Oprah On Showing Charla Nash's Face, Another Interview Too Shocking To Air (AUDIO)

Oprah called into BFF Gayle King's Sirius Radio show Thursday to discuss Wednesday's "Oprah" episode, and told listeners why she unveiled the face of chimp attack victim Charla Nash.

"There was great concern as to how to show the face, whether to show the face, and how to do it," Oprah said. "And I finally thought that she has to live with it. First of all, she wanted to show it, and she has to live with it, so how dare us think...because we even considered, 'Should we blot out the face? Should you blur the face?' And then i said no, we're not gonna do that, because it's more important for us to not have to look at her than for her to be willing to show it? That's not right."

Surprisingly, the interview was not a major ratings hit. The New York Post notes that "preliminary ratings for Wednesday's 'Oprah' averaged only about 6 percent over the day before -- and were lower than what she got on Monday when Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi were on talking about their recent marriage."

Oprah also revealed that she recently filmed a show that was too shocking to air: an interview with a mother who is a sex addict.

"I have done shows — just recently actually — I did a show where at the end of the show I felt people should not see this, this should not happen," Oprah told Gayle. "On the show, the mother told me she had 3 children — a 10 year old, a 14 year old, and a 17 year old — and she's talking about all these crazy explicit things she was doing. We finished taping the show and I said to the producer, 'We're gonna ruin her life if we put that on the air, so that is not going to air.' She was saying, 'I wanna go on.' I said, 'You don't know what this is gonna do to your 10 year old son. This is going to ruin his life having you on television talking about these things.'"

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[vixdenbyte2]

Charla Nash obviously was a wonderful person who cared for animals prior to the accident, and
went over to her friends home kindly returning the chimps toy he had left on the ground outside.
Due to a different hair do the chimp did not recognize her and the accident happened. These are not
animals intended to be pets. Charla was a beautiful person inside and out prior and from what I have seen and heard she is still. Beauty goes deeper than skin and she is probably what I would call
our new Ms. America. Go for it Charla, and God bless you.
Cindy fm ny.

[ForeverXL]

I find this pretty bizarre. This should have been a non-issue, yet it is not and it shows how many hypocrites there are in this world.

This courageous woman is not going on television for her fun, nor to shock anyone deliberately. This courageous woman is HUMAN and has every RIGHT to appear on television, just like anyone else of us. There is nothing strange about her. She had a horrific accident, but she didn't turn into an alien nor a criminal that children should be protected from.

All people here cheering for not airing the interview or having any other kind of problem with this woman disgust me and are the real inhumane ones.

[AlwaysRightLeftist]

Worst posters on the internet here in HP, with the POSSIBLE exception of FreeRepublic.

[AlwaysRightLeftist]

Wow, what a fućked up thing for Charla Nash to hear about...

[allalone]

Carla Nash is ALIVE! Disfigured and all she is still alive. There are soldiers who've returned home disfigured and worse thousands who've come home in coffins. THAT IS HORRIBLE, and we aren't allowed to see that on our television screens and you dang sure can't blame THAT on Oprah.

[pinoytutorials]

Was it really necessary?

looking at the video and how the face of charla nash (the 55 year old girl who got her face ripped-off by a chimpanzee) was really gruesome and one may think that Oprah may gone a little bit too far for the interview.

anyway its up for the public to decide now.

Link: http://bit.ly/charla-nash-horrible-pictures-and-her-oprah-interview

[AlwaysRightLeftist]

Pretty fućked up of you. Should be ashamed of yourself.

[insightdeluxe]

a monkey did that? can someone explain to me why her wounds are not more than scrathes or bites?

[AlwaysRightLeftist]

You have absolutely NO idea how powerful chimpanzees are... Well, you posted this on the internet, so obviously there is no excuse as to why you couldn't simply google it yourself....

[insightdeluxe]

you're one of those weird cat ladies??? and i'm guessing you do know about the strenght of chimpanzees. looks to me the monkey went ape on her face. ripped off some flesh and she she's got some bad infection going on. i bet you she get's abook deal and a 6 or 7 figure advance.

[vixdenbyte2]

This monkey was as large as a man and as strong as three, I hope Oprah with all her money pays for a plastic surgeon to fix what he can for her so she may live a somewhat
decent life without the staring jerks out there and we know there are a few. In my own world wish there was a way for her to have her nose and lips repaired she was a
beautiful woman and she is so young still. For her family sake to this might make
a world of difference and perhaps she should speak out for other disabled people everyone carries their own cross.

[AlwaysRightLeftist]

Alternatively: She's FAKING it!

