Oprah's 'Real' Dad: 'Speak To Me, Before I Die.'
Posted on Apr 17, 2010 @ 09:11AM
An ailing 84-year-old man who claims to be Oprah Winfrey's long lost father has begged the TV queen to submit to a paternity test -- before he dies.
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Noah Robinson Senior -- who the National Enquirer first identified in 2003 -- has also revealed that, years ago, he tried to reach the talk-show star to beg her to agree to a DNA test.
"I told her [in a letter], if she wanted, I'd give her one," Robinson told The New York Post.
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In the letter, he placed mementos from his life, including his Social Security number and a picture of him from the Navy in World War II, he said.
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"I never got no answer," Robinson said.
"I never did get no answer. If I did, it didn't get to me."
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The Mississippi farmer, now living in a rural VA hospital, said his dream is to speak with Oprah as father and daughter before he dies.
The World War 2 veteran insisted he wasn't looking to get his hands on Oprah's millions.
"I'd like her to call me," he said.
"I'm her real father. I haven't seen her since she was a kid. She was a little bitty thing."
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Oprah's spokeswoman said the TV host wasn't available to comment on Robinson's claims.
Oprah grew up thinking her mother Vernita's longtime boyfriend, Vernon Winfrey, was her biological father.
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While she began a search in 2003 for her real father, Oprah is said to still consider Vernon her father.
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Why does everyone want to just "speak" to someone IF THEY ARE GOING TO DIE? why didnt he want to chat with her for 50 yrs? Fifty long years. Op's mom slept w/ 3 guys around time she was concieved. read the Kitty kelley book... it blows yer mind.
Posted Sun, 04/18/2010 - 7:06pm
I think she should do a DNA just for the knowledge. She can decide THEN what she wants to do. what if the VA hospital wants her to pay the bill after he passes as her next of kin? She had a great stepdad who she feels was her father.
Posted Sun, 04/18/2010 - 7:03pm
Oh - I have an idea - why doesn't she just ask her Mother who her Father is? Seems pretty simple to me...
Posted Sun, 04/18/2010 - 6:03pm
i hope oprah does the right thing and visits with him. if not, she'll have regrets all her life.
Posted Sun, 04/18/2010 - 12:22am
These "I'm your daddy" who show up years later to demand recognition are totally pathetic. They should continue to stay out of sight, just like they did while their kids needed them.
Posted Sat, 04/17/2010 - 8:34pm
Ive never understood why anybody pays attention to this Gay Hooker Pig called oprah.....
Posted Sat, 04/17/2010 - 4:39pm
how AWFUL to have believed that vernita lee's boyfriend was oprah's dad...Oprah should have that paternity test done ASAP.
Posted Sat, 04/17/2010 - 3:19pm
Noah Robinson resembles Ray Charles. RC's bio dad was Bailey Robinson. could be oprah distant cousin of RC..If Oprah really has a kind heart, she would visit her bio dad and have a DNA test done.
Posted Sat, 04/17/2010 - 3:15pm
She doesn't owe him anything but I would be curious enough to do a DNA test just so I could know who my real father is, see him & get the story of my beginnings. I agree he's not looking for $...sounds like he doesn't have long to live.
Posted Sat, 04/17/2010 - 2:49pm
she owes him nothing. it's a personal choice. i've known since childhood that there's a chance my dad isn't my sperm dad, and who the guy may be. i processed it and for me, my dad is the man who was married to my mom and raised me. story over
Posted Sat, 04/17/2010 - 1:53pm