Queen O Scales Back But Gives Back Too!
Filed under: Oprah Winfrey
So this RecessMas, the Oprah Winfrey decided to go lightly on her minions, figuring that a pack of a stay-at-home mothers didn't really need a reminder of just how wonderful it is to be Queen of the Universe.
Queen O scaled back her holiday special, concentrating instead on gifts from the heart.
Like macaroni necklaces!
Okay, not really, more like "gratitude boxes" that you decorate (holiday themed or not) and then fill with little notes about how thankful you are for the person the box is intended for. If you can afford your annual holiday party, the boxes function as great party souvenirs, allowing guests to express their gratitude toward each other.
Just be careful when the spiked egg nog begins to flow!
Oprah said, "It has been the gifts that cost the least amount of money that mean the most to me" for the two seconds before she promptly dumps them in the garbage and then shuffles around her estate in slippers that cost more than your life.
Know what else is cheap? Reading. Oprah touted her recent book club selection - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewskias - as a "magical bond that this mute boy shares with his dog. But it's so much more than a dog story."
But guests didn't walk away empty handed. For 48 hours following the show's broadcast, fans can download a playlist of the Queen's fave holiday tunes for free, which features musicians such as Tony Bennett and Faith Hill. You could even download and print out an O Holiday Hits label.
Great!
[Image via WENN.]
The Chistmas duet with the Hives and Cyndi Lauper can be downloaded on Nov. 28 for free on the HIVES website.
Hey BBD, can you please inject Oprah with some steaming hot gravy?? She looks like she needs it..bad.
cheap ass bitch!
BITCH!
but no, she can spend all kinds of money sucking up to obama.
BITCH!!!
Perez, what are you giving your dedicated bloggers?!
gratitude boxes……..buahaha…….try selling that one to the chitlins christmas morning
ppl need to stop treating oprah as if she is God.
Oprah said, "It has been the gifts that cost the least amount of money that mean the most to me"
Good, I hope you enjoy the box of farts I sent ya!
SHE SHOULD SCALE BACK ON THE CLEAVAGE! WHOOAH!
Re: guilty of being white – I ain't fuckin' that PIG!
" It's my dick in a box, dick in a box Baby…"
If someone gave me a box with notes about how "special" I am, I'd be like WTF??? What a stupid, insipid gift.
you can download them now….
BOO!
People watch that show to see her GIVE AWAY GOOD SHIT. I understand she's trying to set a good example, but no one seriously ever bought shit she put on her shows. It was like window shopping. Fuck Oprah and her millions.
Re: BBD is making ya gravy! –
Lol @ dick in the box. That's all I want for Christmas, Baby.
Tell the truth Oprah, you gave so much money to get Obama in office that you , once again, threw your fans on the back burner. I don't care for Oprah anymore since she chose race over gender in the elections. Notice all Obama's cabinet is from Clinton. The very same ones Hillary would of chose. The only difference between Obama and Clinton.. is Obama is half black and a man! I'd pay to see Sarah Palin knock the fat right off Oprah. I hope Hillary Clinton never ever goes on Oprah's sham of a show.
wow how cheap is that
What A Cheap Ass!!
this is actually bad for the economy because Oprah gets people excited about shopping. But now with her not giving away anything up a mixtape and a box paper….I'm not excited at all.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING DARLINGS!!!
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IMAGINE ALL THE MONEY SHE COULD HAVE SAVED FOR HER FANS IF SHE HAD CUT BACK ON HER EATING.
Don't you just love Oprah……I do…..BQ
She got what she wanted- now she is DONE with all those white women who kept her show AND her magazine going. So she'll go home in a private jet to one of her many houses while weeping about the poor.
Seriously?? If she can afford it, she should just buy it. By continuing to spend the way she normally does, she is helping the enconomy a lot more than if she cuts back out of "respect." Celebrities are so fucking stupid.
And I would rather have gotten some awesome gifts that I would never be able to afford than a "gratitude box." What the fuck is that bullshit?
Wow, she should have cancelled that show rather than insult people like that. A gratitude box? Seriously?
Dear Oprah,
Great, You've given us your Ruben Studdard of a fucking useless president.
Thanks a bunch! 46% of us think you were wrong!
Why don't you retire and f*ck off to Hawaii you fat cu*t.
I'm sure her investments are taking a hit, why not be grateful for what you get instead of going postal because you didn't get a car? I mean, who the hell do you think you are?
I really doubt O is feeling the recession. I would have been pissed if I was in the audience that day and got NOTHING!! Cheap bitch!
Re: harrybalsac gives U the bird! –
I can't stop laughing at your comment!
I read it to my husband and he can't stop laughing either!
You wack a$$ bitche$ aren't even good enough to drink Oprah's bath water. Go crawl back into your holes you useless trolls.
In a time when most of her audience could have used nice things to sell on eBay to keep their McMansions out of forclosure for a few more months, she gave them a dog book. But, how much money did she make personally off the advertising from the show? And I agree with Greasy, she did nothing for the economy. Don't spend money this year, just give your kids a box full of their childhood crayon drawings and report cards. Well, at least her audience can burn that book for heat.
like they say "dont hate the player hate the game". Oprah has earned her money, she can do what she wants to with it. It isnt like she was bestowed with her wealth- she had to earn it through hard work in a obvious prejudice country. A country that collectively agrees, nay, embraces the right to open markets and adhere to a neo-liberatarian ideology. The problems with the economy and the large gaps in social classes isnt because of Oprah, she is just fortunate enough to have sucessfully worked the system. So stop hating her for her money and claiming that shes cheap. She doesnt have to give you anything. Oprah is one of the largest philanthropist in Hollywood and i am completely appauled that you would critique her when so many others dont give at all. Im sure the majority of you pointing the finger and calling Oprah cheap have never willingly donated anything.
Oprah probably made a nice dent in the economy by NOT buying 300 refrigerators & pairs of apple bottom jeans for her audience this year. Way to go asshole.