Tare da abokin tarayya Stamen Graham, sun hadu a maraice maraice a 1986. Tun daga wannan lokacin, suna zaune tare. Winfrey ya fada cewa bayan bikin su tana tunanin zai zama uwa.
A wani lokaci na sayi wani gida a Chicago, saboda na yi tunani: "To, idan muka yi aure, ina buƙatar dakin yara",
- Na tuna da tauraron. Amma bukukuwan aure a cikin rayuwar Oprah basu da.
Koyaya, bayanin talabijin ya yarda cewa yana tunani game da yara. Ta ji zurfin alhakin da sadaukar da kai da mahaifiya ta gaba ta kasance. Amma lincin da kansa ya yi imanin cewa da wuya ya rayu irin wannan.
Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa a tsawon shekaru na ɗanɗana fahimtar zurfin mata da suka fi son zama a gida tare da 'ya'yansu, saboda ban san yadda kuke sanya shi kullun ba,
- DEPIGET DA SHARE.
Kwanakin aiki na awa 17 na Oprah suna godiya ga fahimtar tauraron dan adam na rayuwa, wanda ba ya buƙatar wani abu daga gare shi. Talabijan talabijin ya yi imanin cewa zai canza daidai idan sun yi aure. Kuma ita, da Stadman tabbas cewa aure zai lalata ƙungiyar su.
Ba na yin nadama wani abu,
- in ji Winfrey.
An ce Oprah da Stamen sau ɗaya na son yin bikin aure, amma sannan ya canza tunaninsa. Duk da wannan jita-jita game da rabuwa, ma'auratan sun kasance tare shekaru 33.