On Monday, Oprah revealed her secret, the secret that would leave us SHAKEN TO OUR CORE. That secret? She has a half-sister named Patricia. And the half-sister isn’t trying to famewhore or ask for some Oprah Bucks either. From what I’ve seen and read about Patricia, she really does seem like a nice, normal lady who just happened to find out that she’s related to Oprah. So, of course, Gayle King is worried. What if Patricia replaces Gayle?!? What if Oprah decides that she prefers Patricia to Gayle? What if Oprah decides she needs to give Patricia a job… GAYLE’S JOB?!? Yeah, that is what PopEater’s gossip guy is saying. Apparently, Gayle is having a little breakdown over this:
It can’t be easy finding out that your long lost sister is Oprah Winfrey and then appearing on her show in front of millions. However, that is easy as pie compared to meeting the TV queen’s longtime best friend Gayle King. “I can’t wait to meet Patricia,” she told ABC.
“Gayle must have mixed feelings about the arrival of Patricia,” an insider tells me. “Of course she wants nothing but the best for Oprah, but there has to be just a little tiny part of Gayle that is asking, ‘What now?'”
Oprah announced she had a half-sister a few days ago, but already her fans, and Gayle, are chattering about what role Patricia will play in the star’s life.
“Gayle is very protective about her relationship with Oprah and is not used to sharing her with anyone,” a friend of Gayle’s tells me, adding that the new addition to the family could be a “bigger adjustment” for Gayle than for Oprah.
But as Gayle has already said, Patricia has proved she’s an amazing person.
“This is extraordinary that somebody would have this information about Oprah, who as you know has been sold out on many occasions by friends, by co-workers, in some cases family,” Gayle said. “Patricia wasn’t trying to get Oprah, she was trying to find her mother … having Oprah as a sister, a half-sister, was a bonus.”
This could be a tough adjustment for you, Gayle, but don’t worry love — there is enough room in the great O’s heart for both of you.
[From PopEater]
“The new addition to the family could be a ‘bigger adjustment’ for Gayle than for Oprah.” Oh, FFS. I have this image of Steadman sitting Gayle down like a child and explaining, “Oprah will always love you, but she just needs to spend some time with her sister, who she never even knew existed. Oprah’s heart is big enough to love you both.” Cue Gayle “acting out” like a kid whose parents are getting a divorce.
Photos courtesy of WENN and Oprah‘s show.
This story smells strongly of B.S.
I watched this episode it was really juicy. I think the sister is a really good woman, she knew this info for 3 or 4 years and tried to get in touch with Oprah and her mom without going to the tabs, and the woman works 2 jobs to support her kids. I think if I was Opes I would be telling Gayle to hang back for a bit because she should make the effort to be with her sister.
FFS is right, gimme a break.
Now Gayle, blood is thicker than….never mind.
Oh bullshit.
If there is one person Oprah is never going to ignore, it is Gayle. Gayle is will always be her life time BFF. Stedman would be cut loose before Gayle. haha!
And from the looks of it to me. Oprah had not seen the new sister since Thanksgiving.
Plus Patricia does seem like a genuine girl. Who was looking for the Mother much more than trying to connect with Oprah.
Steadman was the one that looked worried meeting the sister.
@Kaye1 – I’m smelling it, too.
Gayle is all over the darn place and a force of nature. Sister Patricia looks like a church mouse, literally. Like, she looks and sounds like a meek and mild woman who spends most of her free time in somebody’s church and doesn’t even want to be on a roadtrip camping or on a tv or a radio. One does not “replace” the other in any dynamic, blood or otherwise.
Not even seeing how Popeater took the pitch and went with this one. Guess that’s why I read this bit**.
i read this headline as carole king, and wondered why oprah and carole king were friends. obviously more caffeine is needed.
but i love me some “tapestry.”
Patricia may be the long-lost-sister, but it’s Gayle who is the True Love of Oprah’s Life.
(Dont worry Gayle!)
Um thinking Gayle is pretty safe.. thinking her and Oprah will be together ‘until death do they part’..
Hah! That’s funny. Doubt it.
trust me gayle is ok…
Patricia probably will not want to share a bed with Oprah so Gayle needn’t worry.
I heard years back that O gave Gayle a million bucks (plus new house, nanny, jobs) so they could BOTH be millionaires. Gayle is a talentless wannabe. O only likes to hang with other people who have big bucks, apparently. Sick of both of them.
Why would Gayle sweat it, O has enough money to put both on her payroll and it still wouldnt drain her bank account.
THIS STORY IS BS. NO ONE CAN EVER REPLACE GAYLE. PATRICIA IS OPRAH’S LONG LOST SISTER. THEY DID NOT GROW UP TOGETHER. THERE IS NO BOND BETWEEN THEM JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS “FAMILY” DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THEM . OPRAH IS ALMOST 57 YEARS OLD AND SET IN HER WAYS SHE HAS HAD SIBLINGS AND OTHER RELATIVES BETRAY HER.SHE MAY SHARE A DISTANT BUT FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP WITH PATRICIA SHE OWES THIS WOMAN NOTHING ONE MUST REMEMBER THAT SHE FELT NO CONNECTION TO THE CHILD THAT SHE LOST SO MANY YEARS AGO.
So made up. And people believe this junk. Oprah and Gayle have been together since their twenties and have a lifelong friendship. Their friendship can never be replaced by a stranger Oprah gets to know in her fifties. Gossip rags.
Who cares? That’s Grade 1 recess bullshit from Gayle, it really is.
Future tabloid headline: “Gayle and Steadman Console Each Other As Oprah Pushes Them Aside For New Sibling!”
Bet on it.
That’s BULLSHIT
Oprah and Gayle have been BFFs for centuries…Oprah’s only known her half-sister for a few months.
you guys are really reaching today!
The idea that a ‘long lost’ sister will be a replacement is wishful thinking really.
What I find incredible is how this news was ‘secret’ for years and years. One would think that Oprah, former journalist, would be aware of secrets in her family eventually.
I think this was for television ratings and if this is the case, Oprah will forget about her long lost sibling in a year.
Oprah and her new-age cult like phrases and status is alarming and nauseating at the same time.
As long as O doesn’t wanna fuck her half sis, Gayle should be ok.
(that was mean, but I meant no offense to the gay women of the world)
How can a sister replace a lover?
I do not believe there is one ounce of truth to this story. I believe it is a total fabrication and a poor one at that. Oprah and Gayle have a history, a trust, a friendship, a bond that has taken years.
Gossip Guy – what a waste of everyone’s time.
I’m smelling some bullshit.
LOL! Laughable and a big bunch of BS.
Some of us out here hope that Oprah, and Gayle both get replaced and leave the airways.
Gayle has enough of what Oprah has to offer. She was not much here in Connecticut. I just want Oprah to dissapear…have for absolute years. She has scamming down to an absolute science.