Oh, hello! Chips and salsa, with guacamole? Help yourself.
**DISCLAIMER: This is only my opinion. Don’t sue me.***
I used to be a huge fan of Oprah. I was one of her sheep. I saw the show where she first revealed her big weight-loss. Remember that wagon full of fat? I followed along with her book club. I read her choices religiously. But I stopped… my goat, those books were SO depressing!!
Then she came out with her magazine. The magazine where she herself is on the cover, EVERY FRIGGIN MONTH! The magazine where she forgot her poor roots and now continually advertises $1,000 watches, and $500 blankets, all as things that her faithful flock “need” to have.
Then she “gave” everyone in her audience a car. She didn’t pay for them. And these people all had to pay the taxes etc on the cars. Some gift.
And finally, there was her on-air character assassination of James Frey. Yes, his book was published as a memoir, and contained fictional parts. But, if that book helped even ONE person turn their life around, then really. Who cares? It was an interesting story, and he deserved good publicity. He did NOT deserve to be humiliated on national television.
Bottom line? In my opinion, Ms. Winfrey does not do anything that doesn’t benefit her in some way. She also doesn’t do anything without making sure the entire world knows about it. Nothing she does is altruistic or selfless. She has lost sight of her roots, her humble beginnings, where she started. I truly admire what she has been able to accomplish – she is one of the most famous people in the world. And I get why people love her. Sort of.
But there is more to life than money. There is more to life than paying people to like you. More and more of her shows are about the famous, the rich. Her famous friends. The famous doctors. It’s not about who she can help anymore. It’s about her. And only her. She doesn’t deserve the adulation. She doesn’t deserve the worship. And, in my opinion, it’s disgusting.
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Mo
Ha! My husband and I were just talking about this this morning. I like Oprah in limited doses. I think that for the most part, she uses her power for good, not evil, but sometimes, she goes too far. Sometimes I think she takes herself too seriously. Sometimes she’s too dang full of herself. I still subscribe to her magazine, but I can’t watch the show anymore. Oprah has become a charactiture of herself.
And don’t even get me started on her BFF Gayle “I Wouldn’t Have A Career If I Didn’t Ride Oprah’s Coattails” King.
Lesley
Dude. Don’t fault poor Gayle for the coattails thing. I ride on YOUR coattails. SO? Heh.
louise
I’d disagree with you about James Frey deserving good publicity and. though I fault Oprah for many things, her later treatment of him on her show is not one of them. And the people who were given cars on the show didn’t have to accept them — the fact that they were going to have to pay taxes on them shouldn’t have been a surprise (and it was income tax that they would get dinged for so it’s not like they had to fork out the money immediately like they would have for sales tax or licensing fees).
I take it from the things you mention in this post that you left the Church of Oprah several years ago. (After all, the James Frey thing was in early 2006 and the car thing was a few years before that.). What brought all this to mind now?
magandmoo
what brought this to mind is that it’s my blog, and i felt like it. thank you for your opinion.
louise
You know, I didn’t mean any offense with my comment. I was just curious.
I’ll make sure I steer clear of your blog in the future.
tricia
The chips were good but the salsa upset my tummy on another note, true so so true