Winfrey's Weight, the Least of Her Worries

Let's just imagine.  You are Oprah Winfrey (we all wish) and you blabber on about your extra pounds this and how could you let it happen again that.  You are Oprah Winfrey, one of the most powerful women in the world.  So I have two questions.  Question One: Why can't you just get home meals delivered?  Problem solved, you are fat no more.  Question two: How is it that twice now you have managed to have book club books on your list that claim to be memoirs and were bold-faced,  BS, 100% horse turd? 

The newest 'memoir' which it turns out isn't -- brace yourselves -- is actually a fabricated Holocaust story called, Angel at the Fence by Herman Rosenblat.  Mr. Rosenblat has admitted that it is not true. 

Additionally, a few years ago, Oprah was red-faced after interviewing James Frey, the author of A Million Little Pieces, who it turned out had also lied about his drug memoir. 

I'm just wondering how this happens if you are Ms. Winfrey.  It actually makes me feel a little bit empowered.  I guess it really is true that to err is human or whatever someone smart said once after he er, ahem... erred.  Because if Oprah, Lady O, Ms.Billionaire Winfrey cannot hire staff smart enough to do the fact checking, research and whatever else it takes to get it straight, then boy she must just be a human, a bumbling erring idiot like she often makes the rest of us feel. 

I guess Ms. O doesn't know 'o' so much.  If a billion dollars can't buy you an 'actual' memoir to promote than my goodness, I don't feel so bad about leaving the house this morning without refreshing the cat food. 

People think she's infallible to the point where they may as well wear bracelets that say W.W.O.D---What Would Oprah Do?  The answer is that she would blunder, lose weight and gain too much weight  back and blather on about a memoir calling it the best love story ever told, only to find out it was all horse doo-doo.  To err is Oprah. 

We can all exhale now.  Whew!  The O standard simply stands for oops, I did it again.  Oh c'mon -- Britney, Oprah what's the difference, we're human, right Opie?

-- Heather Langone

Comments

[Kevinashworth]

Ha! Here's to feeling empowered via a little schadenfreude. I like it.

I suppose what happens in O's world is the same old story with people in some position of authority: they are surrounded by people that say yes. Dissenters are fired discretely. End results not surprising.