Oprah dumped Stedman??? AND is paying him $300M??

[underpants]

Terrified that Stedman will tell all and take half her fortune, the TV host is forced to pay him out.

Oprah Winfrey has agreed to pay Stedman Graham more than $300 million after giving up on their 21-year relationship.

The TV star and her long-time beau split earlier this year despite attempts to work through their problems. Insiders say Oprah felt compelled to agree to the enormous payoff in a desperate bid to win Stedman's silence.

The deal was struck during crisis talks aboard a luxury boat in Canada, after Oprah learnt the 56-year-old had received several multi-million-dollar offers from publishers to pen a book about his time with the star.

"Oprah feels she's being held to ransom," says a friend. "Stedman's the one person who really knows what Oprah is like, and if he put their intimate moments together on paper, it could ruin her…"

http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=289376

[formerrepuke]

1. I would gladly be dumped -by anyone- for 300m...........n/t

[MissHoneychurch]

2. She has $300M to give to him without being bankrupt???

as sorry as I am that her relationship doesn't work out but damn, that is a lot of money. More than any person ever can use in a whole lifetime

[Heidi]

3. Oprah's net worth in 2005 was $1.3 billion.

I bet she and Steadman both know that $300 million for his silence is a bargain.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/10/news/newsmakers/forbes_billionaires/

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Oh I am sure it is

still .. so much money is just kinda disgusting while others are barely making a living with rice and nothing else.

[HamdenRice]

5. Is she looking for a date for hire? nt

[underpants]

7. Every man has a price

and Oprah passed mine a LONG time ago...hell so has Bill Gates :bounce:

I think even my wife would cut me lose for a share of that action... if you know what I mean.

[skygazer]

6. "...if he put their intimate moments together on paper, it could ruin her…"

Why? What's Oprah been up to? Ah, the drama... :rofl:

[HamdenRice]

8. There are rumors she is a lesbian

and that Gail King is her lover. Stedman is alleged to have been her "beard." She actually wrote something in her own magazine denying the rumors. As some bloggers have said, if you have to write an article asserting your heterosexuality, well ...