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Wisconsin store sues Oprah's mom for unpaid bill

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A high-end Brookfield, Wis., clothing store is suing Oprah Winfrey 's mother for failing to pay her bill.

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Truth

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Sep 4, 2008
 
And why is this news???
Clifton Clowers

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Sep 4, 2008
 
Truth wrote:
And why is this news???
Hard to tell. Just another person using credit and not paying their bill. Hard to have sympathy for deadbeats.

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Since: Dec 07

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#4
Sep 4, 2008
 
Riveting journalism!
Joe

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#6
Sep 4, 2008
 
Hopefully the store will learn its lesson and not giving credit to somebody just because she's some famous person's mom.
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Sep 4, 2008
 
what a b
SLH

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Sep 4, 2008
 
Joe wrote:
Hopefully the store will learn its lesson and not giving credit to somebody just because she's some famous person's mom.
And hopefully her mother will learn that just because she is some famous person's mom doesn't mean she doesn't have to pay her bills.
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#10
Sep 4, 2008
 
Crash!
The Honey Bees

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Sep 4, 2008
 
KINGPIN wrote:
she is not a millionaire tight wad.
But she is a spoiled brat! A few years ago Oprah went to Paris and stopped by a very high scale and exclusive boutique but the boutique was closed because it had been rented out for the day by someone else. Oprah threw a fit and demanded that she be allowed to shop at the store and kept asking, "Do you know who I am?" over and over. The store owner, to her credit, refused to admit Oprah. The store owner had a previous obligation to the person who rented out the store for the day and she stuck to that obligation. Oprah was too spoiled and selfish to take that into consideration. Oprah may pretend to be a kind and caring person but she does nothing out of good will for others, all she cares about is herself and getting good publicity for herself so she can make even more money.
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Sep 4, 2008
 
KINGPIN wrote:
Oprah will pay it off for her. For sure she loves her mother
and she is not a millionaire tight wad.
But why did the store loan her mother all that money?
Mabe they thought Oprah would pay it off anyway.
Oprah doesn't pay for her own clothes. Her staff is well known for going into local stores, "buying clothes" to use on the show, using them, and then returning the clothes.
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Sep 4, 2008
 
$156,000!?!?! That's a lot of underwear!!!!

Why, that's weekely toilet paper money for the BIG "O"!!!!!!!!

C'mon, good daughter! Cough it up! Don't send mama to jail!!!!!
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Sep 4, 2008
 
The Honey Bees wrote:
<quoted text> But she is a spoiled brat! A few years ago Oprah went to Paris and stopped by a very high scale and exclusive boutique but the boutique was closed because it had been rented out for the day by someone else. Oprah threw a fit and demanded that she be allowed to shop at the store and kept asking, "Do you know who I am?" over and over. The store owner, to her credit, refused to admit Oprah. The store owner had a previous obligation to the person who rented out the store for the day and she stuck to that obligation. Oprah was too spoiled and selfish to take that into consideration. Oprah may pretend to be a kind and caring person but she does nothing out of good will for others, all she cares about is herself and getting good publicity for herself so she can make even more money.
If you recall, oprah also used the race card and went on a national smear campaign against Hermes claiming they would not let her in becaise she was black. Her show was about "her "crash" monent".
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Sep 4, 2008
 
Deadbeat Mama
DL in DG

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#16
Sep 4, 2008
 
Oprah is worthless, and now it's evident that her mother is exactly the same.
chicagofemale

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#17
Sep 4, 2008
 
Don't you know the people with the most money are the ones that usually get everything for free? I don't have any clue why this is news - must have been a slow day.
Nancy Mortonthal

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Sep 4, 2008
 
Anne wrote:
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If you recall, oprah also used the race card and went on a national smear campaign against Hermes claiming they would not let her in becaise she was black. Her show was about "her "crash" monent".
When did monent paint "her crash"? Is it valuable today? What genre is it from? Is it being shown locally? Thank you!

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Since: May 08

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Sep 4, 2008
 
Joe wrote:
Hopefully the store will learn its lesson and not giving credit to somebody just because she's some famous person's mom.
Are you kidding me??? That is the BEST insurance!
Cest la vie

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#21
Sep 4, 2008
 
Deadbeats,
it isn’t fair,
when I gotta to pay
some else’s share.
Deadbeats,
you decide,
someone always looking
for another free ride.
Deadbeats,
it’s always the same,
I’ve got to play this game.

PAY THE BILL LADY.
Sharp Shooter

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#23
Sep 4, 2008
 
Why do these nuts spend $150,000 on clothes? It would take most families 2-3 years to make that much money. What a wasteful display of ego.
Neal

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#24
Sep 4, 2008
 
yes, Oprah is a hypocrite and she does not care about others as much as you think. Everything she does is out of good publicity. lot of the stuff on her show are free and given by sponsor as promotion. She is cheap and pathetic!

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Sep 4, 2008
 
Stephanie wrote:
I am so glad the Tribune found this fit to print. I don't know how I could have gone on without this knowledge.
Are you sure the National Enquirer didn't buy the Trib?
Yet you took the time to read it! You have only yourself to blame for reading it.

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