Posted Nov 5th 2009 3:50PM by TMZ Staff
Oprah Winfrey has finally decided alleged woman-abuser BeBe Winans isn't welcome on her show anymore -- at least for now -- after the famous gospel singer's ex-wife raised hell and implied Oprah was a moral hypocrite.
It's all because Oprah took a hard moral stance on Chris Brown, refusing to have the singer on her show after Chris beat Rihanna.
But last Friday, when O allowed BeBe onto the show, the woman he's accused of attacking told TMZ she was "hurt' by Oprah's decision because their case is still pending. Now, it seems Oprah got the message.
TMZ spoke with a rep from Oprah's show, who told us "BeBe will not be appearing on the 'Oprah' show until his legal matters are resolved in court."
Winans was charged with domestic assault last winter, he's due back in court in January.
Filed under: TV, Oprah
Tags: bebe winans, BebeWinans, chris brown, ChrisBrown, harpo productions, HarpoProductions, oprah show, oprah winfrey, OprahShow, OprahWinfrey, rihanna
Posted Oct 30th 2009 7:20AM by TMZ Staff
Oprah took a hard stand on Chris Brown, but just a few days ago the talk show host allowed another famous alleged woman-abuser on her show -- and now the victim says she feels betrayed.
The man in question is gospel singer BeBe Winans -- who is accused of shoving his ex-wife Debra Winans to the ground in front of their kids back in February. BeBe was on "Oprah" on Friday to pimp out his new gospel CD -- his domestic violence charge is pending until another court hearing next year.
Debra tells TMZ she's "hurt by Oprah's decision to have Bebe on the show" -- especially after she refused to have Chris Brown on her show in the wake of the Rihanna beating.
Calls to Oprah's people were not returned.
Filed under: TV, Oprah, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Exclusives
Tags: bebe winans, BebeWinans, chris brown, ChrisBrown, debrah winans, DebrahWinans, domestic abuse, DomesticAbuse, oprah, rihanna
Posted Oct 13th 2009 7:00AM by TMZ Staff
Oprah Winfrey was blindsided on the set of a live TV newscast yesterday -- when a local Dallas newsman suddenly blasted Queen O with a super-awkward question, "Would you like to take this opportunity to apologize to America for introducing us to Dr. Phil?"
Oprah squirmed a bit, but she was saved when the anchor got even more awkward -- asking O if she wanted to "touch my hair."
Filed under: TV, Oprah
Tags: dallas, dr. phil, dr. phil mcgraw, Dr.Phil, Dr.PhilMcgraw, newscast, oprah winfrey, OprahWinfrey, wfaa
Posted Oct 12th 2009 7:45PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: Oprah
Tags: Oprah
Posted Oct 12th 2009 2:00PM by TMZ Staff
The wait is over ... media icon and weight loss guru Oprah Winfrey just announced her latest breakthrough diet -- corn dogs smothered in mustard.
Oprah and BFF Gayle King took a road trip to the Texas State Fair in Dallas yesterday to tape a special show -- which will air later this fall -- and based on the pictures we got of Oprah in a cowboy hat chowing down on a corn dog, she completely gave up on the traditional low-fat approach to dieting -- at least temporarily.
Our fair source claims Oprah also had herself a little of the fair's famous deep fried butter. No joke ... but so far, no confirmation on the battered butter from O's peeps.
Still, that's the kind of diet we can wrap our arms around.
UPDATE: It's confirmed -- Oprah ate the fried butter! In fact, she called it "the best treat of the fair."
Filed under: Oprah, Photo Galleries
Tags: corn dog, CornDog, fried butter, FriedButter, gayle king, GayleKing, oprah winfrey, OprahWinfrey, texas state fair, TexasStateFair
Posted Oct 10th 2009 12:20PM by TMZ Staff
Many people go out of their way to join the Mile High Club -- but a woman who used to work for Oprah Winfrey claims allegations that she got it on in the air got her fired from her job.
According to a lawsuit filed yesterday, Corrine Gehrls was a flight attendant on Oprah's private jet -- at least until July. She claims two other flight attendants -- one of whom is the daughter of Gayle King -- conspired to lie to Oprah about Gehrls having "inappropriate intimate behavior" aboard a flight.
Gehrls claims she was fired, along with the guy involved in the alleged act -- who happened to be the Chief Pilot at the time.
Gehrls is suing Harpo, Oprah's company, along with the two flight attendants she claims lied about her. She's asking for damages in excess of $75,000.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Oprah
Tags: airplane, harpo, lawsuit, oprah winfrey, OprahWinfrey, private jet, PrivateJet
Posted Oct 2nd 2009 7:00AM by TMZ Staff
You know you're screwed when the supreme intergalactic powers of President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey combined aren't enough for a successful bid to host the 2016 Olympics in Chicago.
