Oprah Winfrey Slams Lesbian Rumors

She’s no stranger to rumors about her sexuality, and Oprah Winfrey has once and for all set the record straight- she’s not a lesbian.

During her interview with Barbara Walters, the talk show queen was very direct in making sure there was no ambiguity about her preference.

Oprah declared, "I'm not a lesbian. I'm not even kind of a lesbian. And the reason why [the rumor] irritates me is because it means that somebody must think I'm lying. That's number one. Number two ... why would you want to hide it? That is not the way I run my life."

As for her closeness with gal pal Gayle King, "She is ... the mother I never had. She is ... the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person. I don't know a better person. It's making me cry because I'm thinking about ... how much ... I probably have never told her that. Tissue, please. I now need tissue. I've never told her that."