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Dec 2, 2015 · Oprah Winfrey has revealed the name she chose for the premature baby boy she lost when she was just 14 years old. The former talk show host opened up about her painful past when speaking at...
May 26, 2023 · Oprah gave birth to a baby boy when she was just 14 years old. After several weeks in the hospital, the baby died, although the exact cause of the baby's death is not known. The news that Oprah had had a baby was first unveiled in 1990 when one of her relatives revealed the story.
Thando Dlomo was a student at Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy. Today, the two share a mother-daughter bond.
May 3, 2024 · Winfrey fell pregnant at age fourteen and hid the pregnancy for seven months until the child was born. She shared in her "Life Class" program for OWN that she saved the unborn baby because she felt detached:
- Why Did Oprah Winfrey Hide Her Teenage pregnancy?
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- How Was Oprah Winfrey's Teenage Pregnancy Later Leaked to The Press?
Winfrey hid her pregnancy for seven months until she had a premature birth. "I was so ashamed. I hid the pregnancy until my swollen ankles and belly gave me away," she said in her program Life Class. Her detachment also led her to keep the baby. "I saved that baby because I was so disassociated and still do feel such a disassociation. I never felt ...
After avoiding the detention home, Winfrey went to live with her father Vernon Winfrey. From then on, the Cecil B. DeMille awardee began to feel like she got a second chance in life. "From that moment forward, I felt like I had been somehow saved, that somebody up there recognized that I wasn't a bad girl," she remembered. "And here I was given ano...
As Winfrey became a famous talk show host, the secret started to haunt her again. Eventually, the whole world found out about it. A publication had paid her half-sister Patricia Lloyd — whom she described as a "drug-dependent, deeply disturbed individual." — to spill the story. Winfrey was afraid that it would ruin her career. "I carried the secret...
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Aug 30, 2020 · One of Oprah Winfrey's "daughter-girls," Thando Dlomo, recently stunned her followers after she took to social media to share close-up photos of herself in a gorgeous red top.
Jan 11, 2023 · On Thanksgiving, Winfrey gifted her "daughter-girls" with her favorite skincare and beauty products and some of her loved smart glasses that can record videos and take pictures. Despite not having children, Winfrey knows that everyone deserves love, and many girls worldwide have experienced her big and generous heart.