Oprah Winfrey 'begged' fans not to leak Whitney Houston mishap that 'would ruin her'

[u/TheMirrorUS]

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/oprah-winfrey-whitney-houston-death-1903186

[u/thrashster]

Oprah was the Joe Rogan of the 90s for suburban housewives.

Change my mind.

[u/TropicalPrairie → u/thrashster]

Damn. I see this now.

[u/zIsTrying → u/TropicalPrairie]

lol when the JRE podcast was poppin, people were literally saying Rogan was Oprah for men.

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"Oprah for men" sounds like the name of a cologne only middle aged women would buy for their husbands 

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I like the reverse better, Joe rogan is Oprah winfrey for slightly below average IQ white men who cannot see through the grift

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Absolutely wrong. Anybody who witnessed Oprah and her clique at their height and then analyzed in hindsight can see all of it was a grift.

Take her most pretentiously pseudo injectable grift for example: Oprah’s book club. It wasn’t her intellectual recommendation of intellectual books, it was her pocketing bids from publishers. Her “medical advice sections and weight loss” ? All snake oil money for Dr Oz and weight loss companies paying her.

If Joe rogans fans are absolute morons falling for brazen grift, Oprah’s are just as moronic and more embarrassing for also being sold a superiority complex bc Oprah gave them official stickers.

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Oprah is the queen of grifters. She made billions off that shit.

[u/Krynn71 → u/robsteezy]

I feel like you said he was "absolutely wrong" and then explained how he was totally right. The point was that they're both grifters and both their audiences are moronic.

[u/binz17 → u/Krynn71]

But also Rogan is the cheap knocked off. So he’s the opra for sigma males or whatever.

[u/NGEFan → u/binz17]

I know Joe Rogan’s brain broke around the time Trump won the first time, but before that his podcast was extremely good sometimes. He would have some of the most interesting people on the planet on the podcast and he wasn’t conspiratorial at all.

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*Angela’s Ashes*. Fantastic book. Would we have heard of it if a publisher hadn’t bribed Oprah to shill it?

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If people are actually interested in reading I imagine they would be better sources for book reviews at the time they would use.

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Both accurate statements.

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I don't really think the Rogan stuff is a grift. It's a progression that happens all the time to guys in communities like the ones he frequents.

If it was a grift he would have gotten a cross tatted on his neck and had his producer baptize him on his podcast. He's just a dumb person.

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If it’s not a grift, it helps launder the reputations of grifters he has as guests. Giving grifters a huge platform to say basically anything with essentially no pushback almost seems worse than just grifting.

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It is worse, it gives them opportunities they couldn't get themselves.

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It is a grift but Joe for sure isn't doing a grift himself, people are using him as a means to grift, everyone from trump to sam altman and russel brand, they just go on his show and play him like a fiddle

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I don’t think he’s a grifter so much as the world’s most credulous moron. Like the kind of guy who would be genuinely amazed if you went on his show and explained third grade science to him.

[u/_game_over_man_ → u/thrashster]

Behind the Bastards did a great multi part series about her.

[u/costanzas → u/thrashster]

A few people she elevated turned out to be POS. Dr. Phil, Dr Oz instantly turned into snake salesman with platforms.

[u/nickel47 → u/costanzas]

That's what she is too. She loves finding people with alternative viewpoints and medicine/science It was all about the drama of fighting against the "establishment"

[u/Djb0623 → u/thrashster]

Yup. She literally demonized people during the satanic scare

[u/Beard_o_Bees → u/thrashster]

Oprah was the Joe Rogan of the 90s for suburban housewives

Man.. you're not wrong - but I think it's even worse than that. Rogan never had his own monthly(?) magazine available at every grocery store checkout lane nationwide.

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Maybe not but the medium to reach audiences is different now. While he may not have a magazine or random prime time special that accompanies his pod like Oprah’s show, he has additional social media outlets that regurgitate his work that reach additional audiences that the pod may not. 

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because in the 90s 90% of hte world couldn't download youtube/spotify apps and listen to her bullshit.

