{"id":10014,"date":"2010-04-13T07:51:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10014"},"modified":"2010-04-13T07:52:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T12:52:19","slug":"reliable-source-kitty-kelleys-new-book-oprah-has-a-diva-snit-in-washington-antique-store-does-not-do-stairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=10014","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Don’t Surf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oprah?\u00a0 A diva?\u00a0 Who’da thunk it?<\/a><\/p>\n

On the appointed day and time, two limos pulled up and Oprah went into Deborah Gore Dean’s <\/strong>shop across Wisconsin Avenue. After waiting 30 minutes, Colasante walked over and found his famous client berating Dean. He told Oprah and her entourage (secretary, pilot, hairdresser, makeup man, guards) that he had other appointments scheduled and she needed to honor her timetable.<\/p>\n

“Oprah does not walk,” she told him, referring to herself in the third person. “Who is this guy?” Then she started screaming at her staff, but finally agreed to cross the street and come through his front door.<\/p>\n

“I just don’t feel it,” she told him. “The vibrations aren’t right.”<\/p>\n

“You’ll feel them once you see the paintings we’ve assembled for you,” he said, pointing up the stairs where Court’s art was hanging.<\/p>\n

“Oprah does not do stairs,” she said.<\/p>\n

Things went rapidly downhill from there: Colasante’s partner hissed that maybe Oprah could use the exercise (unclear who heard), and she stormed out in a huff without buying anything.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s from Kitty Kelley’s new book on Oprah, by the way.\u00a0 It’s the book you might not <\/em>be hearing about, because everyone’s scared of Oprah:<\/p>\n

No telling what else Kelley has unearthed or who gets to hear it: Her book has an initial printing of 500,000 copies, but she said some major news organizations have refused to schedule interviews for fear of Oprah’s power and displeasure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ms. Kelley – obviously, you need to come to the one media organization in America that won’t chicken out in the face of Oprah and her masses of droogs.\u00a0 Come on the Northern Aliance.\u00a0 I booked you 26 years ago for your book on Sinatra, so you know perfectly well I’m up for it.<\/p>\n

By the way; while I’m sure it’s not a complete reflection of their own characters, much less of larger social trends, I think it’s interesting to note that while the babbling diva and top-flight Obama supporter Oprah acts like 18th-century French royalty, refers to herself in the third person and tramples people, especially “servants”, like crabgrass,<\/a> Rush Limbaugh leaves 1000% tips and is apparently renowned by waitstaff as the best customer there is.<\/p>\n

Again, not drawing broad conclusions.<\/p>\n

Honest.<\/p>\n

On the appointed day and time, two limos pulled up and Oprah went into Deborah Gore Dean’s <\/strong>shop across Wisconsin Avenue. After waiting 30 minutes, Colasante walked over and found his famous client berating Dean. He told Oprah and her entourage (secretary, pilot, hairdresser, makeup man, guards) that he had other appointments scheduled and she needed to honor her timetable.”Oprah does not walk,” she told him, referring to herself in the third person. “Who is this guy?” Then she started screaming at her staff, but finally agreed to cross the street and come through his front door.<\/p>\n

“I just don’t feel it,” she told him. “The vibrations aren’t right.”<\/p>\n

“You’ll feel them once you see the paintings we’ve assembled for you,” he said, pointing up the stairs where Court’s art was hanging.<\/p>\n

“Oprah does not do stairs,” she said.<\/p>\n

Things went rapidly downhill from there: Colasante’s partner hissed that maybe Oprah could use the exercise (unclear who heard), and she stormed out in a huff without buying anything.<\/p>\n

How accurate is Kelley’s version? Dean, who declined to be interviewed for the book, said she doesn’t discuss her clients. Winfrey spokeswoman Lisa Halliday <\/strong>declined to comment.<\/p>\n

“Kitty got it just right,” Colasante told us this weekend. “I was somewhat dumbfounded to see this side of Oprah. I’ve been in business 37 years, and I’ve never seen anyone behave that way before — least of all anyone well-known, who are generally pussycats. We had a wonderful time with Barbra Streisand.<\/strong>” (He eventually sold two of the three Court paintings.)<\/p>\n

No telling what else Kelley has unearthed or who gets to hear it: Her book has an initial printing of 500,000 copies, but she said some major news organizations have refused to schedule interviews for fear of Oprah’s power and displeasure.<\/p>\n

But Kelley told us she’s still a fan. “I love her — she is a biographer’s gift. I started the book the same way I ended up, with a great deal of respect for her.”<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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