After a tabloid claimed that she was tying the knot with her longtime partner, Stedman Graham, Oprah tweeted that those close to her were inquiring about the report.
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The media mogul, actress and all-around inspiration for millions took to Twitter to write, “6 people who know me well have called today congratulating me or surprised they weren’t invited to my wedding”.
When one fan informed her, “It was in Star magazine!”, Winfrey responded, “Ok”.
31 cover had declared that Winfrey and Graham were planning a “dream wedding” after 30 years of dating.
Winfrey has made it very clear in the past that she has no desire to say “I do”.
Oprah and Stedman in 2014.
Concerns over the scheduling of a Winfrey book project, which never materialized, prompted Graham to suggest postponing the wedding, she explained. Graham, 65, proposed to Winfrey, 62, in 1992 and they planned to get hitched a year later. During an episode of SuperSoul Sunday past year, Oprah revealed to Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes, “The moment he asked me to marry him, I was like ‘Oh, God!”
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“If you ever interviewed [Stedman], he would tell you that had we married, we would not be together today”. He’s a pretty traditional man.
