‘She’s Lost Credibility’: Oprah Makes Bombshell Confession About Ending Her Successful Talk Show Because It Was ‘Harder’ to Be Honest

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has revealed the surprising reason she stepped away from daytime television at the height of her success. According to the iconic host, the relentless pressure to balance authenticity with the demand for increasingly sensational content ultimately led her to walk away—despite the staggering possibility of earning another billion dollars had she stayed on the air. In a recent candid conversation with her best friend Gayle King, Winfrey pulled back the curtain on her decision to end her legendary show after a quarter-century on air. While at the Massachusetts Conference for Women in Boston, on Dec. 12, the former host of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” said the straw that broke the camel’s back was an ambitious producer’s pitch to send audience members into space, following the show’s already over-the-top exploit of flying an entire 300-person audience to Australia for a vacation. Oprah Winfrey (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images) She explained that she genuinely felt it was time for the show to end. to bring the show to an end. “If I had signed another contract, I would have made, minimum, another billion dollars doing that.” “I could feel that coming for at least four to...