Oprah Winfrey Says She Only Has 3 Close Friends & She Revealed Who They Are

Gayle King

“I don’t have a lot of friends. Everybody knows Gayle [King],” she said on the podcast. And indeed, we do all know about Gayle!

Maria Shriver

Oprah said in the podcast interview, “I first met [Maria Shriver] in the bathroom [while working at] WJZ-TV early in the morning. I was coming in to do the morning cut-ins and she was doing evening magazine and had been up all night. [She] was in the bathroom, literally, splashing water on her face, and we started a conversation. I forever think that that was, like, a divine moment that happened because she was one of my true, grounded friendships that carried me through my entire career.”

She added, “Gayle and Maria, I met around the same time; Gayle and I [have been friends for] 42 years, Maria and I [have also been friends for] 42 years.”

Head to the next slide to see the third friend…