OPRAH WINFREY ADMITS DRUG USE
Oprah Winfrey, the popular host of television's most-watched daytime talk show, broke down Wednesday while taping a program about recovering from drug abuse and admitted that she had smoked cocaine in her early twenties. The show will air nationally today. The program, taped in Chicago, dealt with the subject of women who have had drug problems. Four mothers were the guests.
Deborah Johns, a spokeswoman for the show, said yesterday that Winfrey, who turns 41 this month, would have no comment, adding only that on the program, "Oprah made a spontaneous admission to mothers battling drug addiction that she had also used drugs. ... Oprah's words on the show are the best expression of how she feels. Please watch the show." She declined to provide a transcript of the program.....
According to Gaines and another guest, Kim Davis of Tampa, Winfrey started to cry and told Charmaine she could understand her situation, adding, "I did your drug." She said her drug abuse had occurred during a relationship with a man.
Winfrey did not mention the drug by name, but Johns said last night that Winfrey had "smoked cocaine 20 years ago."
An inspiration to people addicted to crack.
A terrible example to young people who should not try crack.
A President that smoked crack. That would be great.