BABS BOUND Winfrey

The opening party for the new Hearst Tower wasn't enough to hold Oprah Winfrey's attention for too long. Amazingly, Madame O managed to out-diva the likes of Katie Couric and Martha Stewart Monday night, skipping out before the festivities even started.

Oprah made a brief appearance before physically shrugging off a reporter at the top of the entryway's dramatic escalator and gliding down with not-gay pal Gayle King, a bodyguard, two clipboard-wielding producers, and a bottled-water-toting PA.

"I'm off to see Barbra!" Oprah explained, as she hurried off to Streisand's Madison Square Garden schmaltz-a-thon.

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