Join the club. First of all I am in Chicago, so we get tons of stories about the woman. Is she any different from any other wealthy powerful person, probably not, but she certainly is not the golden child she presents herself.
1) She can be demanding (not any different from many wealthy rich people) and if you do not ask how high when she says jump, you are fired.
2) She is known to agree to something, disappear for a while and then people get a form letter from "her people" saying that Oprah cannot participate in ___[fill in appropriate word here]_____. End of story and also, it is spelled out that a person cannot say that Oprah was in ANY way associated w/ the project otherwise legal action will be taken. Now for a school that was counting on her helping raise money (by use of her name) and using her name in the promos up till the form letter, it makes it very difficult to explain to others that she has pulled out. The only thing you can do is say that for those who were originally supporting the project, due to other commitments are no longer associated with it. Legal spin, end of story. But it is still shitty, if you ask me.
3) Any person who insists on being on the cover of EVERY mag they product is pretty self absorbed is you ask me.
So, ABC t.v. is showing a special w/ how Oprah has raised money for a girls' school in Africa. I don't begrudge them their school. What I would love, would be for people to see Oprah for who she is .... a self absorbed, spoiled t.v. personality.