Rosie O’Donnell on Oprah Being Gay
Well said, Rosie!
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Oprah Winfrey to Talk to Barbara Walters Tomorrow
Many people have asked me about Oprah and Gayle King: Are they gay?
Absolutely not. I have never doubted Oprah on this one time. I totally believe her when she says she is not. Why do people even question this? That is what perplexes me.
Thanks, ES, for the video link!
Sarah Ferguson Talks to Oprah
If there was ever a soft place to land after the shenanigans Sarah pulled, she found it in Oprah. Throughout the entire interview, I kept getting flashes of Rielle Hunter when she sat in the presence of big O. It’s like both women created alternative ways of dealing with reality. Hunter painted everything sunny when in reality it was dark and gray, where Sarah seems to disassociate herself from her scheming alter-ego, as if it were someone else and not her. It was bizarre.
Read more“Thank you for showing me [the video] because, actually, I felt really sorry for her,” said Sarah referring to herself as she watched her behavior playback on a small screen in front of Oprah.
Another time she said, “I believe from this I freed Sarah from the treadmill of her life, really.” Isn’t that a twist?
The disassociations kept coming and coming. It was surreal.
When I watched Sarah, I didn’t see a person who was sorry for her actions. I saw a woman who was trying to convince us all that, well, yeah, she messed up, but it was due to drinking, too much traveling, abuse, self-loathing, and whatnot. The excuses kept coming…
“I think I was so out of control with desperation to the point where I’d reached no return of helping my friend with the $40,000. Sort of out of my mind,” said Sarah to Oprah.
Sort of out of her mind? She is clearly hedging, saying wisps of what she knows she should, but she can’t quite claim it. I wondered, at times, too, if she was under the influence of something, because she didn’t even speak coherently. Could she have a drug problem of sorts?
“All I can know is that it happened and now I have got to go forward. Find a way forward as Sarah,” said the Duchess.
If that doesn’t hone us into what is important to Sarah, I don’t know what will: At the end of the day, it isn’t regret or remorse for her actions or owning up to what drove her.
When Oprah asked her if she was drunk, she says no, but when Oprah asked her what she drank, she couldn’t recall if it was wine or OJ. Sarah knows what was influencing her, she just doesn’t want to say, like an addict protecting their vice. I was also tired hearing about these so-called “friends”. They were a convenient excuse, too. Her sincerity in this interview fell like a brick from the 10th floor.
Its one thing to make a mistake. We can all forgive people for poor decisions in times of desperation, but when people continually walk down that path of desperation and refuse to face the music or ask for help, and dig themselves deeper with loads of B.S., we owe it to them to say STOP.
Look and listen to what you said, Sarah. Listen, read and watch your denial. Hear your words of nonsense, because if you don’t, it will only compound your problems. From where I see you sitting right now, you are on the edge of a cliff. You can either turn around now and get help, or risk falling to desperately new lows that will make you remember this pillow Oprah gave as a gift that you failed to take.
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My Thoughts: MacKenzie Philips
MacKenzie Philips, 1999
I have to say that when I first heard MacKenzie Philip’s story on Oprah, I was drawn in, perhaps, by the shock value. But as I thought about what she said, I’ve become conflicted. I think it could be because Philips is sending mixed messages about her father. She wants us to see him as a rapist and a perpetrator, abusing his “power” as a father, yet at the same time she truly tells us she loves him and she gets a glow in her eyes when she talks about him. She says her dad was an incredible person, and his demons shouldn’t affect our image of him. And in a very strange twist, she tells us she never worried about her younger sister, who lived with him, being abused by him. Was she and is she that disconnected, still?
Read moreWhen you absorb it all, she talks out of both sides of her mouth. Then she rationalizes perhaps this is due to Stockholm Syndrome (where the victim sympathizes with their perpetrator).
I honestly don’t know what to think.
Philips emotions go all over the chart, which is neither consistent or inconsistent with her message, because logically such a tumultuous life could cause someone to be very ungrounded, if they’ve never dealt with it. And it appears from all Philips is saying, she still hasn’t dealt with anything. She is just writing her story in a book, which makes me wonder what her motivations are for this.
Is she writing this book to help people? If so, you’d expect her to say she is donating the proceeds to help other women, but when Oprah asked her why she wrote this, her answer seemed to come off the top of her tongue, which concerns me, knowing Philips has struggled her entire life with addiction. I don’t know her financial state, but did she do this because she needs the money? Money motivates people to do things they normally wouldn’t do.
If she was truly on a healing path, I would have expected her to help us understand why she did what she did. Why did she stick around after she felt she was raped? She was an adult and could leave. She never confessed to this, at least not on TV. Maybe she does in her book?
Was it the lure of the rich life and drugs? Is she not able to talk about her addiction to drugs yet on any serious level? If she truly wanted to help people, wouldn’t she want to talk about the ravages of addiction, too, if she was on a healing path? She didn’t talk about any of this on TV, which causes me concern.
All in all, I wonder if I am confused, because if this were, let’s say a lie, would this be high-stakes? I mean who could prove or disprove that these two had a consenting sexual relationship? Could anyone outside of Philips or her father, who is now deceased, prove the truth?
Theoretically, she could create or embellish this story and sell it, cash in big, because she knows no one could prove or disprove anything. Yet some people are supporting her, which makes me think perhaps she is honest. One of her father’s band member’s daugther says her father knew. But then why didn’t he feel morally obligated to help “Mac”? If others knew, why didn’t they draw the line? I know many people suffer from incest in their families and it is no doubt a horrible experience many people will relate too.
I keep hearing “Mac” say that her father told her, “A lie will serve you better than the truth.”
On the Today Show, she says she was 18 when she was raped. On Oprah, she said she was 19.
Then I think, “‘Mac’ look clean in her recent interviews.”
I’m all over the place.
When I watched her on the Today Show, which aired the day after Oprah, this morning, I got an uneasy feeling again. I guess I am not willing to come to any conclusions at this point. Perhaps it is because her life has been tragic enough, I just don’t want to go there. But when I start to think that, I think how could anyone come out normal in the world she lived in ? My goodness, her life was hell and you can’t blame her for it–at least in the early years.
This story is so out there that even I can’t put my finger on it with any certainty, which if you are a regular reader of mine, you know this is VERY RARE. My opinion changes minute to minute. I will simply say, may she find peace and may she truly find a “healing path”.
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Suze Orman Book Offer
Through Oprah.com, Suze Orman is offering her latest book, 2009 Action Plan, a $9.99 value, free to the public for one week (offer expires January 15th at midnight).
Considering the tough economic times, I thought I would share this news with you even though it is off topic. Suze Orman is sincere when she says she wants to help people. She gives sound advice!
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Thanks Oprah and Suze for working to help make people’s lives better! If you haven’t been watching Oprah lately, she is spending much of her time in 2009 helping people live their best life. Go Oprah!
