rant · moment 5 of 19
Oprah, Stedman, Gayle King, and the Spiritual Adviser Rapist
from Jessica Kirson & The Revenge Of The Basic | The Tim Dillon Show #387 · #387
8 min
Tim and Jessica riff extensively on Oprah — her supposed fake marriage to Stedman, her affair theory with Gayle King, her endless chefs and diets, her Oprah Winfrey Girls Academy abuse scandal, and her spiritual adviser 'John of God' who was convicted of rape and trafficking.
- Tim says he would die if he met Oprah, whom he considers barely real—more like a wax figure maintaining an aura of crazy celebrity.
- Gayle King's appearance in first class meant nothing to him, but he's certain she's Oprah's lover.
- Tim theorizes Stedman and Charles Barkley are together, and isn't convinced Stedman is even a real person.
- Speculation about Oprah and Gayle's intimate dynamic, with Tim suggesting Gayle is dominant in the relationship.
- Despite employing 50 trainers and 45 chefs on every diet imaginable, Oprah gave up and decided to just shoot up.
- Oprah's Monaco house is so large she has to drive her car to reach the kitchen, where she still arrives at 2 a.m. searching for food.
- Her sprawling fairy-tale estate in Monaco is visually stunning but apparently doesn't solve her eating problems.
- Oprah owned schools that faced serious trouble—girls were being trafficked and there were unexplained fly infestations.
- Her spiritual adviser, calling himself John of God, was convicted and sentenced to 99 years for rape and trafficking, running farms where young girls were forced to have babies to sell.
- Oprah endorsed this spiritual adviser a decade ago but merely said she hopes justice is served—taking no real responsibility.
- Oprah's pattern of bringing in celebrity chefs who became millionaires off cookbooks, then mysteriously got fired when the weight didn't stay off.
- Bethany Frankel's diet book "Naturally Thin" reduces to one piece of actual advice: just don't eat, which Tim finds absurdly funny given his own food addiction struggles.
Oprah WinfreyJohn of GodBethenny FrankelGayle KingStedman GrahamCharles BarkleyWhitney Cummings