Oprah Winfrey has announced she is quitting her long-running television talk show, amid fears she’s in the grips of a breakdown.
The most powerful woman on TV made the shock statement during an appearance on Larry King Live in the US.
“When I’m done with my contract, I’m going to be done,” she revealed. “When I’m done … I’m done!”
Oprah’s decision has come as no surprise to staff on her popular show. They say she’s fed up with years of betrayal from both family members and staff, and has become uncharacteristically snappy and frustrated. They fear she’s been pushed to breaking point by a recent series of personal attacks.
Oprah’s most recent setback centres on her father Vernon, who is shopping a book about her early life to publishers in the US.
In his memoir Things Unspoken, Vernon says Oprah was an “unruly child” who was “out of hand”. He also suggests that Oprah, who at 14 had a baby who died in infancy, was promiscuous.
This latest act of deceit comes just months after she discovered her long-term partner Stedman Graham was secretly planning to write a book about his 20-year relationship with her.
For the full story, see this week’s issue of Woman’s Day (on-sale May 21).
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