Opah Winfrey’s father is divorcing his school teacher wife of 11 years — and the court papers are good enough for a juicy daytime TV drama.
Vernon Winfrey, now 79, admits in documents filed this week that he had an affair during his marriage to 64-year-old Barbara Winfrey.
And he concedes he may have chased her waving a handgun during an argument “five or six months ago,” according to the papers.
But at the heart of the divorce case is money — Oprah’s money, more or less.
Vernon Winfrey, a Nashville barber, claims in the papers that his personal checking account is overdrawn and that he makes only $282 a month from his hair-cutting business, according to a local report.
Still, he has been living with Barbara in a $1.5 million mansion in suburban Nashville that Oprah bought for him.
Barbara claims he gets $25,000 every three months from a trust fund set up for him by his famous daughter.
She is seeking support from Vernon and the right to keep living in the house.
The couple, married in 2000, filed for divorce last summer with Vernon citing “inappropriate marital conduct” as grounds.
In papers, Vernon acknowledged that he had a one-week affair with an unidentified women but apologized for it when caught by Barbara.
He also said he was holding a handgun during an argument with his wife but that he no longer owned the gun.