Oprah Winfrey showed off her weight loss in a slimming black velvet frock during the October 15 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Oprah Winfrey was ambushed by a man claiming to be her 'secret son' after leaving a recent taping of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
The 61-year-old media mogul who just purchased a $45m shares of Weight Watchers and who has previously tipped the scales at 237lbs was photographed as she attempted to deal with the man, Calvin Mitchell, during the awkward encounter outside Colbert's New York studio.
Mitchell told Radar on Monday that Winfrey once asked his mother to adopt him at age 11 after he and the billionaire mogul met on the 1992 set of ABC's movie-of-the-week, There Are No Children Here.
After her TV appearance, Oprah was ambushed outside Manhattan's Ed Sullivan Theater by her 'long lost son' Calvin Mitchell (L) following a 20-year estrangement
In the interview which dubbed him Oprah's 'long-lost secret son', Mitchell claimed that he has been estranged from Oprah for 20 years.
The two-time Oscar nominee was seen acknowledging Mitchell outside the studios following her October 15 TV appearance and pressed her hand against his chest in the familiar way she frequently does with fans - before he left his phone number with her reps for further contact.
But in Wednesday's interview with Radar, Mitchell said: 'I want to ask Oprah, "Why did you leave me? Why did you leave me?" I'm still empty. I'm still searching. I don't have closure to this. I just don't understand.'
Mitchell said he charmed Oprah when they first met by offering her a Diet Coke, and she offered him a job as her 'personal bodyguard' before asking his mother Eva if she could adopt him.
'It felt strange because I felt if someone wanted to help me with my children, that's one thing,' his 56-year-old mother told the site.
'But to actually adopt one child knowing I have others? I couldn't allow her to separate my children.'
Winfrey who boasts a $3 billion fortune would allegedly send gifts to the boy with notes addressed: 'To my son Calvin, I love you.'
The 20-time Emmy winner also allegedly paid for Mitchell to attend the private Christian boarding school, The Piney Woods School, in Mississippi until he dropped out at age 17.
'I was young. I made a dumb decision, and Oprah wouldn’t forgive me. I feel like what she did was wrong,' said Calvin, who later became suicidal after she 'abandoned' him.
'She told me, "Calvin, just try to work it out. You can do it. Just hang in there." She was trying to inspire me to do what was right. But even after the long pep talk she gave me, I still left.'
He added: 'I just wanted to come home, and Oprah didn't understand that.'
Winfrey has always been incredibly generous in donating money to young students, having given 400 scholarships to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia for example.
Oprah is my mommy...
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