Why did Oprah never marry?

I realized I didn't actually want a marriage. I wanted to be asked," Winfrey wrote. "I wanted to know he felt I was worthy of being his missus, but I didn't want the sacrifices, the compromises, the day-in-day-out commitment required to make a marriage work. My life with the show was my priority, and we both knew it."
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Are Oprah and Stedman still together 2020?

Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham have been together for more than three decades, and clearly, their unconventional relationship is stronger than ever. Winfrey has had no issues bucking societal expectations of her as a woman, all while living her best life with her longtime love.
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Did Oprah ever get married?

Oprah Winfrey has revealed why she never married her partner, despite them being together for more than 30 years. In an essay published in O Magazine, the media mogul opened up about her relationship with Stedman Graham, who proposed in 1993.
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Will Oprah ever marry Stedman?

Oprah Explains Why She and Stedman Skipped Marriage for a “Spiritual Partnership” “Had we tied the marital knot, we would not still be together.”
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Has Oprah Winfrey ever had a child?

Winfrey once commented that she had chosen not to be a mother because she had not been mothered well. At 13, after suffering what she described as years of abuse, Winfrey ran away from home. When she was 14, she became pregnant, but her son was born prematurely and died shortly after birth.
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Did Oprah Winfrey have a baby at age 14?

Oprah Winfrey has confirmed a report that, as a teen-ager, she gave birth to a premature baby. "It is true that when I was 14 years old, I became pregnant," Winfrey says in Sunday's Parade magazine. "The baby was born prematurely and died shortly after birth.
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Who is Thando to Oprah?

Oprah openly refers to Thando as her 'daughter-girl' and Thando is regularly seen visiting the celeb's home. Thando is impressive in her own right. She holds a Master's degree from the University of Southern California and works as a speaker and multimedia journalist.
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What is Oprah's boyfriend Stedman net worth?

What Is Stedman Graham's Net Worth? Stedman Graham is an American author, public speaker, educator, and businessman who has a net worth of $10 million. Graham is best known for being Oprah Winfrey's long-term partner; the couple has been together since 1986.
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Why aren t Stedman Graham and Oprah married?

2017: Winfrey told Vogue that if she and Graham had married, their relationship would not have lasted. "We would not have stayed together, because marriage requires a different way of being in this world," Winfrey told Vogue in 2017.
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Is Oprah Winfrey a billionaire?

Winfrey is a billionaire twice over! She is worth a whopping $2.6 billion.
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Is Oprah still with Graham?

Yes, Oprah and Stedman have happily been partners since 1986 and are still together today. While they never had kids during their almost four decades together, they did become grandparents (or at least Stedman did) in 2015.
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What is Oprah Winfrey's net worth?

Although Oprah Winfrey ended the iconic Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011, her empire marches on, leading to her reported $2.8 billion net worth.
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What does Oprah's husband do for a living?

Stedman Graham (born March 6, 1951) is an American educator, author, businessman, and public speaker. He is the long-term partner of Oprah Winfrey.
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What does Oprah do for a living now?

Since the end of her groundbreaking daytime series, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” in 2011, the former talk-show host and now sui generis personality has co-starred in high-profile films like “Selma,” “The Butler” and “A Wrinkle in Time.” But the last 12 months saw a mini-resurgence of Winfrey's presence in the medium that ...
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Does Oprah have a biological child?

Never married, never had children. Oprah Winfrey, 65, is explaining why. In an interview with "People" magazine's "Women Changing the World" issue out this week, the entertainment media mogul said she gave consideration to both marriage and kids. While she decided against both, she doesn't regret it.
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Who are Oprah Winfrey's daughter girls?

Oprah Winfrey has a lot to celebrate. The talk show host was busy this weekend attending the commencement ceremonies of her “daughter-girls,” alumnae of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa and the first group of college grads from the school.
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Did Oprah adopt girls from Africa?

Popular chat show host Oprah Winfrey has secretly adopted 10 children in South Africa and has been parenting them since 2002.
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Who is baby Lucca Oprah?

Winfrey shared a story about King's grandson, Luca Lynn Miller, during her appearance on DeGeneres' eponymous talk show.
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How long did Oprah's baby live?

After being sexually abused, Oprah had carried the resulting pregnancy to term. Then, only two weeks after the birth, her baby had passed away. Oprah voiced the fear she had lived with for years: She had been afraid of being abandoned by her loved ones and those who looked up to her if they were to find out.
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Was Oprah born poor?

Winfrey's media empire made her a billionaire in 2003 at age 49, but she began life at the other extreme. Born in rural Mississippi to an unmarried teen mother, she grew up in poverty and endured years of sexual abuse.
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