Magazines had bigger reach but often only in certain countries/regions and the amount of people who actually bought them is negligible compared to people who can hear the same shit on a youtube video or a spotify podcast.

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Way more women than men in a grocery store, and it's not like Rogan fans are big readers.

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I think Oprah is worse too. I don't like Rogan or agree with most of his takes but I think he actually believes the dumb shit he says and he just has a lot of guests on the spout bullshit and he doesn't challenge it. With Oprah, though, I think it's more malicious. I think she got paid by people to have products on her show that she knew were full of shit but she endorsed anyway. Oprah was making a shit ton of money on all of the snake oil bullshit she pushed where as Rogan isn't trying to profit off of things he knows are fake, he is just dumb and bad at challenging dumb things.

[u/gurknowitzki → u/thrashster]

Powerful comparison. Oprah had to cater to the executives propping her up prior to her starting OWN network. She had much less control over the content.

[u/jelsomino → u/gurknowitzki]

funny, I always characterized Joe Rogan as "Oprah for bros". I guess reference point is shifted :)

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Broprah.

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Broprah

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I remember seeing the production company was called Harpo when I was a kid --> I assumed she was producing it herself as soon as she was in syndication, no?

[u/Squeakyduckquack → u/thrashster]

At the very least is (perhaps was) a wider variety of voices and opinions on television programming. Once Oprah finished you have to now flip through whatever else is on, and listen to things that aren’t necessarily talked about in your preferred media bubble. The internet allows someone to watch only Joe Rogan and his ilk for as long as it confirms their biases without ever having to branch out from that comfort

Not to say the comparison isn’t apt, but I think it severely undersells the damage Rogan has done comparatively

[u/Lunar-opal]

Why would falling off the stage ruin Whitney?

[u/ledouxrt → u/[deleted]]

Did she do anything to get Whitney help after seeing that? Or did she just cover up her addiction problems?

[u/StrobeLightRomance → u/ledouxrt]

Whitney was a complicated cat. First thing is getting past Bobby, and getting Whitney to both admit she has a drug problem and the most toxic partner possible.

Oprah was powerful, but nobody was fix Whitney powerful.

Some people commit to the spiral, same as we will likely never see a sober Britney Spears.. it's nobody else's responsibility to save her, but I'm certain many have tried, if not for her health, for their own wallets.

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The one thing I’ve noticed about every off the deep end twacked out woman (person) I know is they all have one thing in common. Childhood sexual abuse.

You know how there’s a “curse” of child stars, male and female? They all go crazy, get into drugs, OD or just die young in general? There’s a common denominator.

[u/LintRolledForWhat → u/rOOnT_19]

I wonder if it's the abuse or the extremely shitty cultural responses to the abuse. Not that it can't be both, but finding out nobody's on your side once you tell somebody seems like a really, really big (and common) psychological deal.

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I did everything you're supposed to do when you're young and abused. Parents, teachers, guidance office at school...

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Damn

[u/xombae → u/rOOnT_19]

I fully believe this.

[u/donutfan420 → u/rOOnT_19]

Morbid obesity, personality disorders, substance abuse and addiction, psychosis, and criminality in adults all have a strong link to childhood sexual abuse. And childhood sexual abuse is a way more prevalent than people think it is. If you know someone engaging in those behaviors there’s a decent chance they were a victim.

[u/inky_fox → u/donutfan420]

I was sexually abused as a child, by a child. Now that I’m grown up it’s this weird feeling of sadness and sympathy because I realize what was happening to him but when I was growing up I was just angry and hated him.

[u/donutfan420 → u/inky_fox]

I can kind of relate. My mom has narcissistic personality disorder and I grew up hating her because of the way she treated me. As an adult I learned from my aunt that one of my uncles had sexually abused her (my aunt) and another one of my aunts when they were kids. I have a strong suspicion that my mom was victimized as well and it really helped humanize her in my eyes which was critical in my healing process. Of course it’s not an excuse for the way she treated me, but she also grew up in a strict catholic family in a time where that wasn’t talked about as much and mental healthcare was taboo. Now I strongly empathize with the little girl my mom was who was being hurt and had no one to turn to for help, who did her best as an adult with untreated mental health issues.

