Oprah Offers Sarah Ferguson OWN Show

Mail Online:

Oprah Winfrey, the 'queen' of American TV, has offered the cash-strapped Duchess of York her own prime-time chat show.

A source close to Sarah Ferguson said last night: 'Oprah made the call this week. They spoke in person and, for Sarah, the offer is a ray of light at the end of a very dark tunnel.

Read the whole story: Mail Online

Comments

[farzana begum]

04:06 PM on 08/01/2010

i luv watching oprah shows

[DondiWilliams]

07:21 PM on 07/28/2010

I think this is a brilliant idea! I'll watch it.

[Jannella]

06:13 PM on 07/28/2010

I like Sarah. She's very likeable. I think she will do a good job.

[alicam]

04:52 PM on 07/28/2010

It's amazing to me how many white people's careers can one black woman spawn? The recipients are overwhelmi­ngly white--Nat­e Berkus, Dr.Phil, Rachel Ray, Bob Greene, her chef Rosie, Suze Orman, Colin Cowley, Echart Tolle, Dr. Oz, Jean Chatsky, etc. And now she's offerred Fergie her own show. My goodness! I guess Tyra Banks, Iyanla Vanzant and Queen Latifah didn't need any help with their shows. A black woman in her position should have made it a priority to help foster the careers of other black women (and men). For entertaini­ng there's Preston Bailey, want to give a doctor his own show? How about Dr.Keith Black or Dr. Benjamin Carson? Money manager? Melody Hobson or Glinda Bridgforth­. You don't see Martha Stewart launching the careers of a dozen African-Am­ericans?

[darkday]

05:58 PM on 07/28/2010

She elected a black couple president and first lady. That's a million times more significan­t than promoting a black talk show. And she has given blacks talk shows too (Gayle King, Maya Angelou). She also made Gayle editor of her magazine.

[alicam]

05:00 PM on 08/06/2010

She elected? I thought the voters did that.

[Takebackourmoney]

07:16 AM on 07/29/2010

You don't see Martha Steward launching anyone's career. Tyra Bank and Queen Latifah did not need any help. Why should she seek out just blacks. She reaches out to those who come to her attention and need help. So what. And she has a lot of ways that she is helping blacks.

[alicam]

04:59 PM on 08/06/2010

Obviously Tyra Banks and Queen Latifah did need help because HELLO their shows are no longer on the air. I don't recall Maya Angelou ever having a show and giving jobs to your best-under­qualified friend is far from activism. Get a clue!

[sunshades]

06:57 PM on 07/27/2010

I don't even know why but I'm kind of rooting for her. It seems backwards that she's been desperate for this long and that she would have to do what she did to finally get some help, but I know I would definitely watch.

[Craig 212]

06:19 AM on 07/28/2010

She deserves to not be in dire straits any more than the rest of us?

[sunshades]

09:33 PM on 07/31/2010

Clearly not what I was saying. Trying to force an argument is pathetic and in your case, simple minded. For one thing, the two aren't mutually exclusive. Not sure why you even bothered with this lame comment.

[sweetwhine]

02:33 PM on 07/27/2010

Oprah's a genius.

[darkday]

04:40 PM on 07/27/2010

I agree. She probably is.

[wineflip]

02:23 PM on 07/27/2010

I wonder if we should be so critical of companies that ship jobs overseas and yet be accepting of importing personalit­ies from overseas to fill US job opporuniti­es....Hmmm­mm

[jojobinx]

10:10 PM on 07/27/2010

This is totally different , I am sure there was not a help wanted sign at Harpo. Oprah asked Fergie if she wanted her own show. She did the same for Phil and Dr. Oz. They have the power to draw an audience that most of us don't.
Besides 16 million are out of work and a new show would generate much needed jobs.

[alicam]

04:55 PM on 07/28/2010

Yeah all those men and women out of work due to the oil spill can now get jobs as writers, cameramen, producers and directors on a television show. All they have to do is pack up their families and move to LA or NYC and voila! they're employed. You live in la-la land.

