Shock! Oprah Apologizes
Private jet-loving Oprah Winfrey has had a change of heart and apologized to author James Frey.
If you recall, momma O named his 2003 memoir A Million Little Pieces as one of her book club choices in 2005, which propelled his book to the bestseller list. But after some stories in the supposedly autobiographical book were discovered to have been exaggerated, Oprah had Frey back on her show to bash him publicly.
Many, including the book's publisher, believe Oprah did that due to the backlash she received from her fans for supporting a book that wasn't all true.
You don't say?!
A month after Oprah called him a liar, his publishers dropped him.
But, now, years later, Winfrey has finally apologized to Frey for publicly slamming him and his book.
Winfrey's rep has also confirmed that the talk show host called the author and offered him a mea culpa.
According to Frey, Oprah called him last fall to say "I felt I owe you an apology." She went on to explain her lashing came from a sense of feeling betrayed.
Frey added, "It was a nice surprise to hear from her, and I really appreciated the call and the sentiment."
Wonder what took O so long to apologize? And why even do it? And if she publicly bashed him, shouldn't she have publicly apologized?
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I think your a day late in reporting this.
Er…I meant "you're" not "your"
Old news. Sheesh.
WTF, did Oprah join AA or something and feel like she has to apologize to everyone she's ruined? How about apologizing to all the people she gave new cars to who couldn't keep them because they then had to pay $$$$$ they didn't have on taxes and insurance? or how about apologizing to America for supporing Obama who has thrown this county down the toilet and caused 3/4 of the nation to be pennyless and unemployed???
i hate that celebrities apologize for everything. seriously, you said your shit, there must have been SOME truth behind it. so quit trying to take it back. we love you for being honest.
She's a control freak!!
thats great Oprah says sorry to a hustler
She should be apologizing for that KFC hoax. Hey if your print this coupon out we'll give you free chicken. Um, actually, we'll give you a form to mail in for a coupon that maybe you can use sometime before the year ends.
thank God that bitch apologized, I stopped watching her after that. That book was awesome, who cares what the exact facts were.
Big OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I Apologize Too Late Now…
Why does she feel the need to aplogize to a lying fraudster? What's up with that?
She shouldn't have to apologize to him publically. He made a fool of her publically, and she returned the favor.
Keep in mind, that even though she wasn't wrong to bash him, she felt remorse, and offered him a genuine apology when she didn't have to.
For once I agree with you. Oh, and pigs are flying today too.
Re: Manson Boston –
Don't u sound stupid, Bush already screwed up this country way before Obama got his hands on it. He didn't create this mess, he is only brave enough to stand up and try and fix it…. Get ur facts straight!!!!!!
i lOVED that book. real or not, it was awesome.
It takes a very secure, big person to admit an error and apologize to someone.
Very well done, Oprah Winfrey!
Old new PH,
Get current sista
The book was awesome and I don't care if it's true or fiction. I'm glad she finally apologized, but you're right she should have done it publicly. FYI- his current book, Bright Shiney Morning, is awesome too. James Frey is amazing.
now she can apologize to Chris Brown..yeah I said it,,she is old enough to be his grandma..
boy made some mistakes hopefully he will seek counseling and mature and it will never happen again.
she has had quite a few ADULT men who sat on her show who have been accused of beating a woman
gimme a break, chris brown should be tarred and feathered!
God, I cannot STAND that woman. If I were him and getting that call from her, I would have said, "Who? Oh yes. I had totally forgotten all about that, no big deal to me, lady." She makes me ill.
Ape-rah NEEDS to APOLOGIZE PUBLICLY on her CULT tv show, and do a FULL PAGE APOLOGY in her narcissistic magazine!
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Ape-rah is nothing but an obese nigglet who victimizes women to enhance her warped sense of reality!
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I highly doubt that she was ever sexually abused as a child…she was just another revolting example of a woman using a "negative" situation to gain sympathy from the masses…she was never raped…you cannot rape the willing! There has been ZERO substantiation of facts regarding her rape/abuse…nothing verified, nothing challenged…DISGUSTING! Rape/etc is a horrible situation…she's making a mockery of all the actual rape/abuse victims. APE-rah is a SCAM!
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Just because we see her nasty nigglet-mug on a daily basis doesn't mean that she's at all "beautiful, stunning, attractive, etc!"…it just means we've become accustomed to her heinous appearance! RICH DOES NOT EQUATE BEAUTY!!!
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now…does anyone have Ape-rah's mailing address?…I have some bananas that I'd like to send her…and just ’cause I'm a nice giving person, I'll send along a nice brown bag for her to wear over her chimpanzee nigglet head!
KISSES!
yet Michael Jackson got away free after all the shit he did with kids. What a hypocrite. WTF does she think writers do….they make stuff up. If she stopped trying to find hidden meanings in herself and trying to teach jobless, fat, gullible, stoooopid housewives to find their inner light she'd know that. It must be amazing to be able to end the career of someone.
She is a fucking sow and should perhaps pick her battles wisely. YES, she should apologize publically! Stupid bitch! She TOTALLY lost my respect after that and I've hated her since. SHE BURIED THAT GUY! You know what? He totally DID go through some heavy shit in his life and she pulled the holier than thou bullshit. Fuck her.
