Oprah Winfrey ‘cried for three days’ after relative exposed star’s ‘teenage pregnancy’

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The talk show host’s bombshell interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will be broadcast this weekend, in the US. The 67-year-old, who is a longtime friend of the royal couple, warned them that “no subject” was “off-limits” ahead of the chat. In clips released so far, Meghan discussed the impact of “The Firm” and claimed they “perpetuated falsehoods” about her.

Meghan and Harry’s tell-all is likely to send shockwaves through the Royal Family and many eagerly anticipate what will be discussed.

One subject that could arise is the Duchess’ heartache after she tragically suffered a miscarriage last June.

She described experiencing “an almost unbearable grief” in a statement at the time and could delve further into the difficulties she faced.

Meghan urged people to “commit to asking others, ‘Are you ok?’” to spread kindness and care during the coronavirus pandemic.

Oprah had a similarly heartbreaking experience at 14 years old when her son died weeks after she gave birth.

She said: “I never even knew how this even happened to me at the time.”

After her loss, her father gave words of wisdom that shaped her into the star she is today.

Oprah is the 20th wealthiest person in the world, reportedly worth £1.9billion ($2.7billion) according to Forbes magazine.

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In the 2011 show Oprah’s Lifeclass, she recounted what her father told her.

She said: “When that child died, my father said to me, ‘This is your second chance.

“‘This is your opportunity to seize this moment and make something of your life’.

“And I took that chance and understood for myself.

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“Even though I didn’t have the words to articulate it – ‘Now I know better, so I can do better.’”

Oprah rose to fame as a TV news reporter before she was given her own eponymously titled show.

She kept her son’s death secret – until a relative of the star shared the story with a national newspaper in 1990.

Oprah described the family member’s decision to divulge the sensitive information as a “betrayal”.

In a 2007 edition of O, The Oprah Magazine, which was founded by the star seven years earlier, she recalled that moment.

Oprah wrote: “I took to my bed and cried for three days.

“I felt devastated, wounded, betrayed, ‘How could this person do this to me?’”

Oprah did not name the family member who shared the story but she claimed the individual was paid £13,700 ($19,000).

The star said that “only my family and close friends knew”.

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Oprah described the death as part of her “dark past” and felt unable to talk about it for years.

She feared the aftermath of such sensitive information becoming public knowledge.

Oprah wrote: “I imagined that every person on the street was going to point their finger at me.”

She was concerned they would judge her and believed some might “scream, ‘Pregnant at 14, you wicked girl, expelled!’”

Oprah kept her son’s death private because of how she became pregnant.

She said: “I would tell no one until I felt safe enough to share my dark past.

“The years I was sexually abused from age 10 to 14, my resulting promiscuity as a teenager and finally at 14, my becoming pregnant.”

But, the response to her pregnancy was far from how she imagined.

Oprah explained: “No one said a word, not strangers, not even people I knew.

“I was shocked, nobody treated me differently.”

She claimed to have spent 20 years “expecting a reaction that never came” and felt relieved after it came out.

Oprah said: “I soon realised that having the secret out was liberating.

“What I learned for sure was that holding the shame was the greatest burden of all.”

Oprah With Meghan And Harry: A CBS Primetime Special will air on Sunday, March 7, in the US and in the UK, at 9pm Monday on ITV.

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