Oprah Winfrey has addressed her recent controversy with disgraced R&B crooner Chris Brown.
The singer, who pleaded guilty to one count of assault over beating Rihanna in the early hours of February 8, and was sentenced to community labor and domestic counseling, recently suggested the talk show host could have been more supportive of him following the incident.
“I commend Oprah on being like, ‘This (abuse) 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, ‘OK, I’m going to help both of these people out,” Chris told PEOPLE last week. Read the rest of this entry »
Jay-Z has worked hard to keep the intimate details of his marriage to R&B star Beyonce private, but Oprah has managed to convince the hip-hop mogul to open up a little –at least about date night!
“I’m gonna get killed for this, but I’ll tell you anyway,” Hov reveals in a new interview for the October issue of Oprah Magazine. “There’s a great pizza spot we go to every Sunday. It’s our tradition. It’s a small place in Brooklyn, you can bring your own wine, and there are candles there. It’s a nice date.”
Earlier this summer, Oprah joined Jay-Z as he returned to his childhood home in Brooklyn’s Marcy Housing Projects. Check out some highlights of their chat in the new October issue of O Magazine, on newsstands Sept. 15.
Jay-Z On His Days As A Teenage Drug Dealer:
Jay-Z: “It was natural…”
Winfrey: “Because drug dealers were your role models. There wasn’t a teacher or lawyer or nurse of doctor or and accountant in the neighborhood?”
Jay-Z: “Well, we were living in Marcy by then, so no. And if anyone did become something like that, they moved out. They never came back to share the wisdom of how they made it. If anyone made it, you never knew it. That’s why I’ve always said that if I become successful, I’d come back here, grab somebody, and show him how it can be done.”
Jay-Z On The N-Word:
Winfrey: “Do you believe that using the N word is necessary?”
Jay-Z: “Nothing is necessary. It’s just become part of the way we communicate. My generation hasn’t had the same experience with that word that generations of people before us had. We weren’t so close to the pain. So in our way, we disarmed the word. We took the fire pin out of the grenade.”
Jay-Z On Beyonce:
Winfrey: “Can I ask how in the world you kept your wedding a secret?”
Jay-Z: “Late planning!”
Winfrey: “How many people knew?”
Jay-Z: “Very few. The sad part is that we offended some. But people who love you understand. Because at the end of the day, it’s your day.”
Back in 1998, Anna Wintour, the tongue-lashing editor of Vogue Magazine, demanded that Oprah Winfrey drop twenty pounds before she would agree to feature The Queen of Talk on the cover of the Fashion Bible. Read the rest of this entry »
All Hell is breaking loose at Kentucky Fried Chicken locations across America thanks to a coupon from The Oprah Winfrey Show offering everyone and their Dad a free 2-piece order of KFC’s new Kentucky Grilled Chicken. Too bad most KFC Restaurants aren’t honoring the promotion.
Steve Harvey’s still on the promo circuit discussing his New York Times Best-Selling book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man. Read the rest of this entry »
Oprah plans to devote this Thursday’s episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to dating violence. The show, featuring special guest Tyra Banks is “dedicated to all the Rihannas of the world.”
Oprah Winfrey is sending pop tart Rihanna a very stern warning about her allegedly abusive boyfriend, Chris Brown: “He will hit you again!”
“Give it some time, get yourself some counseling,” O said in an open statement to Rihanna on Friday’s edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show. “Take care of yourself, heal yourself first. And also, love doesn’t hurt… and if a man hits you once, he will hit you again.”
