Oprah by Kitty Kelly: John Tesh Hit It!

Before Oprah loved Stedman, there was John Tesh.
An exclusive excerpt from Kitty Kelley's upcoming tell-all Oprah Winfrey biography claims the talk-show queen enjoyed a 1970s romance with an unlikely live-in lover: John Tesh. The towering 6-foot-6 Tesh and a barely out-of-her-teens Winfrey shared her Nashville apartment until he bolted in the middle of the night, according to the first-ever look inside the book, obtained by the Daily News.

According to Kelley, the "social pressure" on an interracial couple in Tennessee at that time proved too much for Tesh to handle. "He said one night he looked down and couldn't take it anymore," another Tesh ex-paramour told Kelley. "He walked out in the middle of the night. ... He told me he later felt very guilty about it."

Winfrey spokeswoman Angela DePaul said Saturday that Oprah was not commenting on the highly anticipated book. A phone call and an e-mail to Tesh's spokespeople were not returned.

The book, due out Tuesday, already ranks No. 19 on the Amazon.com best sellers list based on pre-orders.


Tesh worked in Nashville at the same time as Winfrey during the mid-'70s. Future media mogul Winfrey was just 20 when she joined the staff at WTVF-TV in Nashville. Tesh was a news anchor and future "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak was a weatherman at rival WSM.

Kelley - best known for her withering biographies of Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan and Elizabeth Taylor, among others - said the pair lived together "for a short time" before Tesh's midnight moveout.

Kelley mentions that Tesh appeared with Winfrey on the 10th anniversary of her show in 1996, with Oprah claiming the pair shared one platonic dinner date.

Tesh is married to actress Connie Sellecca, while Winfrey remains connected to longtime beau Stedman Graham.
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/04/11/2010-04-11_tesh_bolted_oprahs_bed.html#ixzz0kqwOei4r

 

Re: Oprah by Kitty Kelly: John Tesh Hit It!!

 

That's cruel. Rocky had better hair.

 

So Oprah's boyfriend list is Roger Ebert, John Tesh and Steadman?

No wonder she's with Gayle?

 

John Tesh didn't just hit it. John Tesh hit it and quit it.

 

Was John Tesh drunk or did he lose a bet? Or was it just a dare from Sajak?

 

In the middle of the night, on the down low booty call.

 

Hmm, I don't see "Slip out the back Jack" as being a part of Tesh's advice on relationships.

http://www.tesh.com/ittrium/visit?path=A1x97x1y1xa5x1x76y1x244fx1x9b

 

There's an 'Anchorman' joke here somewhere.

 

Yeah, he needs to make a new plan, Stan.

 

K-e-l-l-e-y.

 

A-n-a-l d-o-r-k.

I mean, one freaking letter. Who cares? This isn't for publication.

This does shed some light on a couple of things, though . . .