She laid this wisdom on me: 'Girl, if your man has put a flower on your mind, you won't need no flowers in a vase! Then, in , Winfrey kept seeing a particular man around town Graham , but didn't pay much attention to him since "he was always with the same girlfriend.
Yes, I drank a lot of beer then and wore cowboy boots every day. He said he didn't drink. Still doesn't—not one sip of nothin' alcoholic since I've known him ," Winfrey remembered. He was polite, yes, and kind. The sort of guy who sits with an ailing friend.
Someone who is kind. Someone who is loyal. And that's what I have. Graham has definitely been supportive of Winfrey's career and ambitions throughout the years. ET spoke with Winfrey back in on the set of The Oprah Winfrey Show , and long before serious rumors started rumbling 30 years later that she would actually consider running for president , she revealed that Graham was already encouraging her to run for the highest office in the country.
Run for president, I'll work on the campaign. And, so, I don't know what will happen. After a couple years of dating, the couple already felt the pressure to take the next step in the relationship. In People 's article, Graham's ex-girlfriend, Chicago television news anchor Robin Robinson, noted that he wasn't one to rush into marriage. I would question that speculation.
He was hurt by his first marriage not working out, and he doesn't like making mistakes. Still, Graham did pop the question in Winfrey described his matter-of-fact proposal in her interview with People. Winfrey told the magazine that Graham told her, "I want you to marry me. I think it's time. Of course, the two never did get around to tying the knot. During a chat with Shonda Rhimes for OWN's SuperSoul Sunday , she admitted she knew immediately that she didn't really wanted to get married , though she did want Graham to propose.
Now I actually have to get married? Because I could not have the life that I created for myself I knew that I couldn't do it. In a interview with Vogue , she was asked about what not getting married has taught her about women in society.
His interpretation of what it means to be a husband and what it would mean for me to be a wife would have been pretty traditional, and I would not have been able to fit into that.
In her revealing O, The Oprah Magazine column from January, she once again got candid about not really wanting to get married when he proposed. I wanted to be asked. I wanted to know he felt I was worthy of being his missus, but I didn't want the sacrifices, the compromises, the day-in-day-out commitment required to make a marriage work.
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