Chicago was just eliminated from consideration for the 2016 Olympics -- in fact, it was eliminated in the first round of voting.
The winning city was Rio de Janeiro -- which, if you think about it, is awweeeesome!
Filed under: Oprah, Talk Sports, Barack Obama
Tags: obama, olympics, oprah
Posted Sep 25th 2009 5:00PM by TMZ Staff
Mackenzie Phillips' half-sister claims their father never made sexual advances towards her -- even though Mack supposedly had an incestuous 10-year relationship with the guy.
Chynna defended her sister today on Oprah -- where she said she absolutely believes the "hideous" allegations Mackenzie made about their dad, Mamas and the Papas singer John Phillips.
Filed under: Oprah
Tags: chynna phillips, ChynnaPhillips, incest, john phillips, JohnPhillips, mackenzie phillips, MackenziePhillips, mamas and the papas, MamasAndThePapas, oprah winfrey, OprahWinfrey
Posted Sep 23rd 2009 4:45PM by TMZ Staff
Mackenzie Phillips went public with an incestuous relationship with her father today on "Oprah" -- and says the reason the affair finally ended was because she became pregnant ... and didn't know if her father was the father.
Phillips claims she was raped by her dad, Mamas & the Papas singer John Phillips, while she was 19 -- and the relationship continued for 10 years. The "One Day at a Time" actress says she later became pregnant -- but wasn't sure if John or her then-husband Shane Fontayne was the baby-daddy.
According to Phillips, her father paid for the abortion -- and then she "never let him touch me again."
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Tags: john phillips, JohnPhillips, mackenzie phillips, MackenziePhillips, mamas and the papas, MamasAndThePapas, oprah winfrey, OprahWinfrey
Posted Sep 19th 2009 10:52AM by TMZ Staff
Instead of Mariah Carey figuratively holding up Nick Cannon, it was Nick literally valiantly holding up Mariah on the set of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" yesterday.
Nice to see Nick doing some of the heavy lifting.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Oprah, Mariah Carey
Tags: mariah carey, mariah carrey, MariahCarey, MariahCarrey, nick cannon, nick canon, NickCannon, NickCanon, oprah, oprah winfrey, oprah winfrey show, OprahWinfrey, OprahWinfreyShow, the oprah winfrey show, TheOprahWinfreyShow
Posted Sep 11th 2009 5:00PM by TMZ Staff
In this town, naked tapes aren't exactly career killers -- but when Erin Andrews' Peeping Tom footage leaked online, she says all she could do was call her parents and scream "I'm done, my career is over!"
The exploited ESPN sportscaster -- who was filmed naked in her hotel room without her knowledge -- did her first and only interview about the incident today with Oprah. She says she's now "paranoid" and constantly feels like she's being filmed.
Andrews also told O that the visit to Chicago was the first time since the incident she'd been solo in a hotel room.
Filed under: TV, Oprah, Talk Sports, Erin Andrews
Tags: career, erin andrews, ErinAndrews, espn, naked, nude, oprah winfrey, OprahWinfrey, peeping tom, PeepingTom, sportscaster, video
Posted Sep 4th 2009 11:01AM by TMZ Staff
Oprah may appear to be all-powerful -- but according to Reverend Jeremiah Wright, she doesn't have as much pull as we thought.
Barack Obama's former pastor was in D.C. yesterday, where he went on the Oprah offensive, saying she's only "an entertainer, not a politician" who doesn't "care" about social policy and can't help the poor at a structural level.
His words are rough -- but does he have a point?
Filed under: Oprah, Barack Obama, Politix, Exclusives
Tags: health care, HealthCare, oprah winfrey, OprahWinfrey, poor, reverend jeremiah wright, ReverendJeremiahWright, video
Posted Sep 3rd 2009 2:55PM by TMZ Staff
Oprah Winfrey is firing back at the comments Chris Brown made about her in the new People Magazine.
Here's the background: People had asked Brown about the fact that Oprah did "a show on abuse, inspired by Rihanna." Chris replied:
"I commend Oprah on being like, 'This is a problem,' but it was a slap in my face. I did a lot of stuff for her, like going to Africa and performing for her school. She could have been more helpful, like, 'Okay, I'm going to help both of these people out.'"
We called Oprah to see how she felt about Brown's statement, and her rep sent us the following response:
"Oprah is very appreciative that Chris Brown performed at her school but she takes domestic abuse very seriously. She hopes he gets the counseling he needs."
Filed under: Oprah, Chris Brown, Exclusives
Tags: abuse, Chris Brown, ChrisBrown, Oprah, statement
