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In the upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, Rihanna opens up about her relationship with Chris Brown.
And what Rihanna has to say about her ex-boyfriend, who was convicted of assaulting her three years ago, in the prerecorded interview will come as a surprise to some.
Rihanna, 24, tells Oprah Winfrey: “I felt like the only person they hate right now is him. It was a weird, confusing space to be in.
“Because as angry as I was – as angry and hurt and betrayed – I just felt like he made that mistake because he needed help. And who’s going to help him? Nobody’s going to say he needs help, everybody’s going to say he’s a monster, without looking at the source. And I was more concerned about him.”
Previously released preview clips of the upcoming TV special Oprah: The Next Chapter, showed Rihanna describe the fall-out from the horrific night after a pre-Grammy party.
She said: “It was embarrassing it was humiliating… I lost my best friend.”
In the upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, Rihanna opens up about her relationship with Chris Brown
Oprah Winfrey is then seen asking series of probing questions concerning Rihanna’s past and present relationship with Chris Brown, including: “Do you think Chris Brown is a true love for you?” and “Where does your relationship stand today?”.
While producers saved Rihanna’s answers for the actual episode, her replies managed to shock the talk show queen.
Oprah Winfrey exclaims: “I would have never thought that. You just shocked me.”
In one of the promos ahead of the episode, Oprah Winfrey, 58, reveals she had a pre-conceived idea of what to expect when she travelled to the singer’s home country of Barbados.
During the documentary, which was filmed on August 5, Rihanna went back to her childhood home in the island capital Bridgetown.
Speaking to camera in the preview, Oprah Winfrey said: “I went there with my own ideas about who she was from watching her videos and listening to her music.
“I thought she was gonna be kind of a bada**, a kind of hard edged, rocker, pop woman. Nothing could have been farther from the truth.”
Over clips of the interview and footage of Rihanna driving Oprah to visit her old neighborhood, Oprah Winfrey said: “She was thoughtful… She was very emotional… She was vulnerable.”
In brief segments from the one-to-one on the sofa, Rihanna admitted: “I am super duper terrified of the pedestal that comes with fame…
“It’s amazing how lonely you can feel.”
As well as crying, Rihanna also burst into laughter when Oprah Winfrey commented on her frequent use of the F-word.
Oprah also praised Rihanna for her skills behind the wheel: “First of all I’m surprised by what a good driver she is.”
Visiting her former home, Rihanna appears down-to-earth and humble as she chats to her old neighbors and embraces local children.
Teasing viewers to watch the interview, she said: “She pushes the edge a lot, and there’s a reason for that.”
Rihanna’s appearance on Oprah’s OWN channel comes three years after the talk show queen made a public appeal to the singer to leave her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.
Oprah Winfrey spoke out a month after Rihanna was assaulted by the R&B singer, amidst rumors at the time they were still together.
The TV presenter said in 2009: “If a man hits you once, he will hit you again. He will hit you again. It makes me so sad. Love doesn’t hurt.
“Both Chris Brown and Rihanna, if I were your friend, I would call you up and say give it some time. Get yourself some counseling. Take care of yourself. Heal yourself first.”
Oprah Winfrey is hoping the Rihanna special will help her struggling network continue its comeback.
It has seen viewership increase by 25% since the start of the year, though from a very low starting baseline.
Discovery has just revealed they expect the network to start making money at the end of 2013.
The Rihanna interview will air on OWN on August 19.
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Oprah Winfrey shed her fashion forward image for an unflattering look on the set of her new movie in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Oprah Winfrey appeared much older than her 58 years this week after donning her latest costume for The Butler.
The media mogul wore a short gray wig, a blue Obama T-Shirt and baggy jeans.
To make her costume appear even more authentic, Oprah Winfrey walked around set with the assistance of a cane.
Oprah Winfrey appeared much older than her 58 years this week after donning her latest costume for The Butler
The star plays Gloria Gaines in the historical drama – the first time she will appear as a character other than herself since 1998’s Beloved.
Oprah Winfrey has been filming scenes with Lenny Kravitz and Cuba Gooding Jr. in New Orleans.
Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker plays the role of real life chief White House butler Cecil Gaines.
The star-studded film tells the story of the butler who served eight Presidents over the course of three decades before retiring.
Earlier this week, Oprah Winfrey graced the cover of her self-titled O magazine, showing off her natural hair in all of its glory.
