02/27/2008
Oprah Has Never Kissed a Woman: 'I Really Haven't'
Earlier this week, Valerie Bertinelli appeared on Oprah to promote her new memoir, and the two got into some girl-on-girl talk.
OPRAH: You also wrote about passionately kissing another woman while you were married.
BERTINELLI: Did I write about that?
OPRAH: Yeah!
BERTINELLI: She was a good kisser. She really was. Have you ever kissed a woman?
OPRAH: No. No.
BERTINELLI: We don't want to start those rumors again.
OPRAH: I really haven't.
BERTINELLI: No. No, I believe you!
OPRAH: And if I had, I'd have let you know. I'd have told you years ago.
Leaving behind the speculation about Oprah's sexuality, you would think that a woman curious about so many things would have at least tried kissing a woman.
View the clip, AFTER THE JUMP...
(via celebitchy)
Previously
Oprah Winfrey Draws Huge Crowds for Obama in Iowa, SC, NH [tr]
Oprah and Gayle: "We're Not Gay!" [tr]
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I haven't mac-ed on a woman, why should have Oprah - although he overly excited denials are typical of her and her homophobia. Oprah who?
David B.
Posted by: David B. | Feb 27, 2008 10:20:55 AM
Bertinelli's so sexy she makes me want to become a Lesbian. Of course, she'd have to explain to me what to do. There wouldn't be any dildos-- Lesbians aren't interested in those. Only straight guys think they are.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Feb 27, 2008 10:22:56 AM
Ha! Derrick, you kill me!
Oprah is ah-mazing! She inspires me a great deal but she can sometimes be so biased. If Valerie had been a man who had allegedly "cheated first" on his wife, Miss O woulda been up in arms but notice how she carelessly asks Valerie about it. Y'all remember how she literally fried Jonathan Plumer about his alleged infidelities towards Terri McMillan? Oh and you know she loves her some vajayjay!!
Posted by: Shabaka | Feb 27, 2008 11:16:32 AM
Ladies! I don't care how many Personal Pocket Gays she has like Nate; I don't care how many Celebrity Gays she hob nobs with like Ellen—the woman has some MAJOR unresolved homophobia issues! NO other public figure could get away with some of the things she's said ["couldn't you TELL your husband was gay?!" "do gays still have problems?"] or implied ["Jake what was it like to kiss Heath?"] or did [popularizing the bigotries entangled with "the Down Low"...devoting a WHOLE 25 minutes to the cast of Brokeback]
So we are worshiping at her absurdly expensively shod feet exactly why? Snap!
Posted by: Michael Bedwell | Feb 27, 2008 11:36:49 AM
Oprah came out in my book when she wrote about her relationship with Gail:
"I understand why people think we're gay. There isn't a definition in our culture for this kind of bond between women. So I get why people have to label it -- how can you be this close without it being sexual? Something about this relationship feels otherworldly to me, like it was designed by a power and a hand greater than my own. Whatever this friendship is, it's been a very fun ride."
Uh, yeah, there is a name for this so-close-we're-joined-by-God relationship between women. It's called LESBIAN. She just doesn't have the balls to say it, because it would reveal that her self-righteous pontificating is an effort to overcome feelings of guilt brought on by being in the closet, while promoting an ostensibly self-empowering agenda to women.
Posted by: christopher | Feb 27, 2008 12:31:24 PM
To me the funniest part about this exchange is Valerie saying, "Did I write about that?"
In other words, "I had nothing to do with the content or writing of this book. Someone offered me half a million and I figured, why not? My ex and son are touring with Van Halen, so I might as well get some press too."
And Shabaka, a passionate kiss isn't the same as full-blown cheating, so that could be why Valerie got a pass. Not to mention, Oprah is probably assuming it was "just for fun," since she doesn't seem to understand the concept of lesbianism (see Christopher's post).
Posted by: Paul R | Feb 27, 2008 1:12:43 PM
Oprah really seems unhappy. She has such a permanently pained, uptight look on her face. Does anyone else notice this? Personally, I think she's tortured inside. And I definitely think, having watched the kiss discussion, that she was thrown by the conversation.
Posted by: Mike | Feb 27, 2008 1:20:17 PM
It doesn't make sense for someone to kiss someone of either sake just for the sake of saying they did.
Posted by: Musicisourhigh | Feb 27, 2008 2:10:25 PM
How many boyfriends has Oprah had? How many men has she dated?
More importantly, when was the last time she was all goo about a MAN?
And no being excited about Tom Cruise like Rosie does not count!
I bet if you ask other professional African American women, they would be talking about men like we gay guys get excited about someone we like whether physically or mentally.
I can't recall Oprah EVAH being excited about a man.
Something to think about ...
Posted by: FunMe | Feb 27, 2008 4:45:08 PM
Why would anyone want to kiss a woman? O and I agree.
Posted by: anon | Feb 27, 2008 4:51:27 PM
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks." - William Shakespeare
Posted by: lia | Feb 27, 2008 11:49:28 PM
I thought Valerie B. came off looking like a dipshit after that show. "Did I put that in the book?" and so forth. What I wished Oprah pursued in her questioning was the damage of parenting a young kid while the parents are doing coke and drinking their way to rehab. The audience was clap-happy, applauding, loving their Valerie B., and Oprah should have held her accountable: "Where was Wolfgang while you were doing another bump?!"
Posted by: Daniel | Feb 27, 2008 11:55:41 PM
A relationship like that is called FRIENDSHIP. Why do people continue to 'accuse' Oprah of being a lesbian or of loving Gayle as if it's a crime? She's not gay, so what? All these bitchy insinuations do nothing but reveal an idiotic narcissism and superficiality. Move on, girls...
Posted by: bryanD | Feb 28, 2008 2:46:02 PM
I can only think of one thing phonier than the Oprah-Stedman showmance of the last decade, and that's GW Bush getting up in front of reporters and pretending he has read anything besides "The Pet Goat."
The reason Oprah is not out is the reason Oprah does anything. Money. It's one thing for white America to welcome a black woman into their homes, and make her a billionaire. It's quite another to let a black LESBIAN into their Ozzie & Harriet world. As an out lesbian, Oprah would still be- if she were lucky- a local TV personality with no production company, no magazine, no Fortune 500 listing. Only the dimmest of flyover state dimwits would think that Oprah and Stedman have done nik-nik even ONCE. Of course, I could say the same for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and for the same reason. Not to cure cancer or end world hunger. For money. Plain ol' money.
Posted by: ProfessorVP | Feb 29, 2008 9:50:43 AM
The real question is not whether Oprah's kissed a woman but whether she's kissed a MAN--or ANYONE, erotically... But let's be fair: she was abused as a teenager, and she wouldn't be the first gay person to decide to be nonsexual rather than be abused, physically or emotionally. As a college teacher I run into a lot of young gay people who've been terrorized, or fear the bullying & bigotry coming out still (!) can involve.
Posted by: Darryl | Mar 3, 2008 3:48:25 PM
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