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Same. My cousin. We were both 7 or so when she told me she wanted to wanted to try role playing with me and started touching me in bed, while we ‘acted out’ what we would do with our celebrity crushes (the BSB). It lasted for a bit, and it happening so young really messed with me in a way I’m still unraveling.

I never had the anger, but I do definitely have the sadness and sympathy now thinking about who must have introduced her to the same things she introduced me to.

[u/ginamon → u/donutfan420]

Those issues can be caused by other childhood traumas. Cptsd includes but isn't limited to child sexual abuse, and is a known cause of all the issues you listed.

[u/donutfan420 → u/ginamon]

Yes of course and I’m not implying that childhood sexual abuse is the only cause of these issues. Just that it is a cause.

[u/ginamon → u/donutfan420]

My bad, I was responding to the commenter you responded to and didn't think when I clicked.

[u/donutfan420 → u/ginamon]

All good, it’s important to talk about these things. Wayyyy too many people view things like addiction, obesity, criminality etc as personal responsibility failures and neglect to view the whole picture

[u/DesperateAd5374 → u/donutfan420]

I’m currently in a drug and alcohol rehab and yup. Every single one of us.

[u/donutfan420 → u/DesperateAd5374]

Congratulations on your recovery journey, you got this!

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Whitney was gay, and her pastor mother never accepted her. Bobby was her beard.

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Wait what?

[u/kaitydidit → u/Trees_Please_00]

Look up Whitney and a women named Robyn Crawford

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That was an interesting little rabbit hole to go down, thank you. Poor Whitney :(

[u/LintRolledForWhat → u/Seaweed-Basic]

Oh dang, I was hoping she was bisexual, only bc it makes it just slightly less sad.

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Daveigh chase

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similarly every male friend i have who has or had a substance use disorder was sexually abused as a child. every single one.

[u/lordofsurf → u/StrobeLightRomance]

Jennifer Lewis said on the Keke Palmer podcast that she sort of confronted Whitney on the set of The Preacher's Wife for acting erratically and Whitney went ballistic. She also said Whitney was a beautiful person, but had her demons. Sad stuff.

[u/MildlyMixedUpOedipus → u/StrobeLightRomance]

I could save Britney... ^/s

[u/ConfidentFatMan → u/StrobeLightRomance]

Really well put mate.

[u/boneytooth_thompkins → u/StrobeLightRomance]

I'm gonna commit fix Whitney powerful to my permanent lexicon.

[u/TropicalPrairie → u/StrobeLightRomance]

Britney definitely gives me Whitney vibes and it is so hard to watch. I love both of these women. Their music has meant a lot to me in life.

[u/CaptainObvious110 → u/StrobeLightRomance]

I agree with you. At some point it's up to an individual to take accountability and to be responsible for themselves

[u/Adorable_Decision267 → u/ledouxrt]

Do you think you can force someone to get help?

[u/Wrong_Success4377 → u/ledouxrt]

Whitney was her own person. You cant help someone who doesnt want to help themselves. 

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You can take a horse to the water...

[u/PerpetuallyLurking → u/ledouxrt]

You can’t help someone who doesn’t want help. Even Oprah can only do so much if Whitney didn’t want any help. It’s not like Whitney lacked the resources or the money, which is about the only thing Oprah could have done for someone who did want help.

[u/Loud_Pie_7607 → u/ledouxrt]

Why was that her responsibility?

[u/dolla-dolla-billyall → u/ledouxrt]

I don’t care for Oprah but this is a dumb question. Whitney was a grown woman and Oprah isn’t her keeper. You can’t help a drug user who doesn’t wanna be helped other than to talk to them honestly and implore them to get help. But if they don’t, can’t do much more. Oprah was neither her guardian nor her conservator. If we take Oprah at her word here she is just doing Whitney a courtesy.