In the snap, she proudly models her curly tresses with a big smile.
For decades Oprah has rocked several hairstyles and weaves during her long-spanning career as the world’s most famous talk show host.
Oprah Winfrey showed off her vast selection of wigs on the set of her new film today.
Oprah Winfrey, 58, tweeted a photo of her make-up free self in front of a whole wall of hairpieces, writing “me and my <<girls>> in the make-up trailer”.
The usually glamorous star has been seen wearing some of the less than flattering hairpieces as she films her new movie The Butler.
Oprah Winfrey plays Gloria Gaines in the historical drama – the first time she will appear as a character other than herself since 1998’s Beloved.
She has been filming scenes with co-star Lenny Kravitz and Cuba Gooding Jr. in New Orleans.
Oprah Winfrey showed off her vast selection of wigs on the set of her new film The Butler
The star-studded film tells the tale of a White House butler who serves eight Presidents over the course of three decades.
Her hair seems to be on Oprah’s mind recently.
This week saw her grace the cover of her self-titled O magazine, showing off her natural hair in all of its glory.
In the snap, Oprah Winfrey proudly models her curly tresses with a big smile.
She also shows off her curves in a dress by Badgley Mischka paired with earrings by Alexis Bittar and a ring by Jordan Alexander.
For decades Oprah Winfrey has rocked several hairstyles and weaves during her long-spanning career as the world’s most famous talk show host.
Writing in the column “What I Know For Sure” inside September’s Makeover Issue, Oprah Winfrey discusses her tresses and the role they play in the expression of “self”.
The talk show icon, who often wears her hair naturally in her down time and on the weekends, reveals that she once nearly chopped it all off.
“I wanted to wear it close-cropped a la Camille Cosby but her husband Bill (Crosby) convinced me otherwise,” she explains.
“<<Don’t do it>>, he said. <<You’ve got the wrong head shape and you’ll disappoint yourself>>. I took his advice.”
Oprah Winfrey, who has sported countless dos during her career, believes that altering your hairstyle can be liberating.
“I even notice a change in my dogs when they get their summer cuts: they’re friskier and livelier, feeling more themselves once the weight of the hair is released,” she says.
And while she is a firm believer in change, Oprah Winfrey says that the makeovers which are the most successful and maintained are those in which something inside the receiver clicks, aligning with that which is being received.
“The only way to real transformation is through the mind.”
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has been criticized after the broadcast of a two-part TV special about her trip to India in January.
The Oprah’s Next Chapter special was called “myopic, unaware, ignorant and gauche” by one Indian commentator and “snobbish” and “snooty” by another.
The Daily Bhaskar website said the “ill picturized and badly scripted show” portrayed India “in poor light”.
Oprah Winfrey, 58, drew particular criticism for remarking on the Indian tradition of eating with one’s hands.
Oprah Winfrey has been criticized after the broadcast of a two-part TV special about her trip to India in January
“I heard some Indian people eat with their hands still?” Oprah Winfrey is seen asking a Mumbai family she joins for dinner.
“Using our hands to eat is a well-established tradition and a fact none of us are ashamed of,” blogged Rituparna Chatterjee of the CNN-IBN news channel.
“As a responsible public figure about to air a show that will be beamed across the world, you should have done your homework.”
Oprah Winfrey’s week in India saw her rub shoulders with Bollywood royalty, attend a literary festival in Jaipur and visit the Taj Majal in Agra.
The result, according to the Wall Street Journal’s India Real Time blog, typified: “India as Westerners imagine it, one stereotype at a time.”
The programme was originally shown in the US this April, but premiered in India over the weekend.
Sitting down with Oprah Winfrey for the second of a two-part interview, Kim Kardashian says she works hard at being “pretty”, and has lasered just about everything on her body to achieve a flawless complexion.
In a more authentic format than audiences are accustomed to seeing her, Kim Kardashian also opened up about what it’s taken to build the Kardashian brand, and addressed speculation about her romance with Kanye West.
Appearing on Oprah’s Next Chapter, Kim Kardashian, 31, who famously steps out for the most mundane of errands with a full-face of make-up, told Oprah it’s in her nature as a “girly-girl” to care the utmost about her appearance.
But, she is also her own worst critic.
Reluctant to describe herself as “beautiful”, the reality star told Oprah: “I hate to talk about myself like that. I’m so critical.”
