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When you’re Oprah, you can have almost anything you want. At the snap of a finger, you can commission a unicorn stable to be built on your estate. Call up Domino’s and in about 45 minutes somebody will show up at your door with a pizza in a box as if you were royalty! But, alas, no amount of money or power will give you the one thing you crave most of all: a stroll in the park with Kid Rock. Not everybody loves you, Oprah. That’s what we’re getting at. As the expression goes “Dislikers Gonna Dislike,” and this is especially true when you’re dealing with famous people with fragile egos. So who precisely has put you down on their arch-nemesis list? Lots of celebrities. But since we know you don’t have all day, we’ll narrow it down to our seven favorite Oprah feuds.
1. Angelina Jolie
After Oprah opened a private school for girls in South Africa, she figured Angelina Jolie might be interested in promoting it since she’s really into African causes. So imagine Oprah’s surprise when she was snubbed. See, Oprah isn’t used to being turned down for anything, not even by other influential celebrities. So what was the deal? Well, remember when Brad Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston? Not really? Okay. So, Brad Pitt was once married to Jennifer Aniston. Then he met Angelina Jolie on the set of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and she really swept him off his feet. Braniston or Jitt or whatever they were collectively called was history. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Oprah was sympathetic towards Jennifer, and Angelina was none too happy about this. I mean, yeah, Oprah taking Jolie’s side and hosting a “Roast of Jennifer Aniston For Having the Nerve To Be Dumped By Brad Pitt” might have been a rating bonanza. But fortunately, we’re better than this as a society. Or are we?
2. Chris Brown
Chris Brown is known for three things: having a really boring name, being a talented singer, and having serious anger issues. After he physically assaulted then-girlfriend Rihanna, Oprah warned that he would do it again. Brown, seeing himself as the real victim in all this, insisted that Oprah should have been more supportive of him since he had helped promote causes important to her. Do you hear that sad violin music? It’s all in your head.
3. Janet Jackson
When Janet’s brother Michael died in 2009, Oprah invited his children onto her show to talk about whatever it is they were going to talk about. Ms. Jackson wasn’t too thrilled with the idea, feeling that Oprah was capitalizing on MJ’s death and using the kids for the sake of publicity. Janet even said the whole idea made her “sick.” Now that’s just nasty talk right there!
