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The Queen's Chair: Kitty Kelley's UnAuthorized Biography on Oprah

Marsha Jones · Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 9:31AM · 197 views
I won't be buying this book, Oprah: A Biography. The author Kitty Kelley spent four years researching the book. First of all, Kitty Kelley is complaining because people like Larry King, Jay Leno, and David Letterman won't have her appear on any of their shows. Then she's claiming to know who Oprah's real father is, but won't say. However, she dangles that like a piece of meat over a starving child.

Kelley, however, needs to just stop. Why is there a need for this book? Why do we need to know more secrets about Oprah? Personally, I don't want to know. Oprah has been very forth coming about her private life on TV. She disclosed her s*xual abuse by an uncle, an unwanted pregnancy, her struggles to lose weight, dating disasters, and health issues. How much more do people want from her?

Lady O deserves much better than this. She is the most powerful black woman in television and communications today. Kelley is tripping when she says Oprah gave her permission. A straight, accurate story about her life? How can Kelley really claim this when she never talked to the woman face to face?

I question the people she talked to: including Oprah's family members like Aunt Catherine and her father, Vernon Winfrey. They supposedly claim that they don't receive celebrity family treatment from her, (whatever that means) but she has given millions of dollars to them. They are displeased with the celebrity family she has created. Oprah was quoted as saying that "her family treats her like an ATM." Credible sources? Sounds more like sour grapes to me.

Kelley can keep living in her fantasy world. She doesn't care anything about Oprah: she's out to make a buck. Two things I know for sure: I won't be reading this book and you'll never see it on Oprah's Book Club list.

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Marsha Jones Rochester, NY

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Jen Fad Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 10:34AM

[Lady O deserves much better than this.]

I agree with you on this point, but I will have to let you know that I'm more powerful that Oprah!! (Lol)

Marsha Jones Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 9:40AM

No. Kitty Kelley is white and she is known for writing unauthorized biographies for Frank Sinatra and Princess Diana. The Brits love her. I saw her being interviewed and she is nervous about all the backlash she's getting from media types and Gayle King has openly critized her. The recent news of her dating John Tesch is peaking interest.

I haven't read anything that she's written. But her quirks are part of her British upbringing. lol

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

the first time I heard any thing about this was this morning and it was about how in th book Lady O had broken up with some guy because of the color of his skin...which made no kind of sense..I am sure as this preson was suppose to be her boy friend I am sure she knew what he looked like before he became her boy friend...as I said it made no sense at all...

It is so good that these people don't want her on their show...Fox may have her on, but if she is Black ,I doubt if Rush Limbaugh will have her in his studio even for dirt on lady O lol or could it be fer of Lady O because she does not play and gets the job done so quite and without fan fair. (smile)

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

Marsha, Jen is Kitty Kelly,Black? Who is she any way? (smile)

ROBINSON IRMA Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM

I got my answer to this question this morning. I say her being interviewed...she sure does not seem as up beat as others who are on a major book tour...I wonder why..."I" do know the I would never want to be on one of Lady O's negative list. (smile)

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