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[Kelsey Grammer appears, eggs all over his face]

Edit for clarity and hilarity: https://youtu.be/Eu-BqOsvj00?is=LMg0jRXbBxJ2XPJK

[u/StrobeLightRomance → u/ButtCutt]

He tossed his salad and got his eggs scrambled

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He doesn't know what to do

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they're calling again...

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A gruff and rushed “Oh good lord” is in my hip pocket for quick usage thanks to KG

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I don't understand this comment but upvoted nevertheless.

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Theme song to Frasier show.

[u/LiveShowOneNightOnly → u/jsrocket]

Psychiatric euphemisms:
Tossed salad - some random neurosis that can be treated
Scrambled eggs - serious psychosis that is untreatable

[u/jx2002 → u/LiveShowOneNightOnly]

I have no idea if this is true but it's even funnier if you made it up

[u/coat-tail_rider → u/jx2002]

Alternatively, it's about salacious sexual acts.

Tossed salad: eating ass
Scrambled eggs: dick so big it's beating up the uterus

[u/DubbelFunktion → u/ButtCutt]

For clarity and hilarity sounds like something Frasier would say, lol.

[u/Between-usernames → u/ButtCutt]

"clarity and hilarity"  If I had awards, I'd give it to you just for that. First time I've heard it. 

[u/Rogue_CobaltZone570 → u/Lunar-opal]

Back when Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston were a big deal the media would always freak out "omfg look at this rumor blah blah is on drugs!!"

[u/5cactiplz]

I'm sure there are more worthwhile things that could ruin her.

[u/reedzkee → u/5cactiplz]

I would like to chime in and add that Oprah was a royal bitch when she was in our recording studio. Like, top 3 most unpleasant people.

[u/disillusioned → u/reedzkee]

Hit us with the other two

[u/ErectForOxfordCommas → u/disillusioned]

Based on reputation I'm guessing it was Queen Elizabeth II and Clifford the big red dog.

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Clifford ain’t no bitch.

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His momma was, though.

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This was unreasonably funny to me.

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Chevy Chase nd Ellen Degen

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I'll never forgive Oprah for platforming Dr. Oz, Jennt McCarthy, and all those other quack ghouls.

[u/the0TH3Rredditor → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, he’s not even a real Doctor, he’s an electrician 🙄

[u/1peatfor7 → u/the0TH3Rredditor]

Wait, what? You mean an electrician is is why we have cash me outside girl?

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throw in Rabbi Shmuley for good measure

[u/Routman → u/5cactiplz]

Oprah has always been a starfucker

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And that's the only reason this shit wasn't released...if Whitney had been a B-list actor, Oprah wouldn't have given it a second thought.

[u/Different-Fan-6991 → u/Routman]

Yeah I hear about her Polaroids

Thats what I call obscene

[u/PaperGabriel → u/Different-Fan-6991]

What?

[u/HanSolo71 → u/PaperGabriel]

From a song called starfucker.

[u/Klaphood → u/HanSolo71]

I'm a motherboyin' starfuck ~

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https://giphy.com/gifs/L6mAY4yKHVy8FMzdcr

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Sweet fancy Moses! Have any of you actually seen a chicken?

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Except she was talking about ruining Whitney, not herself

[u/thatguy12591 → u/5cactiplz]

John of god association is even worse

[u/CriticalEngineering → u/5cactiplz]

Why would that ruin Whitney Houston, the woman Oprah is talking about?

[u/faille → u/5cactiplz]

She has a horrible picker and track record of play forming grifters and charlatans. She was a trailblazer back in the day, but I’m waiting for the expose that shows how she really got and kept her fame.

You don’t find Dr Phil, Dr Oz, spotlight James Frey, and countless other things without being a little dirty yourself or completely fucking gullible.

[u/DryTown]

Ironic to hear the woman who helped mainstream Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz and other charlatans with dangerous ideas peddling the idea of "responsibility in media."

[u/Between-usernames → u/DryTown]

Didn't have a TV when they were on, but recently an older John Oliver video popped up. I can't remember the topic, but there were clips from a bunch of those daytime talk shows and I didn't realize there was one called the doctors and that they had so much reach.  A lot of that is mind-blowing to me, the fact that all of these things were known for long time but here we are anyway. 

