Oprah to Reveal "Family Secret" Today

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 24, 2011 1:30PM

So what is the "family secret" Oprah Winfrey will reveal on her show this morning that she alluded to on Thursday's show? If author Kitty Kelley is to be believed, it's a half-sister the Big O has never met before. Winfrey's production reps are mum on the subject, and Winfrey herself said that the secret is the "miracle of miracles" and "news that literally shook me to my core."

Kelley, the famed celebrity biographer who wrote an unauthorized account of Winfrey's life last year, told Robert Feder that the half-sister was placed up for adoption as a baby, citing an unnamed family source. Winfrey's mother put the half-sister, named Bunny, up for adoption because she couldn't afford to take care of her.

We'll know for sure what the family secret is in about 90 minutes.

UPDATE 9:10 a.m.: Looks like Kitty Kelley was right. Oprah just revealed on her show that her half-sister, Patricia, found out about her relationship to Oprah in 2007 but waited until recently to make an introduction because she didn't know what to do with the information.