Dear Oprah-
I haven't been completely honest with you. I don't know where to start. I guess there's never an easy way to tell this to someone you care about, so here it goes.
You've been different lately. Not the same person I've been with for the past few months. Somber. Down. Almost unhappy.
Maybe it was the heroin-addicted family. The mom who accidentally killed her daughter. The mastectomy and Suze Orman. I'll admit it. That's a lot to handle in one week. But it doesn't have to be that way. It's ok to laugh every now and then as well. However, I can't help you do that. It's completely up to you.
We used to be so much happier. Shlumpadinka makeovers, 237 reasons to have sex and even Jimmy Choo. Those were such different times. Different days. You smiled more. I wanted to be around you.
I never thought it would come to this. I've felt sick about it all night and have been sitting here trying to find the right words, but I can't. There are no words to soften this. No phrases to help this make sense.
I am sorry, but today, I watched "Ellen."
It wasn't on purpose. We were in the same place. The same time. It just kind of happened. And it only happened once. I don't know how this happened, but I think your "Why Men Cheat" expert, M. Gary Neuman was right. It really is about how she makes me feel. Trust me, it's not about the sex.
In fact, there isn't any. At all. Ever.
Today, she had Jack Hannah. And she had animals. Armadillos, black leopards and even an owl that landed on her head. An owl. On her head. Do you remember O, when you used to make me laugh like that? Instead, today, you give me her.
Suze Orman. And her guide to fear, worry and depression. I know, I know, her 5 tips to financial stability were supposed to be an olive branch, but you brought in Ali Velshi, too. A CNN Business Correspondent? To talk about our nation's banks and the lending crisis? Where does the negativity end with you O?
I feel like I don't even know you anymore.
Sure, you brought in Maya Angelou and her life's wisdom. I think I might've even seen you smile while talking to her. But I want you to be like that with me. Not just her. And while your updates on the heroin family are promising, it's still not enough. But three out of the four still in treatment is impressive. You should be proud.
It's just different with Ellen. Livelier. Happier. She makes me feel good. On occasion, she even dances.
I want things to change between us. I want them to be better. Happier. And I can only hope they will be. I want to believe in that. It's just difficult. Especially when I hear about what you will be talking about on Monday: "Forgiving the Son Who Killed My Family."
O, I hope you can bring back the happiness.
For you.
For us.
Sensei.












8 comments:
What did I tell ya, Ellen is where it's at.
See - why men cheat!!! Oprah will have you psychoanalyzed and stereotyped in NO TIME.
KEEP BELIEVING
Meg: It might be, but it's just so hard to leave the ones you love. Or hate.
Angie: I will fight it as long as I can.
Man, you are so dead-on! I was thinking that she was getting so serious lately while I was watching her and Suze. It was like watching Public TV. So funny!
BWAHAHAHAHA!!
Ellen does have better taste you know. Just look at their girlfriends, Oprah has Gayle and Ellen as HOT Portia. Yum.
China: It only gets worse today. I never thought I'd say this, but thankfully, Dr. Oz is back tomorrow.
Bee: Great, great point. You are so right. Oprah is friends with Heidi Klum though, so that might give her a bit of an edge.
YES! Dr. Oz will be back tomorrow to tell us the latest update! (eat less, exercise more) in front of O!! The Suze Orman show was my last one. THE LAST ONE I'll ever watch. Suze saying to sell your mutual funds when she should have said STOCK. STOCK Suze, not mutual funds. Now, due to the O-cultists, mutual funds will be sold and they are not STOCK. arghhhh
And Oprah, all the time looking at Suze with this expression of disbelief...DISBELIEF! The country is going down the toilet? Who KNEW!! NO ONE!! Not until O had Suze tell us!!! Oh, Oprah looked so....so WORRIED....like she's in it with us!!!
Yep. Ellen dances. She dances good too! And she's a nice stand in for the Cartoon Channel. Yeah, I was even there lately, trying to get O out of my head.
And tomorrow, O will again look serious when OZ knocks her on her unbelievable behind when he says "eat less/exercise more" WHO KNEW!!!
You need to win the Humor Blogger of the Year Award just for having endured Oprah all this time. I don't know how you do it. Such dedication! Great blog you have here Sensei!
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