabout her the abuse, which was a devastating betrayal of trust.
“The last time I was sexually molested was by my uncle,” she revealed.
“And I adored this uncle.
Oprah showcased that talent at church, where she would deliver religious recitations on stage.
“And I heard that enough that I started to believe it.”
“So anytime people came over, I’d recite.
And that’s how Oprah wound up pursuing a career in broadcasting years later.
“For a while, I wanted to be a school teacher,” she told theAcademy of Achievement.
“In the fourth grade, Mrs. Duncan was my greatest inspiration.”
That day, Oprah found herself in tears.
“You know, your teachers never have names.”
Never underestimate the power of a good teacher!
And that legislation was drafted by a major Chicago law firm that Oprah herself hired to do so.
“I intend to make this my second career.”
Then-President Bill Clintonsignedthe nicknamed “Oprah Bill” into law on Dec. 20, 1993, as noted byOprah.com.
First, Duke University awarded Oprah with an honorary doctorate back in 2009, as noted byDuke Today.
Naturally, Oprah had some humble wisdom for that year’s graduates.
“I consider today to be a defining milestone.”
We do too, Oprah congrats on the well-deserved degrees!
Honestly, we love to see it.
“I realized I didn’t actually want a marriage.
I wanted to beasked.”
“My life with the show was my priority, and we both knew it.”
She added that had they gone through with getting married, they likely wouldn’t have lasted.
But as Oprah tells it, she wasn’t very good, and she nearly lost her job.
“I was 22 and embarrassed by the whole thing because I had never failed before.”
But with this failure came a new opportunity for Oprah, one that changed her life.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Acting is something that Oprah loves because it transports her outside of her own individuality.
This time, Oprah learned that she had family that she never knew about.
Can you imagine what that must have been like?
She also thanked her sister for persisting for years that she and Oprah meet on their terms.
Apparently, Patricia has pushed Oprah’s mother and other relatives to help her meet her famous half-sister.
Oprah noted, “She never once thought to go to the press.
She never once thought to sell this story.”
Someone is definitely cutting onions in here because we are in tears.
Sadly, Oprah’s late sister struggled with addiction, something Oprah tried hard to help her with.
Notably, Oprah helped her sister go to rehab twice over the years.
Oprah shared, “And when she came out, she just didn’t survive it.”
As reported byKCBD NewsChannel 11, Oprah’s sister Patricia Lloyd was found dead in her home in 2003.
She was 43 years old.
We’re so sorry for your loss, Oprah.
Can you even imagine that?
