Oprah On OWN: 'I Wouldn't Bet Against Me,' I Want O.J. Simpson To Confess To Me

Oprah returned from her vacation to send a message about her fledgling cable network: she's all in.

"The vacation that I thought I was going to have is kind of over," she told cable industry bigwigs at the annual Cable Show in Chicago on Thursday.

While she ended her talk show with huge stars and huge ratings, Oprah has been hit by wave after wave of bad news about the Oprah Winfrey Network, which she launched in January. Poor ratings, canceled shows and an ousted executive led her to admit that the channel wasn't where she wanted it to be.

Speaking to Investigation Discovery's Paula Zahn on Thursday, Oprah admitted that she had made mistakes with OWN, but said that she was going to focus all of her energy to making the network a success.

"I have committed everything I have to this cable network," she said. "And I wouldn't bet against me."

The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Oprah said she is still trying to get O.J. Simpson to confess to killing his wife.

"I have a dream of O.J. Simpson confessing to me," she said. "And I am going to make that happen people. I don't just want the interview. I want the interview on the condition that you are ready, Mr. Simpson."

Comments

[Bianca S]

01:24 PM on 07/16/2011

God complex much? I respect Oprah has a businesswoman, but she's jumping the shark on her new network. It's basically watered down reality tv with a santimonious tone to it. Not exactly a recipe for success.

[claymanbob]

11:39 PM on 07/05/2011

Oprah should have named her company Hubris. Although Harpo actually works pretty well I guess when you consider what a joke Oprah is to everyone but her hoodwinked fans.

[Queensladyday]

04:57 PM on 06/24/2011

Poor Oprah! She believed her own publicity!! She was on ABC.TV to sell products....that's all.
She's not an 'evolved being' on this planet to enlighten the masses.
She did Attorney Johnnie Cochran a great disservice, while making a known racist (Furman)... rich!!
Go away, Oprah!!

[jcou38]

06:13 PM on 06/23/2011

Dream on, Oprah. O.J. won't confess because he did not kill anybody.

[Just My Thoughts 2011]

02:11 PM on 06/23/2011

Oprah is so full of herself. In her own mind it's The Oprah Show, starring Oprah, 24 hours a day!

[ThePromoter]

10:04 PM on 06/21/2011

Most people when it comes to OJ get real emotional when someone voices their opinion, As an American. It saddens me to see how our justice system is becoming used by the media and how facts are not as important as our court Commentato­rs spinning the truth for ratings. So I will keep digging for truth, I am not good at taking everything the media tells me as fact as do others. "He who follows blindly will never see "

[toocoldout]

07:13 PM on 06/20/2011

I wouldn't bet against oprah. She's raked in billion$ hosting the #1 talk show in America for 25 years and put a black man in the white house. There's nothing she can't accomplish. She's so brilliant.

[samuraifrog37]

06:22 PM on 06/20/2011

Did she really say something this strange? Back to A.B.C. With her...she's losing it.

[Sean Johnson]

06:12 PM on 06/20/2011

If he's been denying it since 1994, there's no way on God's green earth that Oprah Winfrey will get OJ Simpson to confess to something that everyone knows that he did.

[momstudent]

11:26 AM on 06/20/2011

Wow. Oprah wanting OJ Simpson to confess to her REALLY shows her ego and lack of psychology.

[ThePromoter]

11:24 AM on 06/20/2011

OPRAH cant and wont ever be able to get OJ Simpson to confess to something he feels he did not do, sorry Oprah !!! Would you like to know more?
I was OJ's Manager/Promoter and videographer from 2000 and I am still in contact with him.

He has a few words for her in my Documentary soon to be released.

[Lilly-G]

11:36 AM on 06/20/2011

OJ did it...everyone knows OJ did it.

[ThePromoter]

04:05 PM on 06/20/2011

Furhmans Police Department? Question: Was Mark Furhman the only good cop?

As of May 2001, a Los Angeles Police Department investigation -- now referred to as the Rampart Scandal -- more than 70 police officers were implicated in misconduct, making it one of the most widespread cases of documented police misconduct in United States history. The convicted offenses include unprovoked shootings, unprovoked beatings, planting of evidence, framing of suspects, stealing and dealing narcotics, bank robbery, perjury, and covering up evidence of these activities.

As a result of the probe into falsified evidence and police perjury, 106 prior criminal convictions were overturned and resulted in more than 140 civil lawsuits against the city of Los Angeles, costing the city an estimated $125 million in settlements.

Facts not Media Fiction - Please google "Rampart Scandal"

[samuraifrog37]

06:23 PM on 06/20/2011

Speak for yourself....I don't know if he did it.

[agness nutter]

10:29 AM on 06/21/2011

Do you have a lot of video of him on the golf course, trying to track down the "real killer"?

[ThePromoter]

11:44 AM on 06/21/2011

Don't you mean the LA police Department?

[utopiarunt]

10:40 AM on 06/20/2011

Hey I think it's a cool idea and I'm not even a woman!! I bet she offers the broke down and busted ex-footballer some big bucks to do it, and I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't take the bait. Other than younger white woman OJ loves the big bucks!! i wanna know all the details of the murder, to match them up to what Marcia and Chris said happened. Make it a go , O!!

[Marjorie Sager]

10:04 AM on 06/20/2011

Newsflash Oprah thinks OJ is guilty.

[ontariogirl]

08:34 AM on 06/20/2011

Does this mean she is going to make a show out of her dreams?

[thefacts22]

08:17 AM on 06/20/2011

Only in USA a talentless crappy bore like Oprah,became an star.......she should go away,get her money,run away into some hole,her shows have been flops for years

[Lilly-G]

09:55 AM on 06/21/2011

Wow, Oprah didn't become a MULTI-BILLIONAIRE because her show was a flop. I think you have other issues.