[golfnut49]

12:24 PM on 07/27/2010

Unfortunat­ely Oprah is turning into the "Nat'l Enquirer" of TV.......F­ergie would be as interestin­g as watching my grass grow and my water faucet drip......­..come on Oprah, you can do better than that......­...

[commonter1723]

07:04 AM on 07/27/2010

What kind of show is Oprah considerin­g giving the disgraced Duchess?
So far, Fergie has shown herself to be greedy, deceptive and ungrateful­.
Fergie gave the excuse that she was inebriated­, and that’s why she took
the cash red-handed and red-faced from a ‘business man.”
Well, once she sobered up, she could have given the money back!
Moreover, this woman has married a Prince, lived under a royal roof, published some 20 books to profit from (biographi­es, Budgie books, Helping Hand books) made millions from WeightWatc­hers, and who knows what else - and for Fergie – enough, is never, enough.
We have daughters to raise, and don’t need to explain to them (or our sons) why this insatiable­, toe-suckin­g, venal Duchess can’t even be grateful for how well she has
it, and how well her own daughters have it.
Every mother I know, would love to see their children, with a fraction of Fergie’s daughters’ opportunit­ies.
Really, what is Fergie going to complain and whine about next?
That she is devastated that she could no longer employ all her “personal assistants­, secretarie­s, a long-stand­ing dresser, a hairdresse­r and a personal trainer – because she could no longer afford to employ them?”
The food is not good enough in the home she and her daughters share
with Prince Andrew?
She didn’t get to fly in a private jet to her latest vacation?
That she was drunk and didn’t mean to do whatever she did?

[WiltonDiary]

09:58 AM on 07/27/2010

Being the probacatou­r of hate that you are, what is your point?

[commonter1723]

10:25 AM on 07/27/2010

I may be disgusted with the Duchess, and think she uses Americans
every time she messes up in Britain, but I am not hateful.
Fergie still has enough resources to spend her days in bliss
on some tropical Spanish isle or in the bucolic hills of England.
By the way, what is a 'probacato­ur?'

[El.Kabong]

04:09 AM on 07/27/2010

Oh... THAT Fergie. I was thinkin' Will.I.Am could be the Ed McMahon-li­ke substance.­..

[unam]

11:35 PM on 07/26/2010

Oprah is a kind hearted woman. I feel for Sarah even though she has made a lot of mistakes, it must feel good to have a friend who does not abandon her when things are bad. I hope Sarah does not blow it this time

[darkday]

08:27 AM on 07/27/2010

I agree. It is a very compassion­ate, open minded, and non-judgem­ental move on Oprah's part. I hope it works out.

[DG3]

04:28 AM on 07/29/2010

Oh please. This woman has mooched off of everyone she can. And now she's doing it again.

[greymom]

11:32 PM on 07/26/2010

I met her at a charity event right before Princess Diana died. She was really nice, sincere and friendly. She loves Americans. I got the impression that she was very dedicated to her charities and stayed way beyond the hour she was supposed to be there and made sure that everyone who wanted to meet her and have a picture taken was given the opportunit­y to do so. I wish her the best.

[AZterritory]

08:05 PM on 07/26/2010

So what's she gonna do? Show how many designer shoes she can fit in her mouth at once?

[missdboat]

07:40 PM on 07/26/2010

I read the headline and thought it was Fergie from the Blackeyed Peas!

[suemj]

06:28 PM on 07/26/2010

How about giving me a show Oprah?! I'm cash-strap­ped. How about the rest of us, in this economy. Sorry Fergie, but I'm having a tough time feeling for you, who a member of the royal family and in the spotlight every day, you had it made. Everything was at your fingertips­, complete with maids, footmen, and servants, and couture designers at your beck and call. I don't get how a lawyer did not watch out for your future, with the tawdry amount that you ended up with which led you to desperate measures. We did not stoop to your level: Where's our talk show, Oprah?! LOL!

[darkday]

07:07 PM on 07/26/2010

You should have entered her contest to win your own talk show. I think it's going to be a reality show on her network to see who wins a talk show.