Oprah is making one promise about her new cable channel — they won’t call anyone “bitches.”
While Oprah’s new cable channel has been getting a lot of attention, the talk-show queen herself has said relatively little about it.
Right off the bat, she signaled that the network is taking the high road. Yesterday, during a speech at Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference in California, Winfrey told the high-profile crowd that the cable network will be “fun and entertaining without tearing people down and calling them bitches. Imagine that. Imagine.”
OWN — which stands for the Oprah Winfrey Network — is set to begin Jan. 1.
“Growing up, I could never find my name on any of those license plates or lunchboxes,” she said. “Now, I know what it was for — to start my own network. A whole network, a whole channel that we’re designing to carry the Oprah Winfrey message.
“I know that as I start out on this next chapter, there’s going to be some mistakes. I know there’s going to be some stumbles. I know I’m a work in process and progress. I know nothing new is perfect, but I’m not scared. I’m not afraid.”