[dlvme2]

When I saw the interview with Charla Nash all I could do was cry. Our lives can change overnight, but it did not just change Charla's life it changed her daughter's and others in their family. It is unfortunate that we all react to an appearance if it is different and it does not have to be like Charla's - just different and we either stare or turn away abruptly it is part of our nature unfortunately. I think it was important for Charla to reveal herself in her own way. It is also very important for people to realize that a wild animal is just that a wild animal and that laws need to be in place and enforced that prevent them from being raised by untrained people in residential areas or where others can get injured. In places where it is allowed due to a the animal being there before an ordinance was placed - in cases with very large or dangerous animals it should not matter they should be removed from that area and fewer of these cases would occur.

[cocolola]

The owner of the chimp did nothing substantial to assist Charla when she was under attack. If she had make a greater attempt at injuring the chimp, perhaps the damage to Charla would not have been so extensive. It seems that she just stood around, screaming into the telephone while her friend was being torn apart. This woman should do time.

[Weirdo]

Here's something that may be valuable to talk about, with all this. Harold S. Kushner, the rabbi who wrote When Bad Things Happen to Good People, talked about his struggle with coming to terms with a terminally ill son, who had progeria, the rapid aging disease. At one point, he writes that whatever lessons he may learn from his son's illness and death, none would be worth it. He would trade in whatever he had gotten from his son's and his suffering, to have his son back.

Are there prices that people pay, in terms of their suffering, that are never and could never be repaid by the life lessons they may take away from them?

My answer is yes, and that Charla Nash's tragedy counts as one. I don't think she, or any of us, will get anything from what happened to her that will be worth her eyes, face, or hands, and that none of us would trade what we have for one second of what she's going through, regardless of how she may ultimately rebuild her life.

Other points of view?

[cocolola]

I get the impression that Charla did not lead a charmed life. Now here she is, only in early her fifties, with so many years ahead of her. It's tragic that she has to spend the remaining years of her life this way. It appears that she is at peace with her situation, which is a good thing. I don't want to seem cruel, but in believe that she is better off not seeing. I simply cannot imagine what she is going through.

[vixdenbyte2]

And I disagree with that. There is something to be learned by every thing life brings us. Every thing has a reason. Perhaps as a disabled woman she will shine a light for other disablities and show other people their is still a reason to fight for life. Life is a gift we are given and she knows that.
obviously you need to pay more attention to the Charlas in the world. My sister is disabled and not only have I but many others around her learned how to cope in difficult situations, with difficult circumstances. This woman will prevent people who have become disabled after being whole from giving up. Perhaps this is her calling. Sad as it is she is ok with it because she has astrong belief in life.

[Weirdo]

I'm not saying there's nothing to be learned, only that the price is too high for whatever she/we may get. Wouldn't you in an instant give back whatever you've learned through your sister's struggle to have your sister be restored in whole?

[marysmith1]

All considerations boil to how much people she can capture to watch her show. It is all about money only, nothing else. Opra is the same as other talk show. It is about what good for business.

[toocoldout]

Oprah's a billionaire. She doesn't have to consider money when making decisions. She proved it by throwing all her influence behind a presidential candidate even though partisan politics is bad for ratings.

[shuffleoff]

The shocking video will air.

[SatiricalGenius]

This was a horrific tragedy... but what did she expect as an outcome when she decided that it would be a good idea to play with a friends pet chimpanzee... I mean, really!

[meemu]

I feel sorrow that this happened to Ms. Nash. I imagine she is wise not to seek too many details about what happened, or what she looks like now. Fortunately the mind can store away certain things when it would be harmful to know them consciously. I didn't watch the show because I didn't know about it. But I did see the clip and think she's very brave and that we need to see things like this, instead of just turning our heads away. I hope she continues to heal.

[Weirdo]

It's an absolutely horrible thing. I can't imagine the horror of the attack itself, or the ongoing suffering of Nash. She's going to have to recreate her life in really fundamental ways.

I also can't imagine what lessons she or we might learn about life that would be worth the price she paid. Much suffering is pointless.

[Jestor]

FOR THE SQUEAMISH - How do you re-act in the market or a classroom
when a burn victim, or someone with physical deformities walk past you ?

HOW DO YOU RE-ACT WHEN A WAR VET WALKS PAST YOU WITHOUT A LIMB ?

CAN YOU SAY that you haven't encountered such at some time in your life ?

AND EVERY DAY BLOOD 'N GUTS HOLLYWOOD STYLE .
To those of you that say this was for the ratings, FLIP THROUGH THE CHANNELS
to see what Hollywood's make up artists have done to your favorite stars
to sell Sci Fi Flicks, and abused women flicks . . .