David Letterman Finally Explains Why Oprah Hated Him So Much
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Just what was the beef between Dave and Oprah all about, anyway?
David Letterman has finally revealed the origins of his 16-year feud with Oprah Winfrey -- and Uma Thurman has nothing to do with it.
During a Tuesday appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Letterman, 63, explained that his frosty relationship with the daytime queen "predates the incident at the Academy Awards." While hosting the 1995 Oscars, Letterman jokingly introduced Uma Thurman to Winfrey, poking fun at their quirky names by repeating "Oprah...Uma. Uma...Oprah."
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Instead, Letterman recalled to Jon Stewart, the trouble began around 1989, when he and his girlfriend Regina Lasko (they wed last year) encountered Winfrey and her beau Steadman Graham at a restaurant.
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"This is hilarious," Letterman said he told Lasko. "I'm going to make Oprah buy us lunch."
The comic then told his waiter, "'Oh, this woman right over there has been kind enough to take care of our check.'"
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As the late-night host departed the eatery, he waved to Winfrey, who waved back -- thus convincing the waiter that she was indeed footing Letterman's lunch tab.
Stewart's response to the tale? "Oh, for f--k's sake!"
Letterman and Winfrey buried the hatchet in 2005 -- parodying the feud in a Super Bowl ad last year.
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9This story sounds an awful lot like an urban legend I read on Snopes - it won't let me post the link here but go to snopesdotcom and search "pay for groceries," there are a couple of stories there that are remarkably similar.
Cinnamon it was a joke...and Ophrah obviously does not have no humour
life is too short...let's do not worry about this topic...this is betwwen David and Oprah...but if she does not pay for him...then she is cheap
Yeah, instead of feuding with Letterman, I'da plotted some kind of payback, and it would have been well-timed, hysterical and enough for him to want to get me again. When you're rich, this sort of thing should be all in fun, and I am sure in Letterman's eyes it was. Oprah must have a pinecone up her ass.
That's funny. And a little mean, but mostly funny. Why get bent out of shape about it? If anything, she should have been upset at the waiter, and the restaurnat, for believing David Letterman.
It's not arrogant, it's a joke. If you know Dave at all that is totally his humor. If I were Oprah I would have found it funny and planned something to get him back, but she never has seemed to be clever enough for anything like that.
Are Dave's teeth green or what?? Ewww
Personally, I can't stand Letterman either. I am a Jay Leno fan.
Obviously Oprah's a billionaire so it wasn't not about the money-it was about the ARROGANCE--I like Letterman but have read alot over the years about what an arrogant son of a gun people say he is-- but you've kissed and made up so all is well!