Kitty Kelley Rattles Skeleton In Oprah's Closet
Author Kitty Kelley says there is a good reason Oprah Winfrey has been dishing out so many confidentially agreements on her path to superstardom.
In unauthorized biography, "Oprah: A Biography," which will be released on Tuesday, Kelley paints a picture of some sordid episodes in Winfrey's past.
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Winfrey has already revealed that she was sexual molested and pregnant by the time she was 14 and that the newborn died in birth. Kelly reportedly says there's more to the story.
"This book goes into much more detail. This book names the little boy that she gave birth to, presents the birth certificate and tries to show how these secrets, these awful secrets, controlled Oprah for most of her life," Kelley told the The New York Times.
In her book, Kelley also details Winfrey's 1970s romance with former "Entertainment Tonight" and radio talk show host, John Tesh.
The New York Daily News, which obtained the book, reports that a young Winfrey shared her Nashville apartment with Tesh until he bolted in the middle of the night.
According to Kelley, the "social pressure" on an interracial couple in Tennessee at that time proved too much for Tesh to handle.
The newspaper also reports that another Tesh ex-paramour told Kelley, "He said one night he looked down and saw his white body next to her black body and couldn't take it anymore.
"He walked out in the middle of the night. ... He told me he later felt very guilty about it."
According to published reports, Kelley's book covers rumors of a homosexual relationship between Oprah and her BFF, Gayle King, and Oprah's love-hate relationship with food, which included eating two pecan pies in one sitting.
Kelley thinks she may encounter trouble promoting this book.
"We have already been told by Barbara Walters's producer, No, you cannot be on 'The View,' I cannot disrupt my relationship with Oprah. Joy Behar, the same thing. Charlie Rose; Larry King said, I will not do it, it might upset Oprah. Even David Letterman," Kelley told the New York Times.
Copyright 2010 CBS. All rights reserved. In unauthorized biography, "Oprah: A Biography," which will be released on Tuesday, Kelley paints a picture of some sordid episodes in Winfrey's past.
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Winfrey has already revealed that she was sexual molested and pregnant by the time she was 14 and that the newborn died in birth. Kelly reportedly says there's more to the story.
"This book goes into much more detail. This book names the little boy that she gave birth to, presents the birth certificate and tries to show how these secrets, these awful secrets, controlled Oprah for most of her life," Kelley told the The New York Times.
In her book, Kelley also details Winfrey's 1970s romance with former "Entertainment Tonight" and radio talk show host, John Tesh.
The New York Daily News, which obtained the book, reports that a young Winfrey shared her Nashville apartment with Tesh until he bolted in the middle of the night.
According to Kelley, the "social pressure" on an interracial couple in Tennessee at that time proved too much for Tesh to handle.
The newspaper also reports that another Tesh ex-paramour told Kelley, "He said one night he looked down and saw his white body next to her black body and couldn't take it anymore.
"He walked out in the middle of the night. ... He told me he later felt very guilty about it."
According to published reports, Kelley's book covers rumors of a homosexual relationship between Oprah and her BFF, Gayle King, and Oprah's love-hate relationship with food, which included eating two pecan pies in one sitting.
Kelley thinks she may encounter trouble promoting this book.
"We have already been told by Barbara Walters's producer, No, you cannot be on 'The View,' I cannot disrupt my relationship with Oprah. Joy Behar, the same thing. Charlie Rose; Larry King said, I will not do it, it might upset Oprah. Even David Letterman," Kelley told the New York Times.
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KK has never been sued successfully. Her book on OW will enjoy huge sales.
From Wikipedia....
Kitty Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American investigative journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorized biographies of celebrities and politicians. Described as a "poison pen" biographer,[1][2] her profiles frequently contain unflattering personal anecdotes and details, and their accuracy is often questioned.[3][4] Though many of her books have topped the best sellers list, Kelley's credibility and sources have been called into question multiple times.[5]
Time magazine reported that most journalists believe Kelley "too frequently fails to bring perspective or analysis to the fruits of her reporting and at times lards her work with dollops of questionable inferences and innuendos."[6] In addition, Kelley has been described by Joe Klein as a "professional sensationalist"[7] and her books have been described as "Kitty litter."[8]
When you decide you want to be a celebrity, part of the price is your right to secrets in your private life. They will come out and someone will write about them. They should all quit whining and own up to past mistakes and even things that were not their fault. Things happen and it's better to admit it an move on.
Can you imagine what kind of a person this must be? One that has nothing better to do with their time than try and dig up the nastiest dirt on someone? And most of it probably isn't even true.