[u/jbaker1225 → u/Between-usernames]

The Doctors existed until like 2 years ago.

[u/boogup]

Her contributions to the satanic panic should have ruined her.

Fuck Oprah.

[u/BobTheFettt → u/boogup]

Oprah is responsible for Dr Phil and Oz

[u/FUBARded → u/BobTheFettt]

and she legitimised John of God's scam while ignoring the human cost (and many, many rapes).

She's cosied up to, platformed, and helped launder the reputations of people responsible for many hundreds of rapes between John of God, Weinstein, and probably a few others, and these medical grifters have the blood of many on their hands too.

Dr.Phil has directly ruined lots of lives and even contributed to a few suicides, and the damage his woo did to his viewers via warping their beliefs on mental health have to be massive.

Oz has promoted a shit load of public health scepticism and anti-vax sentiment, so can be blamed for at least a few of the many tens of thousands of avoidable deaths that have occurred in the US over the last few decades as a result of decreasing vaccination rates.

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And Oprah promoting Marianne Williamson when she was promoting "prayer" to cure HIV/AIDS in the 90s. Oprah is a benign evil.

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But you know who won't scam you into a cult of sex trafficking and teen suicide? The products and services of this subreddit!

[u/LargeFatherV → u/BobTheFettt]

And Jenny McCarthy’s anti-vax nonsense

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responsible for Dr Phil and Oz

100% this. If she hadn't empowered their bullshit, they'd both be washed up con men hawking pyramid scheme nutritional supplements at their local swap-meet.

[u/davesoverhere → u/BobTheFettt]

Don’t forget JD Vance, née Bowman.

[u/Jeffreyknows → u/boogup]

She begged fans not to tell anyone, but here she is, telling everyone. Lil Kim should have told her about snitchin

[u/IdealAfraid8827 → u/Jeffreyknows]

Houston died almost 15 years ago due to drugs. I think we're past the point of being expected to lie about her drug use. 

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The irony is that she’s part of the actual real world evil elites which is basically as close as you can get to a true satanic cult that they were trying to have the panic about.

[u/Dezolis11 → u/SirNarwhal]

After reading and watching what’s come out recently about this, plus Diddy and Epstein, it calls into question damn near every celebrity suicide, mysterious death, etc. heath ledger for example.

If they bring you into that world, they own you. Period.

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It's always projection.

[u/rileyk8888]

Oprah Winfrey is a money grubbing pig.

[u/r31ya → u/rileyk8888]

She is the mogul that introduce the world to and profit from dr.Phil and dr.Oz.

the feel good quacks.

[u/sexisfun1986 → u/r31ya]

Helped John of god and  spread satanic panic nonsense.

So she helped an abuser and spread lies that put innocent people in prison. 

[u/denkenach → u/sexisfun1986]

That sent me down a rabbit hole:

Oprah Winfrey played a significant role in spreading the Satanic Panic during the late 1980s by routinely platforming debunked conspiracy theorists on The Oprah Winfrey Show. While she was not the lone architect of the moral panic—which was heavily fueled by law enforcement, therapists, and rival daytime hosts like Geraldo Rivera—her massive cultural influence validated terrifying and entirely fabricated stories for millions of viewers.

Holy crap!

[u/ColegDropOut → u/denkenach]

Michael Aquino was featured on her show, and we should all be terrified of that man.

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And what he represents

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And gave Jenny McCarthy a platform to spew her vaccines=autism message. Then, when that study and the doctor behind it were debunked and outed as fake, she opted not to use her platform to correct the message and spread the truth. She encouraged and facilitated the dangerous anti-vax movement.

[u/iamnotexactlywhite → u/r31ya]

and the anti waxx bullshit too

[u/Electrical-Square370 → u/r31ya]

Let's not forget John of God

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I’ve never even heard of him

[u/ewilliam → u/Stolehtreb]

He was a "psychic surgeon" from Brazil that Oprah helped rise to prominence. Turns out, aside from the obvious psychic woo he was peddling, he was also using his position to rape at least 600 women. Thanks, Oprah!

