I love Oprah. So freakin’ much, you have no idea.
I dig her style. Just her overall ‘steeze’ of being a powerful energy in the damn room! Love that.
I like her gutsy climb to the top, and I love her work in South Africa. The way she is going about it…erecting that school to shape leaders for the future of their nation…that is so much hotter than just throwing money at the problem, which she also does, just to cover all bases.
But, I’m really feeling her because she has so many haters. This one really is the thing that pulls my love most deeply for her.
I don’t mean people that just hate her, like I hate Lil’ Wayne or Will Smith. No, I mean haters ™ in the sense of people that hate for silly reasons like wanting to appear intellectual or cool. I mean, really…not choosing a product or book because it is on Oprah’s fave things list or something? That’s silly. I also happen to believe that Oprah’s haters are hypocritical.
They will say, "I hate her for that book ‘the secret’, but then they will believe in the ‘power of prayer’. Or they have a problem with her pushing that dreck, but no problem with pastors and preachers and such that teach sky magic. Let’s take MLK Jr., and no I am not comparing Oprah to him, but he basically taught faith and sky magic, and somehow, he has sidestepped the hate. Well,…usually.
Then, they say, “Well she is always pushing the next ‘it’ thing that is supposed to change lives! It’s horrible”. Well, yeah, but everyone is always pushing the next thing. Constantly, we are being advertised to. All the time. We are always being told that someone has the next thing to make us thin, young, spry, rich, happy, relaxed, etc. The difference is, Oprah has mastered it. So we can’t get mad at her for mastering a game that we all play. I, myself, have teeth whitening goop in my cabinet. I mean, really. Someone convinced me I needed that mess, and it wasn’t Oprah.
So, I love Oprah, and I am proud. Who else loves her? Come on. I’m not the only one.
By the way, I readily admit I don’t really watch her show much, and never really did all that much. But I catch it once in a while and enjoyed her. Also, I don’t think she is perfect. I know she panders to a certain kind of audience. I have caught her ass in the act with that. But it couldn’t make me dislike her.
Also, it’s true this is a call out to Oprah Haters, and I nearly put it in the pit, but I really wanted this to be more of a light hearted thread. Hope it doesn’t get too heavy, but I figure this is a good forum to start it in.