For those of you who don't know, Kitty Kelley, notorious writer of several unauthorized biographies releases her next book tomorrow. This time, her target is the all-powerful woman Oprah Winfrey.
The Rita Skeeter of the Muggle-world has apparently emerged with several rather potent gossip stories about Oprah Winfrey, the role model of thousands of women and perhaps even some men has, according to Kelley at least, a whole section of her life hushed up.
Tomorrow, with the release of Oprah -- A Biography, Kelley will likely challenge Oprah in the same style as she did Frank Sinatra and several other impressive personalities.
As Wikipedia's article about her points out, although she has been charged of lying numerous times, not once has she had to retract a statement. Whether this is because she is telling the truth or is just quite streetwise is a subject for debate.
So far she has told several rather tall tales about the Oprah so many idolize, not the least of which is that she lied about her poor upbringing and having to keep cockroaches as pets. For what purpose? Kelley quotes Oprah's cousin claiming that Oprah told her, "It's what people want to hear. The truth is boring."
I was scanning through the Amazon reviews on Kitty Kelley's books, and while there are several people who are taken in by her tales of gossip, a rather large number of people don't quite take everything she says as gospel.
The claims of her strong critics are that she spends too much time trying to attack the subjects of her biographies, and too little time focusing on actual substance. While I have admittedly never read any of her books from beginning to end, from the few pages I've read I'd tend to agree with this claim.
I'd like to ask Kitty Kelley why it is that she'd choose to focus on the bad aspects of the celebrities, and uncover negative gossip. I have no doubt though, that like Oprah's response to claims of her distorting the truth, Kelley would respond: "It's what people want to hear. The truth is boring."
To read more, check out these links:
ninemsn.com.au
Chigago Tribune
Entertainment Weekly
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