The report made by U.K.'s Daily Mirror is branded false by the spokeswoman of the show because they don't pay for interviews.
- September 16, 2009
AceShowbiz -
A spokeswoman for Oprah Winfrey has come out with a denial that the talk show queen will pay Jaycee Lee Dugard to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Daily Mirror reported recently that the rape victim would receive 1 million if she shows up but Angela DePaul said that they never pay for interviews.
Oprah indeed expressed her desire to be the first to interview Dugard. To Samantha Harris of The Insider, she put stresses in the words "I want that interview". Already securing Whitney Houston to be her season opener, Oprah said that it didn't matter compared to this Dugard case. "This is the one that I want," she added.
Although the willingness is present, Dugard is not yet ready to meet the public. The 29-year-old, who was abducted when she was 11 and kept hostage all years long until discovered in August this year, is still going through psychological counseling and intensive therapy.
A spokeswoman for the family, Erica Price Schulte, said that plans for any television interview are false.
