O, Really? Oprah Uses the N-Word?

In response to Michael Richards' racist rant, Oprah's gal pal Gayle King admits that she uses the N-word -- and hints that some of her closest friends (um, like BFF Oprah Winfrey?) do to.

Page Six reports that on her XM Radio show, Gayle told listeners: "In the privacy of my own home, with my closest friends, who shall remain nameless, we have used that [word] when we're talking about other people. I go back and forth between [using it as] a term of endearment, and [it being] just a very hateful, bad thing."

Oprah has been very public about her distaste for the word, often berating rappers, including Ludacris, on her show for using it in their songs. But it's hard to know what she's really thinking behind closed doors. Until someone (hello, Gayle) spills the beans, of course.

It's official. Well, sort of. Lindsay Lohan's publicist confirms that the party girl is attending AA meetings, as first revealed by Lohan's mom, Dina, on Ryan Seacrest's radio show. "I think it's a positive thing," the publicist told AP. "It's a place to go and feel safe. No one judges her, and it's going to be a slow process." But fear not, Britney. Lindsay doesn't plan on hanging up her party dress just yet. "She's not saying she'll stop drinking tomorrow," the publicist adds. Phew!

It seems George Clooney is answering a lot of questions about Danny DeVito's drunken visit to "The View." During a private dinner for his new movie, "The Good German," at New York's swanky Plaza Anthenee Hotel, the "Sexiest Man Alive" tried to keep a straight face while retelling the tale of his big night out with DeVito. The New York Daily News reports that Clooney called it a "brutal night" of doing limoncello shots. "I got to the point where I was dumping the shots into, ah, you know, a plant next to me and, um, I don't think Danny saw me do that," admits the actor. Next time, maybe Danny will follow George's lead.

K-Fed is still hoping his 15 minutes of fame aren't over. He's pitching his own reality TV show to the producers of E's "House of Carters." Says producer Kenneth Crear, "The show will show him for who he is, but [will] not smear" Britney. Stay tuned ... Paul McCartney says he is seeing a psychiatrist to help him deal with the breakup of his marriage from Heather Mills ... Jesse James, "Monster Garage" host and Mr. Sandra Bullock, has hired some homeless people to work at his Long Beach, Calif., motorcycle shop. "I felt the need to step up and help because [homelessness] wasn't going to magically disappear," he says.