Lol! that coming from a man who owns apologies to:
1. Fidel Castro for cyberkilling him.
2. Natasha Richardson's family for reporting she was dead and she was NOT!
3. Bernie Mac & family for stating that he was put in the hospital for drugs.
4. For calling her a SLUT since she was 14 years old.
5. For posting pics of celebrity kids sans their parents, that's harrasing.
6. To C. Applegate for saying that she was using her cancer to promote her show.
7. To all the celebs who are NOT fat but you keep on drawing baby bumps all over them.
8. To the flamant Miss California Carrie Prejean for being an a-hole to her!
9. To the world for your pityful existance…
just to name a few… come on Perez, we are waiting!
I think the apology to him is enough. She doesnt need to satisfy YOUR need for that. Mr. Frey is satisfied so I think her job is done. Sorry Fatass that you cant turn it into something else.
Always grasping at straws these days eh tubby?
Re: danika_marie – You are soooo right cause celebrities are far from being human beings therefore they have no rights to be wrong, shame on them for being human!
Oprah has nothing to apologize for. He lied to her on national television. She may have felt remorse for "scolding" him on her show, and therefore her apology came from that. However, I feel that she has nothing to be sorry for.
JIGSAW I SEE YOU PUT YOUR WHOLE LIFE ON THE MADONNA POST! ARE U OK?
I hope that pathetic, sel-absorbed, egomaniac looney goes to hell someday. She is a fraud herself. Unfortunately there are too many brainless fucks who still listen to her.
I SMELL A PRIVATE MEDIATION TOOK PLACE IN THAT FONE CALL. OPRAH'S WAY TO SETTLE A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT BEFORE IT HAPPENS. MONEY TALKS, BULLSHIT WALKS..
THIS IS A NOT NEWS TO OPRAH'S FANS THAT SHE IS AN OVERWEIGHT OVERRATED BIGMOUTH THAT WOULD SELL HER SOUL FOR RATINGS, BUT SHE DOES HAVE A STINKY VA-J-J!
When all that happened I sent a letter stating that I thought she was WRONG for bringing him back on the show just to make him squirm while she verbally bashed him. Not classy! If she is so spiritually enlightened, like she professed to be on her show, then she wouldn't feel the need to berate him just because she felt stupid for being duped. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind and its obvious that most out there can't see shit.
Re: puppies are soft! – You are one sick racist redneck puppy! I feel sorry for you.
Re: She says…. – EXACTLY!
Re: assie –
Then Frey shouldn't have listed his book as 'non-fiction'! He completely made up stuff in his book, LAME!
can't stand Oprah, yeah she should publicly apologize, if she brought him on the show in public just to bash him dumb bitch
That's a bunch of bullshit. He deserved the bashing. He wrote a work of fiction and passed it off as a memoir. He lied and got called out. Why apologize?
Wait — are we taking Frey's word for this? Because can we really believe his lying ass?
i read that book and loved it–but i did think the whole thing where he got the teeth pulled was overexaggerated, and big o bashed him way more than the crime deserved
Ape-rah NEEDS to APOLOGIZE PUBLICLY on her CULT tv show, and do a FULL PAGE APOLOGY in her narcissistic magazine!
.
.
Ape-rah is nothing but an obese nigglet who victimizes women to enhance her warped sense of reality!
.
.
I highly doubt that she was ever sexually abused as a child…she was just another revolting example of a woman using a "negative" situation to gain sympathy from the masses…she was never raped…you cannot rape the willing! There has been ZERO substantiation of facts regarding her rape/abuse…nothing verified, nothing challenged…DISGUSTING! Rape/etc is a horrible situation…she's making a mockery of all the actual rape/abuse victims. APE-rah is a SCAM!
.
.
Just because we see her nasty nigglet-mug on a daily basis doesn't mean that she's at all "beautiful, stunning, attractive, etc!"…it just means we've become accustomed to her heinous appearance! RICH DOES NOT EQUATE BEAUTY!!!
.
.
now…does anyone have Ape-rah's mailing address?…I have some bananas that I'd like to send her…and just ’cause I'm a nice giving person, I'll send along a nice brown bag for her to wear over her chimpanzee nigglet head!
KISSES!!!
About time, that book is genius and Oprah needs to get over herself because quite frankly I don't care what she has to say…
she shouldve publically apologized
she like ruined his lifee..
dumb bitch fames getting to her
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut i still loooover herr
James Frey is a fabulous writer. I especially loved "My Friend Leonard" and "Bright Shiny Morning".
did that apology include any actual money to compensate what she did to the guy? or was it just so she'd feel better about herself?
I've had my fill of Dr. Phil and Opra, too!!! They are both as phoney as $3 bills. Ellen is one of the only genuine person, who's show is interesting to watch.
It took so long because she was embarrassed to have been taken it by what was an obvious bit of fiction. By page 10 any child would have known it was bullshit. He claims to have gotten on an airplane with enough drugs in him to put a nonfictional character in the morgue. Reviews for his more recent fictional novels are excellent though. "O" is for opportunistic.
Oooh, and apology. He should sue the bitch for defamation of character.