So I get why people have to label it - how can you be this close without it being sexual? All my stuff is out there. People think I'd be so ashamed of being gay that I wouldn't admit it? Oh, please.
The pair crossed paths a few times but Stedman was always with his girlfriend so Oprah did not pay much attention to him. One day they were both visiting a mutual friend at the same time and she realized he was not with his partner, so she asked him if he wanted to have a drink with her. Winfrey said she has a "spiritual partnership" with Graham, one where her partner was able to create an identity and purpose outside of being "Oprah's man. Winfrey also recalled thinking Graham was a "player" during one of their first encounters.
He was polite, yes, and kind. The sort of guy who sits with an ailing friend. Tall and handsome, for sure. But actually too handsome, I thought, to be interested in me," she wrote. So did all my producers. They warned me not to get involved with that Stedman guy. Winfrey has been open about not being married or having children before, and she said she had no regrets during an October interview with People magazine.
And I want her to succeed and to be as successful as she possibly can, so I encourage that. That's not always an easy thing to do when you're a man in a relationship with a very powerful woman. So I'm not threatened by her fame or her success or money. Questions about why the couple never married persisted well into their more than two decades together. Then the longtime couple became grandparents when Graham's daughter from a previous marriage had a baby, per The Daily Mail.
When Star magazine reported Winfrey and Graham had secretly walked down the aisle, Winfrey dispelled the rumors herself on Twitter. On September 5, she tweeted, "6 people who know me well have called today congratulating me or surprised they weren't invited to my wedding.
While gracing the September cover of Vogue , Winfrey reiterated that had they married, it wouldn't have lasted. 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.
In January, Winfrey received the Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes. During her speech, she made sure to thank Graham for his longtime support. Winfrey listed off the many people who had "inspired," "challenged," and "sustained" her over the years. Among those were "Gayle, who's been a friend and Stedman, who's been my rock. Graham was asked by the Los Angeles Times after the speech whether Winfrey would run for President in Winfrey shared snaps from the evening to Instagram, referring to Stedman as her HoneyGraham.
The pair joked about speculation Winfrey would run for office during a segment of "Weekend Update. In March, Winfrey opened up to Gwyneth Paltrow on her Goop podcast about why she keeps her relationship private. May brought the release of Graham's book, Identity Leadership.
Winfrey posted about the release, along with a sweet video of her man, on Instagram. Around this time, Graham appeared on Ellen to promote the book. Naturally, he spoke about the secret to their long-lasting love. She answered once and for all why she said "yes" to Graham's proposal but then never married him:.
She revealed that Graham was staying in the guesthouse, as Winfrey had just had pneumonia months earlier. Still, Winfrey said she had been having "love chats" with Graham outside of his window. He's happy to keep me safe," she said. But in April, after 14 days apart, the couple's reunion was captured on Instagram.
They look just as excited to see one another as they might have in ' Shop Elle. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Shelf Life: Louise Erdrich.
Women Voted. Steve Granitz Getty Images. Graham and Winfrey in December
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