Oprah Winfrey Says That She and Stedman Graham Would Not Still Be Together Had They Gotten Married
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Winfrey has no desire to ever be Mrs. Stedman Graham. In the September issue of Vogue magazine, the 63-year-old
star recalls the one time she and Stedman -- her
boyfriend of 31 years -- discussed tying the knot. "Nobody believes it, but
it's true. The only time I brought it up was when I said to Stedman, 'What would
have happened if we had actually gotten married?'
And the answer is: 'We wouldn't be together,'" she says. "We would not have
stayed together, because marriage requires a different way of being in this
world."
Winfrey further explains, "His interpretation of what it means to be a
husband and what it would mean for me to be a wife would have been pretty
traditional, and I would not have been able to fit into that."
Offering up one of her many Oprah-isms, she adds, "Live life on your own
terms."
Winfrey notes that she lives a life of "absolute joyful contentment," which
includes couture bathtubs. At her home in Telluride, Colorado, she has a tub
that is molded to the shape of her body. "I major in bathtubs," she declares. "I
spend my time looking for the best possible bathtub a woman can buy."
The tubs are so nice that even Graham, 66, hasn't been in all of them. "When
I was in Chicago, he would ask for permission: 'Can I get in your tub?'" Winfrey
quips. "And I would say, 'Mmmmmm. . . . OK.' "
Last September, Winfrey shut down a tabloid report
that claimed that she was planning to marry Graham. "Six people who know me well
have called today congratulating me or surprised they weren't invited to my
wedding," she tweeted. "IT's NOT TRUE!!"
When speaking with TV showrunner Shonda Rhimes on a SuperSoul Sunday
episode that aired in 2015, Winfrey revealed when she first realized she
didn't want to get married. "The moment he asked me to marry him, I was like
'Oh, God! Now I actually have to get married?'" she recalled, adding that they
agreed to postpone their wedding and then never spoke of it again. "But what I
realized is, I don't want to be married."
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