āHi, is Gayle there?ā the caller to the Eyewitness newsroom asked me.Ā Ā Ā Ā āIām sorry, maāam, could you please take me off speaker, it is difficult to hear you,ā I responded.
Truth is, I could understand the caller, but it wasnāt very clear, and I found speakerphone calls annoying, especially when a viewer would call in to complain about something on āThe Guiding Light,ā which I figured was the subject of this call.. Ā āIām sorry,ā the caller politely said.Ā āThank you. Whoās calling?ā I asked, feeling somewhat powerful at that moment.Ā Ā That power trip wasĀ short-lived, and as soonĀ as the caller identified herself, I feltĀ awful about the way Iād spoken to one of the most admired women in the world.Ā āOprah Winfrey,ā the caller declared.
That was my first dealing with Oprah Winfrey, and I still feel terrible about it.Ā Ā Ā She would call Broadcast House countless times after that, looking for herā¦
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