VIDEO: David Letterman Explains Why Oprah Hates Him
Posted on Sep 29, 2010 @ 05:55AM
David Letterman explained his longtime bad blood with Oprah Winfrey in an entertaining story he told to guest Jon Stewart on Tuesday's Late Show, proving wrong the cliché, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
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Letterman said that he was scared of Winfrey for a long time because "she hated me -- that's what it was."
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Stewart, like everyone, thought the heat stemmed from Dave's ill-fated "Uma-Oprah" joke at the 1995 Oscars. Not so, said Dave.
"This predates the Academy Awards, this predates the Academy Awards," Letterman said. “She hated me long before then."
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Letterman said that the problems began when the two TV icons crossed paths at a pricey French restaurant where they dined with their significant others. Letterman said he told his then-girlfriend Regina, "this is hilarious ... I'm gonna make Oprah buy us lunch."
He then told the waiter Winfrey would be picking up their check, and pulled off the ruse when the waiter saw the show biz vets waving at one another, mistaking Winfrey's cordiality as an acknowledgement she was going to pick up Letterman's tab.
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The pair became friendly again in 2005, and this year filmed a Super Bowl commercial with another longtime Letterman foe, Jay Leno.
The Late Show airs weeknights at 11:35/10:35c on CBS.
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I have always hated Oprah. She is so impressed with herself & her fortune it's nauseating. Past that, she lies. She talks a remarkably good game & that's enough for intelligence challenged housewives with aspirations to do dishes and dust.
Posted Wed, 09/29/2010 - 3:10pm
His story was funny but I doubt that upset Oprah. She's got a sense of humor.
Posted Wed, 09/29/2010 - 1:38pm
David Letterman is a DIRTY OLE MAN and many women hate him. I feel sorry for his son and wife.
Posted Wed, 09/29/2010 - 10:35am
Dave is very funny and a huge success in life. I don't expect you to recognize that fact so Google it. I feel sorry for you.
Posted Wed, 09/29/2010 - 3:12pm