Oprah's New Half-Sister Turned Down Tabloid Cash
Oprah Winfrey stunned viewers on Monday with news that she recently
discovered a half-sister she never knew about, but that's only part of the amazing story. Now it turns out that the talk-show queen's sibling, Patricia, cared so much about her sister's privacy and reputation that she turned down a blockbuster offer from a tabloid magazine to expose the truth.
"All Patricia wanted was the truth," an insider tells me. "She wasn't interested in selling her story even for a million dollars. She just wanted to know who she was, where she came from and if she had any brothers or sisters. She had no idea when she started this search she would end up being Oprah Winfrey's half-sister."
Oprah Winfrey promised to reveal a huge family secret on her show, and she didn't disappoint. The queen of all media introduced Patricia in an emotional and jaw-dropping hour of television. Patricia and Oprah share a mother, Vernita Lee, who had kept her pregnancy with her third daughter a secret all these years after giving up Patricia for adoption when Oprah was only 9 years old.
Confusingly, Oprah's other half-sister, who died in 2003, was also named Patricia, but her mom said she did not name the daughter she gave away.
Resourceful Patricia started the process of finding out her family history after seeing her then-unknown mother in a TV interview detailing facts that Patricia knew matched her birth mother. A DNA test finally confirmed Patricia was in fact Oprah's half-sister. This was in 2007. Since then, Patricia tried and tried to contact Oprah, but being the highly private person she is, this proved difficult until November of last year. They met, fittingly, on Thanksgiving Day.
"No one knows what the future holds for the family. Patricia doesn't want a dime from Oprah and certainly wasn't going to take money from a tabloid whose offers are now pouring in," an insider tells me.
And what really would an interview with Oprah's half-sister be worth? "The starting point would be 1 million," one influential tabloid editor tells me.
Patricia, you did the right thing. Who needs a million when you have
the golden goose?
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Oprah, I truly think it's great that you have another sister, that's all I ever wanted. My sister was given up for adoption and to this day our relationship is not good. when I finally did meet her she seemed nice, however, it's always about what I can do for her so I have choosen not to be bothered anymore. Her children are the same way selfish and all about what you can do for them because her daughter is in her 30's and still don't have a job and no where to live she even lost custody of her children because she is so lazy with no home. As a christian I would love to help but you get tired of be used since I work just like everybody else. I pray that you and your sister have a great relationship as family and not about money or what you can do for her. And after hearing her, she is not about money. Thank God! Be Blessed and enjoy the time you can spend with her contrary to what others say. Be Blessed.
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I think galye is jealous.
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Hi Patricia i am one of the African women in u.s. from Eritrea that is in east Africa i am over 40 and if you could allowed me to say this our ancestors the rather go to there graves then give up a family member no mater what or how much,and my sister good bless you for not been like this generation we seen now no mater what she is the one you sister money it wont all way give you a piece and you will regret it for the rest of your life.and my sis so far i am proud of you for decline those bastards
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