New
York
(ANI):
Oprah
Winfrey
has
repeatedly
lied
about
her
upbringing
and
made
up
stories
about
sexual
abuse
to
boost
her
reputation,
a
new
book
claims.
The
talk-show
queen
has
always
maintained
that
she
grew
up
so
poor
in
rural
Mississippi
that
she
never
had
any
new
dresses
or
dolls
and
could
only
keep
cockroaches
as
pets.
However,
a
new
biography
has
claimed
that
Winfrey
was
spoiled
as
a
child.
In
the
biography
Oprah,
author
Kitty
Kelley
has
claimed
that
Winfrey's
tales
have
alienated
her
from
much
of
her
family.
"Where
Oprah
got
that
nonsense
about
growing
up
in
filth
and
roaches
I
have
no
idea," the
New
York
Post
quoted
Winfrey's
cousin
Katherine
Carr
Ester
as
saying
in
the
book.
"I've
confronted
her
and
asked,
why
do
you
tell
such
lies?
...
Oprah
told
me
that's
what
people
want
to
hear
-
the
truth
is
boring,"
Katherine
added.
Vernon
Winfrey,
the
talk
show
host's
adoptive
father,
reportedly
told
the
author
he
felt
"ashamed"
about
her
lies.
"She
may
be
admired
by
the
world,
but
I
know
the
truth;
so
does
God
and
so
does
Oprah,"
he
said.