“But I do feel pretty,” she added.
Expanding on the sacrifices her beauty regime requires, she added: “It is a job. Gym everyday. I’ve lasered everything.”
Kim Kardashian says she works hard at being “pretty”, and has lasered just about everything on her body
Kim Kardashian explained that being religiously dedicated to keeping up appearances was a natural progression to launching her own make-up line; and she realizes she has become somewhat of an idol for young women who admire her aesthetic.
During the hour-long interview, Kim Kardashian acknowledged the world has also taken a keen interest as of late in her romance with rapper, and long-time friend, Kanye West.
Kim Kardashian having sought solace in the arms of the rapper shortly after her doomed 72-day marriage to basketball star Kris Humphries last August, reports have suggested the pair are milking a fabricated relationship for publicity.
Having earlier denied her marriage with Kris Humphries was a hoax, Kim Kardashian has said she was left utterly depressed afterwards and insisting her fanbase was strong enough without having to stage drama for ratings.
“We met almost a decade ago,” Kim Kardashian said of Kanye West.
“We’ve known each other for a very long time. We’ve been friends for six or seven years,” she said, describing their relationship as “comforting”.
“I don’t know why it took us so long to get together… I think we’ve always had an attraction to each other but we’ve always been in other relationships or it wasn’t the right timing. And one day it just happened. It took me by surprise,” she explained.
Kim Kardashian also vehemently denied playing up their relationship for publicity.
“It’s your heart you’re playing with. I couldn’t sacrifice my heart for a publicity stunt,” she said.
It seems Kim Kardashian was asking her fans – and critics – to have a little faith.
“But I think having him in my life right now, in this way, says so much about us,”she added, referencing the support he’s offered her through her most recent ordeal.
Kim Kardashian also clarified rumors the couple is moving in together, explaining she is moving out of her Los Angeles home to a property that offers more privacy – not into a home with Kanye West.
But she’s intent on having a happy ending, whether or not it’s with the rapper.
“I want babies; I want my forever; I want my fairytale,” Kim Kardashian said.
“And I believe you can have what you want.”
But if she was to lose it all now – the fame, the money and success – the reality star insists she would be at peace.
“It would be so well with my soul,” she said.
And to an audible scoff from critics, she added: “This means nothing to me.”
Kim Kardashian explained: “I like to think of the brand (for my fans). Where before it was more, <<I love make-up so I want a make-up line>>. It was more about me. And that was okay…
“But now what makes me happy in life doesn’t have to do with <<all the way me>> – if that makes sense.”
Oprah Winfrey has lost 25 lbs in just six weeks, it was revealed today, shedding much of the weight she had gained over the past 18 months due to the pressures of running her OWN network.
The secret to Oprah Winfrey’ success, sources say, is a lean, low-calorie diet implemented by her new chef.
The fast results were also thanks to the fact that she has resumed her regular treadmill workouts with trainer Bob Greene, they added.
“Oprah has absolutely flipped for the new chef,” a source told the National Enquirer.
“The personalized diet Oprah’s been following uses a combination of fruits and vegetables, fish, chicken and lean meat.
“It’s low in fat and calories, but still leaves her feeling full.”
It is a positive turn for the star, who has spoken publicly about her struggle to maintain a healthy weight.
Once rakishly thin in 1988, Oprah Winfrey's weight has been a yo-yo ever since, not helped by a thyroid problem, diagnosed in 2008, that caused the scales to soar to 200 lbs
Once rakishly thin in 1988, Oprah Winfrey’s weight has been a yo-yo ever since, not helped by a thyroid problem, diagnosed in 2008, that caused the scales to soar to 200 lbs.
Oprah Winfrey, now 58, wrote at the time in O Magazine: “The thyroid diagnosis felt like some kind of prison sentence. I was so frustrated that I started eating whatever I wanted – and that’s never good. My drug of choice is food. I use food for the same reasons an addict uses drugs: to comfort, to soothe, to ease stress.”
Now, though, it appears that she has struck the right balance of a healthy, lean diet that does not feel restrictive, and a workout programme that is equally sustainable.
“Deep down, Oprah knew she had the willpower to lose it again if she took the right approach, and she’s finally found a plan she really likes,” the National Enquirer’s source explained.
“This program is a lifestyle change and it stresses eating the right kind of foods to sustain energy and good health.”