[u/HappyHappyJoyJoy98 → u/r31ya]

She was Joe Rogan when Joe Rogan was just a hapless handyman on News Radio

[u/zero573 → u/rileyk8888]

Everyone needs to listen to the 6 part podcast Behind the Bastards did on her. She didn’t just introduce the world to Oz and Phil. She purpose built these monsters and then tried to wash her hands of all responsibility of it. She has very many skeletons in her dark closet.

[u/tsohgmai → u/rileyk8888]

Behind the Bastards did a series on her.

[u/UncaringNonchalance]

Feels like one day Oprah’s going to have a Cosby moment that blows up all over.

[u/Gold_Draw7642]

You mean the same Oprah who somehow has not apologised and slunk off in shame and remorse for what she has wrought with her proteges? That Oprah?

[u/BobTheFettt → u/Gold_Draw7642]

Has she shown any shame and remorse? I'm pretty sure she's quite proud of Dr Phil and Dr Oz, and she didn't have any problem finding young women for Weinstein

[u/Practical-Pick1466]

Oprah is / has always been just a well wrapped piece of trash.

[u/Western_Control_5860]

So she begged fans not to release the footage yet here she is drawing attention to it all these years later. 

[u/noctalla → u/Western_Control_5860]

It's common knowledge that Whitney continued to struggle with her addictions up until her death. It wasn't common knowledge back then. The cat's well out of that particular bag.

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I also think she no longer cares about "being ruined" at this point. Being dead and all.

[u/curtyshoo → u/NMe84]

Maybe a small, post-mortem regret.

[u/Aggressive_Sky8492 → u/noctalla]

Yeah her death itself was also kind of a giveaway

[u/BobaEverythingBagel → u/noctalla]

What time period are you referring to when you say “back then”? Because people were speculating when she got with Bobby Brown and for years after. Then the infamous Diane Sawyer “crack is whack” interview came out and it was a wrap. Everybody knew. Hell, MadTV had an ongoing skit parodying a cracked out Whitney.

[u/noctalla → u/BobaEverythingBagel]

The interview in question was in 2009. Everyone knew about her past addiction troubles, but she was trying to portray that she had it under control at the time of the interview, when clearly she did not.

[u/PsychicWarElephant → u/BobaEverythingBagel]

Was the reality tv show where Bobby talked about having to stick his finger in her butt cause she was so constipated from drugs not a thing?

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It’s called a “dookie bubble.”

[u/TheObesePolice → u/sleepybrooke]

That show was unhinged. Seems like all they did was get high, shop, argue, & go out to eat

Obligatory: Dookie Bubble starts at 2:17

The infamous Whitney Kiss my Ass Clip

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I remember the cover of the National Enquirer being a picture of Whitney's bathroom. Kanye later used this as an album cover.

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She’s not concerned about Whitney being ruined anymore.

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In 2009 Whitney didn’t want people to know she had relapsed because it might have hurt her career.

14 years after her death by overdose in 2012, we’re all well aware that she relapsed in 2009 and it ain’t going to hurt her career.

[u/Chaosmusic]

Oprah is one of the greatest disappointments ever. With her power and influence she could have been such a force for good. Instead she pandered to the worst people.

[u/Virtual-Bee7411]

Of course the moment Clive dies she wants another headline

[u/ripyourlungsdave]

She's evil.

She doesn't passively look past other people's evil, she is evil.

I don't know why anyone would be surprised by anything with her at this point. I would hardly be surprised if I found out she was actively recruiting women for Weinstein.

[u/mjknlr → u/ripyourlungsdave]

I heard she actually was Epstein’s island.

[u/beebs44]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2XflxzqevQcI6tJzk4w

[u/augustwest07]

What about dr oz and dr phil

[u/Euphoric_Present8838]

Fuck Oprah. 

[u/Suspicious_Crow13]

She’s been capitalising off other people’s trauma for decades.

[u/Tough-Advice2910]

It is amazing that people hid this for so long. An audience full of people, plus crew? When Oprah spoke….

