Five times Oprah Winfrey got it wrong while grilling showbiz stars
msn.comOprah Winfrey is known for her intimate sit down chats, like her bombshell interview with Harry and Meghan. But even long-time hosts like Oprah get it wrong sometimes, as Nathan Lane recently highlighted when he told NBC Sunday Today that late actor Robin Williams for was 'a saint' after he 'swooped in' and saved him during a 1996 Oprah interview when he wasn't ready to publicly come out as gay.
Lane, 67, publicly came out three years later in 1999, but during the press tour for his movie The Birdcage - where he starred alongside Williams - he simply 'wasn't ready' to tell the world when Oprah asked him if he was worried about being typecast because he played a drag queen in the movie. 'I don't think [Oprah] was trying to out me,' Lane said. 'But I said to Robin beforehand: 'You know, I'm just not prepared.
I'm so scared of going out there and talking to Oprah. 'I'm not prepared to discuss that I'm gay on national television. I'm not ready. ''And he said: 'It's alright, don't worry about it.
We don't have to talk about it, we won't talk about it. 'MailOnline takes a look at other times Oprah Winfrey got it wrong during her career grilling some of the biggest showbiz stars.
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