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Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Harper's Bazaar reported that the couple first met at a charity event in , the same year The Oprah Winfrey Show launched.
They began dating that year. Those girls fill that maternal fold that I perhaps would have had. In fact, they overfill -- I'm overflowed with maternal. During an appearance on Gwyneth Paltrow's The Goop Podcast in March , she said she never really felt the desire to have kids , although she often felt pressure from loved ones to have them.
And I was always -- I knew this about myself. I was always better with kids once they turned 2 and a half, 3. I had a real resonance with them. Winfrey has shared that Graham has never pressured her to fit into the stereotypical wife and mother roles since they weren't married.
Where's my dinner? Both he and I now say, 'If we had married, we would not be together. Both year-old Winfrey and year-old Graham insist the reason their relationship has been able to last for so long is because he has his own interests, and he is not defined by just being Winfrey's longtime boyfriend. Graham is definitely successful on his own. He graduated from Hardin-Simmons University with a degree in social work in and earned a master's degree in education from Ball State University in He went on to have an extremely successful career in public relations, and one of his clients was the late Maya Angelou.
And because we relish seeing the other fulfill and manifest their destiny and purpose. You don't have the tools to define yourself. So, for me, I'm defined a lot by my relationship with Oprah, but it has nothing to do with me.
Graham stressed that focusing on his own interests and path has helped him and Winfrey remain on equal footing all these years.
I'm developing a process of continuous improvement every day based on my skills, talents, abilities, purpose and passions. That's what makes me happy. That's not to say that Winfrey and Graham don't proudly support each other's individual accomplishments. When Graham wrote his 12th book, Identity Leadership , which came out last May, Winfrey shared a video of him with a sweet message, revealing one of her pet names for him.
A post shared by Oprah oprah. During Graham's appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that month to promote his new book, he talked about the two of them supporting each other's endeavors wholeheartedly. The couple also has no issue spending time apart and putting themselves first. In March, Winfrey shared that she made Graham quarantine in their guesthouse in Santa Barbara, California, amid the coronavirus pandemic to protect her own health in an interview with Arianna Davis, Oprah Magazine 's digital director.
She added: "No question about it — we would not stay married because of what that would have meant to him, and I would have had my own ideas about it. Oprah Winfrey , Gayle King give advice on stressful holiday issues, from gift-giving to family tension. More: Kid Rock unleashes profanity-filled stage tirade against Oprah, follows up with tweet. Facebook Twitter Email. Oprah Winfrey reveals why she never married Stedman Graham, recalls thinking he was a 'player'.
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