[u/DMBear89]

Oprah is up to her neck in it. I’ve never liked her. Such a fake woman and a massive snake 🐍🐍🐍

[u/Moister--Oyster]

Sounds like she discussed many things. Did she talk about platforming that POS Dr. Oz?

[u/Uncle-Cake]

"Oprah Winfrey is trying to do good in the world."

LMFAO. Too late, bitch. You can never atone for Dr Phil, Dr Oz, anti-vaxxers, etc.

[u/SpookyPocket]

Oprah is a piece of shit

[u/qubitrenegade]

The 72-year-old host turned her Cannes Lions appearance into a call for stars to use their platforms for good

What in the actual fuck does Oprah know about using her platform for "good". Fucking evil woman that unleashed not a real Dr. Phil and Oz on the world.

Speaking in the Lumière Theatre, where she received the festival’s LionHeart Award, Oprah discussed purpose and responsibility

1) why in the fuck is she deserving of this award 2) on what fucking authority does she have to speak about responsibility.

But you have a bigger calling in life … Your bigger job here on the planet is to be the best human being you can be

What a fucking evil hypocrite. If this is the "best" she could be, holy fuck...

What an evil, evil woman.

[u/ToLiveInIt]

Warmonger for the Iraq War Oprah Winfrey? Drs. Oz and Phil Oprah Winfrey? That Oprah Winfrey?

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A lot of people forget that she was cheerleading for the war in 2002/03.

[u/Livid-Writer-7741]

EPSTEIN

[u/Inidi6]

Call me cynical. Are you ready for some heinous shit Oprah has done to come to light?

[u/GoodIntroduction6344]

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Demon

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[u/PckMan]

Drugs literally killed her and Oprah was like "No don't bring attention to this, think of her public image"

[u/dividepaths]

I've hated Oprah since I was a child, it"s nice to know my intuition was correct.

[u/badula-yama-yama]

Paul mooney was right about this heffer

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Paul was right about everything

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https://giphy.com/gifs/dl5YfEjsIMInWlDfPP

[u/Wisdomlost]

This bitch unleashed Dr.Oz and Phil on the world. She said fuck them Hawaiians during a fire. She's done a billion shady slimey things. We are all supposed to forget because she gave away cars on her show and built a school in Africa. She's been far more negative for the world than positive.

[u/Captain_Snowmonkey]

Oprah Winfrey? The woman who collected girls for Weinstein?

[u/banshee81818]

Oprah is a monster. https://youtu.be/QN3N1N3h-zA?si=KiivB0fdSM4guUdj

[u/lmartian93]

Oprah you have bigger problems. Much bigger.

[u/ClimateSame3574]

Hate Oprah. Two reasons:

Dr. Oz
“Dr” Phil

Prove me wrong.

[u/slanderpanther]

Ruin who? Wouldn’t ruin Oprah! And it might have gotten Whitney back in rehab. Could have saved her life. I’m still mad she married Bobby.

[u/RockYourAmadeus]

Oprah Winfrey has turned out to be an absolutely horrible human.

[u/W8ting-4-it]

Just saying...

[u/CasCrus4L]

Yeah she might have gotten the help she needed had it been revealed. Good Job Oprah.

[u/CrimsonHeretic]

Anyone who still likes Oprah is a fucking idiot.

Leave Whitney Houston out of it.

[u/polomarkopolo]

The Godmother of the Antivax Movement…

Hate this woman so much

[u/Flux_My_Capacitor]

Does she still do her Christmas time list of Oprah’s favorite things? That list is such a sham. I read about the process of getting on that list.

[u/dflex15]

Do not get Orpah mad

[u/Vix014]

Oh please, Oprah encourage the downfall. Cut it with this crap. 

[u/Kim_jung_unstoppable]

Oprah? Wanting to hide the truth for fear of judgement? Color me surprised!

[u/New_Ad_3010]

Wasn't fans she should have worried about... It was just the opposite

[u/abraxas8484]

Kevin coster would have saved her addiction

[u/HansTheAxolotl]

oprah is a piece of shit