In a frank interview with Oprah Winfrey aired yesterday, Kim Kardashian opened up about her short-lived marriage to Kris Humphries.
Kim Kardashian, 31, stressed that she still has a “place in my heart” for Kris Humphries, yet after moving in together it dawned on her that married life was “not for me”.
Speaking to Oprah Winfrey on Oprah’s Next Chapter, Kim Kardashian said: “I was in love, I wanted the life that I always pictured my fairytale life to be.
“I would’ve had an extravagant wedding anyway, to end that relationship was a risk in itself to lose ratings and I had to take the risk to be honest to myself.”
Kim Kardashian, who never mentioned Kris Humphries by name during the chat, claimed they had never spent enough time alone before their 72-day matrimony for her to recognize his negative traits.
In a frank interview with Oprah Winfrey aired yesterday, Kim Kardashian opened up about her short-lived marriage to Kris Humphries
The reality star continued: “I think when people first meet, everything is great in the beginning, but I didn’t spend more than a whole week with my ex before we married.
“When we moved in together, I saw how our relationship was… I don’t want to get into the small things, but once we moved in, I knew he was not the one.”
As Oprah Winfrey quizzed her about the pre-wedding nerves, Kim Kardashian said: “I didn’t have an inkling, but everyone around me did. The night before, mum said, <<Do you want out?>> She said, <<You’re not yourself>>.
“But I said no, I got angry, I was thinking, <<How dare you!>>”
Kim Kardashian stressed that Kris Humphries did not do anything specifically wrong and denied that he hit her or lashed out
“He’s a good person,” she said.
“I will always have a place in my heart for him. It just wasn’t for me.”
While Kim Kardashian admitted she was “bored” in the romance, she didn’t attribute it as the reason for leaving.
She said: “You know in your heart. Mum was supportive, so I took that time off afterwards… I would rather have been beaten up in the media than live a life that wasn’t happy.
“I was in such a deep depression I thought I was going to back away from everything. I stayed at home for almost four months and I’m a better person now, as heartbreaking as it was to go through.”
She added: “For anyone I hurt, I’m truly sorry, I don’t wish pain on anyone, but the person I am because of that crazy experience, I wouldn’t change it for the world.
“I loved him, obviously it hurt him, and it hurt me too. It was embarassing, I don’t want to call it a mistake, it was a lesson.”
Kim Kardashian also claimed that her sex tape “introduced her to the world in a negative way”, so she was forced to “work ten times harder to get people to see the real me”.
The reality TV star wed Kris Humphries in a fairytale ceremony last August, but eventually their union broke down within less than three months.
Kim Kardashian is now dating rapper Kanye West, 35, and said one of the things that attracts her to him is the fact he is older than her.
She said: “I always dated five years younger. My whole thing was completely different, and now I just love that I’m with someone that’s a couple years older than me.”
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Kim Kardashian’s short-lived marriage to Kris Humphries called into question her and her family’s thirst for publicity.
Kim Kardashian, 31, says the union led her to a life changing epiphany.
The reality TV star wed Kris Humphries in a fairytale ceremony last August, but although their union broke down within three months, she says she has been a changed person since.
Referring to her sister Kourtney in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian said: “It’s like how Kourtney had this epiphany when she had her baby and she changed into a different person, I feel like I’ve had an epiphany over the last year.
“For what I’ve been through and I am that changed person, just from my own experiences.”
Kim Kardashian is now dating rapper Kanye West, 35, and said one of the things that attracts her to him is the fact he is older than her.
She added: “I always dated five years younger. My whole thing was completely different, and now I just love that I’m with someone that’s a couple years older than me.”
During the interview, Kim Kardashian, who is of Armenian descent, says she is proud to represent Middle Eastern women in modern society.
When asked by Oprah Winfrey if she thinks the Kardashian’s reality TV show would be as successful if they weren’t pretty, she replied: “I don’t think it would have happened if we were all skinny pretty models.
“I think it has to do with us, the curves, the dark hair – I think it was a combination.
“I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, <<Where are Middle Eastern women?>>.
“I think we took that category or helped broaden that.”
Oprah Winfrey posted a picture of herself with the whole Kardashian family as she sat down with them at Kris Jenner's home
Kim Kardashian and her family will appear alongside Oprah Winfrey this Sunday.
