10-24-2007

Ellen Responsible For Oprah’s Worst Hate Mail

Oprah had a show today about how homosexuality affected people across the globe, one of which was former NBA player John Amaechi who mentioned a woman in New York City told him before he came out she didn’t know there were gay black people.

At the end of the show while talking to Rachel Dowd, Deputy Editor of The Advocate, Oprah opens up about the worst hate mail she’s ever received in the history of her career.

Oprah: You know, yeah, John and I were just saying during the commercial break it’s so easy to see when you look at other countries–there was–you can go to Oprah.com there was a piece that I don’t have time to run here today that was going to run but we’re live, on the Cairo 52 where 52 men were arrested in Cairo and held in prison for over a year. But when you see other countries doing that you think “Oh, isn’t that ridiculous, isn’t that awful?”. And yet, 2003 is when we decriminalized homosexuality here.

Rachel: Right. I do think we’re catching up. I think there’s signs. Ellen DeGeneres hosting the Oscars. It seems a little cheeky but that opened it up to a lot of people.

Oprah: That’s pretty amazing because I remember when I did–Ellen Degeneres–you know who she is? (To John)

John: Oh yes.

Oprah: Okay, Ellen DeGeneres. So when Ellen DeGeneres was doing her show and she came out on her show and I played the psychologist that she came out to–


[Audience Applauds]
[Oprah motions for them to stop]
[They do]


Oprah: So when I played the psychologist I got the worst hate mail in the history of my career for playing the psychologist that she came out to. And then years later, she gets to host the Oscars. That is progress.

I wish Oprah’s shows were more provocative like they were back in the day. Remember when she had some redneck racist guy on and everybody in the audience was going crazy like it was one of them episodes of Maury where some pre-teen skank with a tramp stamp walks out with her stank coochie showin’?

Get Tim Hardaway or Ja Rule on here and hold these people accountable for the dumb shit they say. But whatev, I love the Opester.

Posted by Chris Evans in Television, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah, Ellen DeGeneres, Gay | RSS 2.0

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    • 2 Responses to “Ellen Responsible For Oprah’s Worst Hate Mail”
    1. Gino Green Global Says:

      Angry gay people… lol. I don’t see why they would have been so angry -_-.

    2. Derek Says:

      Ah man! I missed the episode - wish I could’ve seen it

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