Oprah's Half-Sister Now Must Pass the 'Gayle Test'

By Rob Shuter Posted Jan 27th 2011 09:30AM

It can't be easy finding out that your long lost sister is Oprah Winfrey and then appearing on her show in front of millions. However, that is easy as pie compared to meeting the TV queen's longtime best friend Gayle King. "I can't wait to meet Patricia," she told ABC.

"Gayle must have mixed feelings about the arrival of Patricia," an insider tells me. "Of course she wants nothing but the best for Oprah, but there has to be just a little tiny part of Gayle that is asking, 'What now?'"

Oprah announced she had a half-sister a few days ago, but already her fans, and Gayle, are chattering about what role Patricia will play in the star's life.

"Gayle is very protective about her relationship with Oprah and is not used to sharing her with anyone," a friend of Gayle's tells me, adding that the new addition to the family could be a "bigger adjustment" for Gayle than for Oprah.

But as Gayle has already said, Patricia has proved she's an amazing person.

"This is extraordinary that somebody would have this information about Oprah, who as you know has been sold out on many occasions by friends, by co-workers, in some cases family," Gayle said. "Patricia wasn't trying to get Oprah, she was trying to find her mother ... having Oprah as a sister, a half-sister, was a bonus."

This could be a tough adjustment for you, Gayle, but don't worry love -- there is enough room in the great O's heart for both of you.

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Tags: gayle king, oprah winfrey

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Thursday 27 January

By palmersp

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What's the problem? Lots of people have lovers and sisters.

By mompoole

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Am I the one out here who is sooooo tired of Oprah-ism?

By MAGOOS

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who cares

By SeriousMe

The moderators are doing a good job preventing the ignorant trolls from taking over.

By tim

Unless Oprah is planning on some half-sisterly lesbian love, Gayle has nothing to worry about...oh that's terrible, sorry, just kidding...(not)

By ablacksafari

Gayle wants to know if oprahs half sister is o.k. with lesbians lovers.

By boris

This is very traditional situation. Her family is meeting her sexual partner.

By Pope of Truth

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Well it's a good thing that Opra was part of the package when finding her mother....because her mother seems just a little emotionally detached.

By maryanne

this should not even be an issue i am sure Gayle is only very very happy for Oprah and Patricia

By Patty

I think Gayle should but=out, this is between Oprah and her
half sister. They keep talking about Patricia and keep saying
half sister, does that matter? Gayle likes finally having her own
talk show, are you kidding?

Monday 31 January

By HONEY

GREAT I AM SO GLADE SOMEONE ELSE NO THEY ARE LOVERS THATS WHY SHE DUMP THE DEAD BEAT GUY SHE HAD IN HER LIFE HATS OFF TO OPRAH HER SISTER WANT NOTHING BUT SISTER LOVE SHE NOT AFTER MONEY SHE KEPT EVERYTHING INSIDE FOR ALL THIS TIME MY HEART GO OUT TO HER HER MOM FULL OF THE S WORD AND I DON'T MEAN SUGAR.

By NITTY

I DONT THINK GAYLE THE SEXYIEST BUT HER BOOTY BANGIN I SEE WHY OPRAH HITTIN DAT AND GAYLE 54 OR AROUND DAT AGE ID BREAK HER HIPS SMASHING HER

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