Oprah Winfrey Vows to Keep Her Private Life Private  2/13/06

Chat show host Oprah Winfrey is baffled when her private life is featured in tabloids, because she always keeps her relationship behind closed doors.

The media mogul is happy living with long-term love Stedman Graham and is shocked when publications make up lies about her 'troubled' relationship, because she goes to such lengths to keep it private.

She says, "I'm very conscious of and cautious about what I do in my personal life.

"You'll never catch me having an argument with Stedman in public, or with anyone else, either. I believe that you praise people in public, if you need to say something that's going to be critical, say it in private.

"People always assume that it's the guy who has the power in the relationship, so they assume that the reason Stedman and I are not married is that he doesn't want to marry, which is not the correct assumption."