Oprah's Most Memorable Moments

Posted on Nov 20, 2009 @ 03:08PM

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In the 25 years that she has been on the air, Oprah has run the gamut of entertainment and serious news.

From teaching the correct technique of sexual performance to crying on the stage when the first black president was elected, Oprah Winfrey’s show impacted American culture and made her the richest person in entertainment. RadarOnline.com remembers her most significant moments:

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The show that Oprah called her “biggest, fattest” mistake was in 1998 when she wheeled out 67 pounds of fat to show how much weight she had lost. “I had literally starved myself for four months – not a morsel of food – to get into that pair of size 10 Calvin Klein jeans,” Oprah has said. “Two hours after that show I started eating to celebrate-of course, within two days those jeans no longer fit.”

Oprah's at home interview with Michael Jackson showed the King of Pop during a rare appearance. On the episode he revealed that he suffered from the skin pigment disorder known as Vitiligo. In a later episode, Oprah asked Lisa Marie Presley about her marriage to the Jackson and her comment was “Holy mother of God!”

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Never mess with Oprah’s Book Club! After it was revealed that James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces, made up the major points in his story, Oprah had him back on to her show in 2006 to chastise him publicly for lying to her. Oprah told Frey “I feel duped and disappointed. I feel that you conned us all.”

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At the premiere of Oprah’s 19th season she surprised the audience in September 2004 by giving all 276 guests and brand new Pontiac G-6 2005 sports sedan! Winfrey jumped up and down on her stage screaming “Everybody gets a car! Everybody gets a car!”

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However, the most memorable moment of all may be in 2005, when Tom Cruise started his major career crash by couch surfing on the Oprah show. Jumping up and down on the sofa, pumping his fists and declaring his love for Katie Holmes, while forgetting how the two met, stands out as the beginning of his decline in popularity. Oprah was shocked, viewers went crazy, and the couch surfing spawned parodies of the incident on the internet and television.

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Comments

another photoshopped picture of her.

by ILoveLucy
Posted Sat, 11/21/2009 - 6:33pm

I, too, am sick of this person. Her touched up photos are a joke. I hope she drops from site like Jon Gosselin...both are news hungry and "look at what I did" people.

by truefan
Posted Sat, 11/21/2009 - 12:42pm

I don't get it. This woman has worked 25 yrs helping people. She hasn't murdered anyone, robbed anyone or even said anything bad about anyone. Only helped people. What is wrong with you people just wish her well and move on.

by Josephine.579
Posted Sat, 11/21/2009 - 3:00pm

ahhh, the great josephine has spoken. i still say there's the door, leave now, don't let the door hit you in the butt oprah but there's no way that caboose can get out of a door without getting whacked by it.

by ILoveLucy
Posted Sun, 11/22/2009 - 4:54am

I'm so tired of hearing about Oprah and will be glad to see her go. Only problem is now I have to listen to how she "walked on water" for the next 18 months. She's only going to her own cable network.

by jayell
Posted Sat, 11/21/2009 - 12:17pm

This is going to get old if they keep reporting for the next entire year how she is leaving. I'd not care if she ended her show now. Is she that desperate to try to get viewers pulled back into her Church of Oprah Cult?

by P33b4ugo2bed
Posted Sat, 11/21/2009 - 10:11am

Yes, Oprah say she is leaving in September of 2011, so why is everyone making a big deal out of it now?? So many things can happen in the next two years to change her mind. Some shows are acting as if she is leaving next week, ease up some!!

by Why
Posted Sat, 11/21/2009 - 9:41am