Oprah Lords Over White Folk, Talks Poop on XM

If it wasn't already totally evident that Oprah Winfrey can talk about anything for any length of time, her debut today on her own XM Radio channel just confirmed it. The talk-show queen gabbed with her best pal Gayle King (who called her, inexplicably, "Mommy") on what is nominally King's show on "Oprah & Friends," the satellite channel that launched today.
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Among many, many other things, Oprah talked about her humble beginnings in Mississippi, and particularly about how her mother's highest aspiration for her was that she might end up cleaning white people's houses, because "they give away nice clothes." And then Oprah pointed out that now that she's Oprah, she has "all these white people" working for her, and that in fact there's only one black person on the staff. Way to turn the tables, girl.

Finally -- and this was just in the first fifteen minutes -- Oprah moved onto her most recent favorite topic, excrement. O assured Gayle that the reason she doesn't have children wasn't that she can't deal with poo, or "pooty," as the pair called it. For this -- and whatever follows -- is what XM is paying Oprah $55 million over the next three years.



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91. OMG..................... Oprah looks so.MANLY ( in the picture above)......Look at her and see if she she doesn't look like a transvestite with a 5 o'clock shadow!!

Posted at 11:10PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Rena H

92. Oprah, put this in your pipe and smoke it. You should be kissing the white people 's ass because are are the ones stupid enough to make you a billionnaire!!!

Posted at 11:11PM on Sep 25th 2006 by SAD

93. If the tables were turned and a white celebrity bragged about all the black people that were servants in their household, there would be such outrage in the black community. But apparently when someone like the big "O" can make the same statements about her white servants, there is no problem. Racism in reverse and she's enjoying every minute of it. And for $55 million, the best she can speak to on her show is, again, herself and "poo"? There has got to be bigger and better issues to speak about and that need attention by the rest of the world.

Posted at 11:13PM on Sep 25th 2006 by dok

94. I hate Oprah. Can't stand her. If I were ever to hit a woman, I won't, she'd be right after Babs and Rosie. She is a self-important, holier-than-thou-and-everybody-else, spotlight-seeking, glorified diet salesperson.

Everybody is racist, Oprah far less than some posters here.

Posted at 11:16PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Brian

95. Well Oprah.. ya sure shocked me.. Have a different view of you now.. after all these years. How racist you sound.. and boy how you sure showed the white Folks huh.........WOW.. Just shocked!!
No Mo Oprah Show fer me ...DONE!!

Posted at 11:20PM on Sep 25th 2006 by gina

96. I have to totally agree with jen comment #7 why is it okay for her to talk racial? I bet if i got on radio (me being white) and it were reversed i'd be banned and i wouldve been sued. It doesnt matter, if you are talking about people in general you should not bring up any race, especially if you are supposed to be such a role model (not for me). Listen to how she talked to Gale, she sure as hell doesnt speak like that when she is talking to a guest on her show. She seems more proper on national televsion...um bc she is fake!

Posted at 11:21PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Jessica

97. Hmmm:
she [oprah] has "all these white people" working for her, and that in fact there's only one black person on the staff

I wonder if she chose an "almost all white staff" on
a) Merit (did she find that the best people she could hire just 'happened' to be white. (I doubt it...) This leaves us with
b) racism, she 'enjoys' lording over white people.

Honestly, it doesn't matter, the way 'Affirmative Action' laws are written, since Oparah doesn't have the requisit percentage of blacks on staff, she could be sued for discrimination. Where is Johnny Cochran when we need him....

Posted at 11:21PM on Sep 25th 2006 by CC

98. Well Oprah.. ya sure shocked me.. Have a different view of you now.. after all these years. How racist you sound.. and boy how you sure showed the white Folks huh.........WOW.. Just shocked!!
No Mo Oprah Show fer me ...DONE!!

Posted at 11:21PM on Sep 25th 2006 by gina

99. Um #25..who the hell are you to talk "sensitive"? You are obviously of the black skin tone...why do ya'll still bring up that mess that happened LONNNNNGGGG time ago about the slavery?? huh? shit, get over it already!!! it happened, are the white people going to be hearing about it for another hundred years? I believe that that is all ya'll have on us and yall bring it up whenever there is an argument. Ya'll are the ignorant ones!!!

Posted at 11:21PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Jessica

100. Thank you, Whatever, for being a voice of sanity in a crowd of lunacy (and blindness -- I am not an Oprah fan particularly, but the context for the statement is right there and you couldn't see it?).

Posted at 11:21PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Natalie Davis

101. Oh for heaven's sake! Do you all not understand the concept of IRONY???

Hello, earth to... it proves she doesn't look at us as all the same, she uses her religion, that faith of hers.. that's why I say her gains are tainted. She's a fraud and really messed up on the inside, searching for her vaildation when she had it all along. Move over Tammy Faye Baker.

Posted at 11:22PM on Sep 25th 2006 by annie

102. all hail the almighty oprah, the oprah is all seeing and all knowing, some of my best friends are white, but remember this oprah, black is beautiful and tan is grand, but whites still the color of the big boss man

Posted at 11:25PM on Sep 25th 2006 by steve

103. 55 mil to listen to Oprah and her galpal talk about crap?!?! That's ridiculous. The nation's brain dead, money worshiping women have got to get over Oprah--she's dangerous.

Posted at 11:25PM on Sep 25th 2006 by Tyrone Heffe McTaggart

104. Ok Oprah.. how are you going to skate out of this comment.. Say Like .. How folks are so Ignorant that they took what you said out of ............what.......
Oprah you have lost it.. you have become to Comfortable!!!
Wonder will we hear you talk about this on Oprah show next week... ya Like we can't take a joke.. oh please.. You have really ruined yourself now!

Posted at 11:26PM on Sep 25th 2006 by gina

105. Oprah is full of Oprah (lot's more when she's porked out). If she cannot get 'in you face' she gets angry and miffed. YES she is racist in her own way, which doesn't look good on anyone, especially someone like Oprah who is so full of Oprah.

Thank goodness TVs come with an off switch.

Posted at 11:26PM on Sep 25th 2006 by not a fan

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