Earlier this week Kim Kardashian was quick to post a picture of herself alongside TV royalty in what is surely the ultimate seal of approval of their ubiquitous fame.
Clearly excited she tweeted: “Ummmm no big deal Oprah just left my mom’s house! #DreamComeTrue.”
Pregnant sister Kourtney Kardashian also tweeted: “Surreal day being interviewed by the queen Oprah. Not many words to explain how incredible the experience was except for AHHH! Major moment.”
Oprah Winfrey, 58, was apparently just as impressed with the reality TV family, whom she surprisingly said she knew very little about.
She later posted a picture of herself with the whole family as she sat down with them at “momanager” Kris Jenner’s home.
Kim Kardashian was joined by sisters Kourtney, Khloe, brother Rob, Kourtney’s partner Scott Disick, Khloe’s husband Lamar Odom, mum Kris, half-sisters Kylie, Kendall and step-father Bruce Jenner to film the interview for Oprah’s Next Chapter, airing Sunday on OWN.
It is the first appearance for Kim Kardashian and her infamous family, and Oprah Winfrey admitted that she had a lot of catching up to do, ahead of the interview.
Oprah Winfrey revealed on her Facebook page: “I had never met them, nor seen the show. I did a full on <<Kardashian Kram>> in preparation, watching major shows from every season.”
It seems that Oprah Winfrey may be a bit late catching up with the family who has become something of an institution in the US.
But she said: “I genuinely wanted to know why they have become a cultural phenomenon, why so many people love to watch their every move and why so many others love to hate them.
“Are they completely ego centered? Are they really <<famous for being famous>> or is there something more?”
Oprah’s Next Chapter airs Sunday at 8 p.m. (EST) on OWN.
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Edward Klein’s new book claims that First Lady Michelle Obama orders women close to the president to be watched in case he cheats on her like John F. Kennedy did to his wife.
Michelle Obama is supposedly “unusually jealous” and has so little trust in Barack Obama that she turns up unannounced during the day to see what he is doing.
The First Lady also objected to her husband’s close relationship to U.S. chat show queen Oprah Winfrey – and shunned her because she “hates fat people”.
The explosive claims are likely to feed the image of Michelle Obama as an “angry black woman”, a label she herself dismissed earlier this year.
They could also reopen questions about the Obama’s marriage of 20 years as in the past they reportedly rowed a lot and came close to splitting up.
In his book, The Amateur, journalist Edward Klein claims that Michelle Obama’s “obsessive” behavior is the talk of the White House.
Michelle Obama objected to her husband’s close relationship to Oprah Winfrey, claims Edward Klein in his new book, The Amateur
Portions of the book that were released to The New York Post tells of quotes from a source close to Oprah Winfrey as saying: “Michelle is very jealous, I would say unusually so.
“Most people after years of marriage have trust and don’t follow their husbands around and check on them.
“Michelle doesn’t seem to trust Barack at all. She insists on knowing his every movement and drops in on him at all kinds of odd times.
“Michelle makes it clear to her inner circle…that she wants women around Barack watched and wants info about who he has an eye for and gets touchy with.
“The thing is, she knows, like everybody, about JFK’s shenanigans, and she thinks, hey, JFK was young and good looking like my guy.”
In The Amateur, Edward Klein claims that relations between Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama took a nosedive over the chat show host’s close relationship with Barack Obama.
The book claims that in the weeks after the 2008 U.S. election victory Barack Obama gave Oprah Winfrey’s advice “priority over Michelle’s”.
Edward Klein writes: “When she [Oprah Winfrey] phoned, he dropped everything and took her call. They huddled over strategy. Of all of Obama’s unofficial White House advisers, Oprah had unparalleled access, input, influence, and power.”
The author quotes a White House insider who says that Michelle Obama was “furious” about her husband’s late night phone calls to Oprah Winfrey and that he should be turning to her for advice instead.
Another sticking point was that Michelle Obama thought that Oprah Winfrey had urged Hillary Clinton to run in the election against her husband.
When she grew sick of being rejected, specifically in her offer to help with Michelle Obama’s campaign against obesity, Oprah Winfrey is supposed to have screamed out to a friend: “Michelle hates fat people and doesn’t want me waddling around the White House!”
In extracts already made public Edward Klein’s book also claims that former U.S. President Bill Clinton once branded Barack Obama “an amateur” and too incompetent to hold office.
Bill Clinton has strongly denied the claims.
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