Oprah's Aunt Claims Winfrey Lied About Sex Abuse, Rough Childhood
Posted on Apr 13, 2010 @ 06:00AM
Oprah Winfrey hasn't said a word to Kitty Kelley, the author of her unauthorized biography, Oprah: A Biography -- but her cousin Katharine Carr Esters sure has, and you'll be shocked at what she had to say, all of which we have for you right here on RadarOnline.com
Esters, who is 24 years older than Oprah, has always been called "aunt Katharine" by the multimedia superstar. In the interview, which Kelley conducted in July 2007, Esters said Oprah embellished her troubled past for financial gain, and remains coldly distant from her mother.
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"Now you have to understand that I love Oprah, and I love all the good work she does for others, but I do not understand the lies that she tells," Esters told Kelley. "She's been doing it for years now."
Esters said that Oprah's stories about growing up in a filthy house where she was sexually abused are off the mark.
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"[Oprah's grandmother] kept a spotless house,” Esters said. “It was a wooden, six-room house with a large living room that had a fireplace and rocking chairs ... I've talked to her about this over the years. I've confronted her and asked, 'Why do you tell such lies?' Oprah told me, 'That's what people want to hear. The truth is boring, aunt Katharine. People don't want to be bored. They want stories with drama.’”
Said Esters: “That story [of sexual abuse] helped launch Oprah and make her what she is today ... I don't hold with telling lies, but in this case, I can forgive Oprah for what she has done for other people.”
Another hotbed issue revolves around Oprah's oft-questioned relationship with her mother.
"Oprah does not love her mother at all," Esters said. "She gives her a great deal financially, but she does not give her the respect and attention a mother deserves, and that bothers me," adding that she has only been back home three times in the last 20 years, "and each time was to do a show -- it's all business with Oprah.”
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Esters gave us a glimpse inside Oprah's past when saying the talk show queen "was always the center of attention because she was the only baby in the household. And she always wanted to have the spotlight. If adults were talking, and she couldn't get their attention, she'd walk over and hit them to make the pay attention to her.”
Oprah: A Biography hits stores Tuesday, April 13.
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Posted Wed, 09/15/2010 - 5:30pm
Out of ALL the things you could lie about to make your life seem juicy why would anyone choose sexual abuse? Did this idiot ever think its true? And maybe that's why she doesn't talk to her mother for not protecting her?
Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 3:51pm
how would a cousin know about it? If there was sexual abuse and the mother did nothing about it I could understand the distance between them. She probably said anything to shut this nosey woman up and get off the phone
Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 3:29pm
Go away Oprah
Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 1:51pm
I am so over Oprah since she became a fan of Our Liar in Chief!
Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 1:42pm
I believe O is a fraud and way too powerful - who else has their own president? If she were a "wonderful" person, people like B. Walters would not be afraid to discuss their opinions in public.
Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 1:09pm
Sounds like Auntie is getting paid for a story just like Kitty. Money does weird things to people. She is getting her 15 minutes of fame and a few bucks in the process. Meanwhile Oprah just keeps going.
Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 1:04pm
How would a cousin 24 years Oprah's senior know what Oprah went through? Oprah has a lot of integrity, so I'll take her words for it, not those of some distant cousin.
Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 12:47pm
This isn't about being nice, it's about being a COMPLETE FRAUD. Using Steadman as a beard, to fool her easily duped gang of stupid housewives that she's straight. Lying about her non poverty ridden early life.
Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 12:43pm
I believe the aunt too, if Kitty Kelly hasn't altered the truth
Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 12:36pm