Oprah Takes Bebe Winans off Show
By Luke Kerr on November 05, 2009


Oprah has taken Bebe Winans off her show until domestic violence charges against the gospel singer are resolved, according to USA Today.


Oprah has taken Bebe Winans off her show until domestic violence charges against the gospel singer are resolved, according to USA Today.
The gospel singer had taped appearances on Winfrey's "karaoke challenge" and was on last Friday. Following the show, some bloggers questioned whether Winfrey was guilty of a double standard by including Winans when she took a strong stand against domestic violence following Chris Brown's assault of then-girl friend Rihanna.
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29 October 2008
2 years 9 weeks
She's already been guilty of using double standards. She had convicted rapist Mike Tyson on her show last month. Tyson was older than Chris Brown when he raped a woman and slapped around Robin Givens but got his chance to share his sides of those stories. Maybe she'll give Brown a chance in 10 or 15 years from now. Still love Oprah but I may reconsider watching her show now. And strangely enough I probably could have handled it better had she chosen to just keep Bebe Winans on the show.
18 February 2009
5 hours 57 min
The difference with Tyson is he served his time. It's not like she was condoning his behavior. She was trying to get inside his mind and find out if there's any humanity in there.
She's had plenty of criminals and rapists on her show over the years. It's all about context. I think we're too quick to look for reasons to be ticked off these days. Personally, I think Oprah didn't even know about the charges against Bebe Winans. I certainly hadn't read about them anywhere, but then again, he's not that well-known in the mainstream.
20 February 2009
13 weeks 2 days
I didn't hear of the charges, but I also didn't know Bebe Winans was a man. I knew the name, but I had no idea the gender. I do wonder about Winfrey's research team, and why she doesn't seem to know a lot about what goes on on her show, in her schools, with her guests, etc.
I am still surprised that she didn't get criticism for the Whitney Houston interview where WH explained in detail how to roll and smoke her drug of choice.
18 February 2009
5 hours 57 min
In my opinion, Whitney was high during that interview. I think maybe that's why we haven't seen much of her since that interview. Usually, she'd be out pushing her new album wherever she could. The silence since Oprah has been deafening!
30 March 2009
4 days 4 hours
FYI...Whitney has been overseas promoting her album