In what might be a Lindsay Lohan Samantha Ronson scene without the drugs, cops, rehab, ambulances, and SWAT teams; Oprah Winfrey and long time 'companion' Gayle King have had a falling out. By falling out I mean that Gayle actually uttered the words "I hate you" out loud and to Oprah's face.the fall out from the falling out
No words on that caused the falling out. However the usual unnamed sources claim that their relationship is now hanging by the shred of a thread. Further more there's some really nasty side stories developing. Gayle King is getting super sucky with the Obama family lately. Not for the usually reasons: influence, status, etc. She knows that Oprah covets the Obama connection and this is Gayle's way of sticking it to her long time friend.
steady with Steadman - Steadman as she goes
Meanwhile Oprah has a trick up her own sleeve. She's apparently back with Steadman Graham. The 6'4" motivational speaker has been spotted coming out of the woodwork and back into Oprah's life. For those unfamiliar with the Steadman back story he's a big good looking ex football type and self made multi millionaire; he's also a constant reminder to the world that no man is good looking or successful enough to deserve Oprah. That kinda worked the way Gabriel Aubry was supposed to rmeind the world that no man is good looking or successful enough for Halle Berry (and did she give him a hard time about that too!). The one difference being that Halle managed to get down off her high horse long enough to get knocked up, once.
Oprah's self made family & friends with benefits
Now it should be stated that Oprah has never ever officially 'come out of the closet'. Oprah has maintained that as far as the world needs to know Steadman is some guy she likes taking out dancing and on vacation, while Gayle is some chick who spends a lot of time in Oprah's home, when they're not sharing hotel rooms for professional purposes (King has some kind of unofficial position with HARPO).
Official counter spin aside the 2 grown women who formerly couldn't get enough of each other are currently carrying on like a pair of high schoolers having a 'spat'. The obvious conclusion - it's okay if Gayle hates Oprah. She'll be back in the picture soon 'cause she knows shit. Besides, if Oprah really want to cheese King off she wouldn't be back with Steadman, she'd be palling up to good friend Ellen DeGeneres. There seems to be a certain low key middle aged chemistry between those two, in an officially not gay way that is.
Wondertrash thought of the day:
photo courtesy of Roger Ebert via twitpic
gettin' centered
Love the toilet paper in the bottom right of the picture - what more of an impression of existence do you need? Possibly a few stains would've been not only an indication of existence but a sign of life, too. Gossip is also a way of making those impressions. It's part of the reason celebrities like being talked about: existential angst. Well it's either that or sheer immature self centeredness. Now go out there and exchange that self centeredness for contentedness!
