Oprah Winfrey's birth mother, Vernita Lee, didn't raise her or contribute to who she is today this woman give Oprah away because she was in her opinion to dark skinned. Oprah Winfrery, was raised by her father and step mother, Oprah have give her real parent anything they want, and paid tribute to her step mother for the woman she is today. Oprah, don't owe this woman anything, the shop is stupid for giving this woman credit in the first place.

There is no reason Oprah should pay for anyone's bad behavior. The only exception would be a minor child.

Oprah shouldn't have to pay her mother's debts. Her mother is an adult who knew her limit and should live within her means. It's like having an adult child who does the same thing. If someone gets themselves in that situation they should face the consequences. Obviously I don't know the woman, but I'm thinking she probably did that thinking her daughter would bail her out. Not to mention no one knows if Oprah has bailed her mother out before. Perhaps she has time and time again and finally put her foot down. She can't enable her mother's irresponsible actions.

SHE MUST HAVE HER REASONS BUT I AM AMAZED AND MAYBE APALLED THAT QUEEN OPRAH ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN LET ALONE DRAG ON FOR A FEW YEARS. DOES MS. LOVE AND FORGIVNESS STILL WANT TO PUNISH HER MOTHER? NO MATTER WHAT WE ONLY GET ONE MOMMA.

Oprah has a mother?

Reading the vapid comments from the PMS crowd presents a significant conclusion; her past relationship with her mother, the apologies, the finer points of the law of responsibility, totally ignores the basic premise of integrity and civility of this billionaire. If Ms Piggy is not responsible for her mother's debt, where was she when she continued to run the bill up? No relationship between mother and child for whatever reasons? Then loose your venom on the media for making the connection. Certainly the store should not have to compensate the free-loading momma. She is a shameful creature. La "O" should distance the relationship is far as possible. But it is not fodder for the internet.

Years ago I watched a movie about Oprah as a young girl. Her mother, who was a prostitute, was rarely home....and when she was, she brought men home with her. Most tried to mess with Oprah as well..which her mother resented. Oprah cleaned, cooked, and went to school. She spent most of her time reading books... they helped block out the horrible environment she lived in...

Fortunately..she went to live with her father & stepmother ......
She is a survivor....an amazing woman.

A few years ago Oprah's mother was in her studio audience and she introduced her as her birth mother. It was obvious that Oprah harbored no true love for her.

This comment is for Hugh, who wrote earlier that: 'Oprah is a fat black cow...' Lol, not the brightest comment but by far the trashiest, to date. That statement makes you irrelevant.

As for everyone else: I absolutely love Oprah and think she is an American icon.

I think it is safe to assume the store gave her credit because she said she was Oprah Winfrey's mom. The store probably counted on Oprah paying her mother's bills just because she is who she is. I for one do not blame Oprah for not paying this. If she had, I can see the mother going out to the nearest dealership to get an Escalade just by saying she is Oprah's mom. When would that type of behavior end? It didn't go that far; it ended with this store because Op wasn't havin' it!!!

William would you be a little bit racist. Are you talking about the school she set up in Africa. She didn't want to have one in America because our children wouldn't appreciate it. How many rape cases were reported by boys and girls. The grades are not doing to good. Stealing and whatever

Yes, Oprah is great.
Part 1: Remember when Oprah/the show (Harpo Productions) gave away a new Pontiac G6 car valued at $28,500.00 to 276 people in the audience. Each of the people in the audience were selected as moms in need of a car. Oprah, the show, paid zero for the cars, Pontiac gave them to her show for the exposure/advertising of the new car and the good will press of the donation. The signed contract Pontiac had with Oprah/the show was that she must state many times (I forget the #) during the show that the cars were donated by Pontiac a division of GM. It was not mentioned until the end of the show, nice way to treat sponsors and take credit for what you did not do.
Part 2: What happens when you receive/win/are given a gift of a new car (or other stuff)? Well, all the moms who received the new Pontiac were informed by the IRS that they needed to pay income tax on the value of the car of around $7,000.00, (just like all the people who win anything on the Price is Right). Most of the moms were going to have to sell the car to pay the tax. This problem got back to Oprah/the show, the response, not our problem! A Harpo (the show) spokeswomen said winners had 3 choices. They could keep the car and pay the tax; Sell the car and pay the tax or forfeit the car, isn't that the nicest thing to say to the poor moms. Pontiac came to the rescue and paid the $7000.00 income tax on the cars so the people could keep them. Pontiac also paid the sales tax, licence & registration fees for the cars.
Bottom line, Oprah's biggest ever gift to guests, wasn't done by her or the show, and she did not care if the mom's had to sell the cars. There were a few news reports on this, but most did not want to make Oprah look as being uncaring, or, no way will I give any of my money to them.
Think I am making this up, just Google "Oprah Pontiac" and read any of the 570,000 articles on the web.

I want to try an experiment. What if all hateful comments were ignored by the rest of us, and only relevant, intelligent and civil comments were responded to? Of course, there's always that gray area about which comments are relevant, but if there are racist, political party blaming, name-calling comments, I think they can be considered hateful. I'm baffled by the haters who hide behind their anonymity, and starting to think they're just looking for a reaction to get attention.

As for Oprah's mother, I'm glad she settled her suit, but I've hardly ever heard Oprah refer to her birth mother and always got the impression they weren't very close. Oprah lights up when she talks about her dad. Oprah's done so much for the world through her Angel Network, I don't see how anyone could be so hateful towards her.

Hugh; Thank you, you seem to connect with my opinion and I appreciate your "relevancy". I will not respond to a black racist's comments and as for the PMS crowd, this is my opinion of her, I stand behind it and I believe it. Now would those who disagree please go "BAA" once in a while so she will know you still care, and keep th $$ rolling into her bank account, she has another heart-rendering program in the works. One that will satisfy your glibness and make her as rich as William Gates.