She is the doyen of the small screen, one of the most successful women on television and the person that everyone wants to be friends with – yet Oprah Winfrey has admitted that she is glad she didn’t have children and that she doesn’t think she would have been a good mother. The TV favourite said that she doesn’t feel like she has the patience to be a biological parent.
The talk show host explained that she feels like she is a mother is a different way because of her school for girls which she opened in South Africa. She said ‘It is more rewarding than I would ever have imagined. I was doing this to help them, but it has brought a light to my life that I can’t explain…When people were pressuring me to get married and have children, I knew I was not going to be a person that ever regretted not having them, because I feel like I am a mother to the world’s children.’
Oprah has previously spoken about the heartbreak of losing a baby when she just was 14 years old. She has also spoken about how she finally feels free now that she has lost a staggering 3 stone in weight – and she has been able to keep the weight off. She said ‘[My weight] has been the go-to comfort for me. You use it as your coat and your shield, and it keeps you from doing things. You don’t have to go to that party because you don’t have a dress to wear and nothing is going to fit you.’