Scary Celebs #10 - Oprah Winfrey
Jun 5th, 2008 by sunrisepink
I don’t think there is anyone in America that is not slightly frightened by the massive empire that is Oprah Winfrey. This woman has come to wield a great deal of power over the American people in the past 20 years (especially among middle-aged women), and the scary thing about this that she considers herself to be generous, saintly, and enlightened, although her shows clearly indicate that she’s really just another old rich lady looking for fame. 
Case in point: the constant references to success and money. It seems a bit fishy to me that every time Oprah refers to “success” during her show, it always just means being (or trying to be) wealthy. The Big O seems to view this as the only mode to empowerment in today’s society, possibly because money was the catalyst to her own happiness, which is quite a scary fact in itself. Oprah claims to speak to “underprivileged” people, but she forgets that not everyone can be an overnight success like her, leading to a creepy undercurrent of greediness in all of her shows.
Another source of scariness: her obsession with looks. About 80% of Oprah’s shows are about appearance, and half of those are concerned with some aspect of weight loss, such as nutrition, exercise, or weight loss surgeries. This is highly confusing to me, as Oprah has struggled with her own weight throughout her life, so she should know that beauty and thinness is not a true indicator of happiness, and is thus of no real value.
To put it simply, the scary thing about Oprah is that she claims to be a humanitarian, but is clearly only concerned with promoting her major sponsors’ products and appealing to rich white chicks. And let’s not forget that she has brought upon the world such forces as Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray, and Suze Orman. Need I say more?
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Watch Oprah when she has a musical guest on her show. The camera focuses more on her than the person singing!!! She is always looking at herself in the monitor, and she tries to sing along, but never knows the words.