Oprah Says This Too Shall Pass: New Daddies Will Stop Claiming Her Someday

You would expect 'Oprah daddies' to come out of the woodwork now that Kitty Kelley's book, Oprah: A Biography has brought up the topic of the talk show queen's paternity to the forefront, but the Noah (also reported as Norh) Robinson claim appears to be a little different in that he says he wrote to Oprah Winfrey several years ago, before all this attention on the issue from the book began. He sent her his photo and social security card and offered to take a paternity test.

Oprah wasn't having it then and she's not having it now. Outside the Four Seasons hotel in Manhattan on Monday, April 19, Ms. Winfrey let the stress loose, after a week of hearing about who her daddy is, who thinks he's her daddy, etc. The NY Post reports that she bit a nosy reporter's head off, saying "I will not be taking a paternity test, ever!"

Last weekend the Post talked to Robinson, who is 84 years old and comes from Kosciusko, MS, the town where Winfrey was born. The Navy veteran claims to only want to meet his daughter before dying and is not after her billions or a new home as Oprah seems to think.

Winfrey later attended the Matrix Awards luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria, where they were honoring women in communications. She spoke briefly about the situation while making her presentation:

"Last week was a rough week for Gayle [King] when a so-called biography came out. Every day, she's getting herself more and more worked up about all of my new daddies that are now showing up. New daddies who are saying, 'Hello daughter, call me, I need a new roof.' Well, this too shall pass."

It's odd that it would bother Gayle more than Oprah, and it's also strange that Oprah, a firm believer in facing one's dilemmas head-on, doesn't want to know who her biological father is. Since she has lived this long without knowing, she may feel it makes no difference in her world anymore.

So don't expect to see Oprah on Maury Povich or Lopez Tonight, getting her DNA results any time soon.

Oprah was reportedly pushed the Post reporter aside and yelled "Get out of my face!" Given the nature of today's media obsession with celebrities and every facet of their lives, it seems unlikely that the media will get out of Oprah's face, and it also seems a little naive to think "this too shall pass."

The real deal is that it will continue to be reported on whether she faces the issue with a DNA test or not. Even if Robinson or another man is confirmed to be her biological father and Oprah puts the usual clauses in her Last Will and Testament, leaving him a dollar, there will still be headlines like: "Oprah Leaving Gayle Millions, Natural Daddy a Dollar." So whether this shall pass or not, Oprah Winfrey may as well do what she wants.

Source: NY Post: Oprah DNA Testy