Winfrey has also discussed her childhood molestation.The Chicago-based syndicated "Oprah Winfrey Show" is in its 25th and final season. Her admission that she had given birth as a teenager to a son who died shortly afterward came after a relative sold the story to a tabloid in 1990. "I was keeping a family secret for months, and on Monday you're going to hear it straight from me."A clip in the promo, presumably taken from the taped episode, shows the back of a shadowy figure walking onstage.Through the years, Winfrey has shared some of her most intimate secrets, ranging from an abusive childhood to drug abuse. oprah winfrey reveals her family secret, sister on television : details In case you missed, not too long ago, the queen of day time television, Oprah Winfrey, revealed to her audience a family secret, she has a sister that even she never knew about. This time, I'm the one being reunited," she said. PICTURES: Oprah WinfreyThe sister, Patricia, was given up for adoption by Winfrey's mother, Vernita Lee, shortly after her birth in 1963, USA Today reports.According to the report, Patricia (whose last name was not revealed) shares on Monday's "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that she lived in foster homes until she was 7, including some that were "not so good."Earlier, Winfrey promised the revelation would be a bombshell."I was given some news that literally shook me to my core.
She says she has a sister who lives in Milwaukee.
The single mother said she kept her connection to Oprah a secret because she didn`t want to cause a media circus.NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Oprah Winfrey has shared her big secret: she recently learned she has a half-sister she never knew about.Winfrey made the announcement on Monday morning. Patricia said: "We realised that Oprah could be my sister." Oprah opened up on the show about her mother, Vernita Lee, kept her pregnancy a secret from her family.
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Patricia - whose surname was not revealed - was then brought out to the audience, where she revealed she has two adult children, the first of whom she had when she was 17.Įxplaining how she found out Oprah was her half-sister, Patricia said she had initially seen Vernita discussing her three other children on a TV interview in 2007 and began to work out her place in family history after her son Andre went online and found the birthdates of his mother`s siblings. Oprah Winfrey had a big secret of her very own. The TV star - who was living with her father Vernon Winfrey when Vernita had Patricia - made the decision to reveal her "bombshell family secret" herself because she feared it would be "exploited" if she didn`t. Oprah hailed the revelation the "miracle of miracles" and said the news left her "speechless".ĭescribing their first meeting as a "beloved moment", she added: "It`s not something I ever thought would happen to me." Patricia was placed into foster care before being adopted aged seven. Oprah only learnt about the existence of Patricia, now 47, in November. The 56-year-old talk show host revealed live on her programme (24.01.11) that her mother Vernita Lee gave up a child shortly after giving birth because she couldn`t afford to raise her. Oprah Winfrey has just discovered a secret half-sister Bernardo Bertolucci (Bernardo Bertolucci)Ī B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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