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Oprah Winfrey has jokingly described her brief stint as a singer as "one of the mistakes" of her career, recalling why her rendition of the song 'Run On' never became a lasting part of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show', according to E! News.
Speaking on the recent episode of Keke Palmer's podcast 'Baby, This is Keke Palmer', Winfrey laughed off the memory after Palmer sang a line from the 1998 theme song. "Girl, please," Winfrey said. "That is one of the mistakes of my career." Although Palmer insisted it was "no mistake," Winfrey stood by her assessment and explained how the recording came about, according to E! News. "So, what had happened was I was trying to decide, 'Am I gonna end the show or not end the show?' And then I had a little talk with Jesus, and Jesus said, 'You gotta keep going.' And so I said, 'There's this song. It's an old spiritual,'" she recalled. Winfrey even sang the line, "I think I'm gonna run on," during the conversation, prompting laughter from Palmer, according to E! News. The veteran television host said the song remained the show's theme for only one season because she soon realised singing was not her strength. "We realised, I can't sing, even though I took the singing lessons," Winfrey said. When Palmer reassured her that the performance "wasn't bad," Winfrey jokingly disagreed. "You know it was bad. You're just saying that 'cause you're looking at me. It was pretty bad," she said. Winfrey added that the production team even brought in a church choir to strengthen the recording, but admitted, "It didn't work," according to E! News. Despite her criticism of the song, 'Run On' became a memorable part of the show's history. Winfrey recalled that late singer Whitney Houston once surprised her by singing 'Run On' when asked to name her favourite song during an appearance on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in 1999, according to E! News. During the podcast, Winfrey also shared that "Oprah" is not the name she was given at birth. "It was Orpah from the Bible," she said, explaining that the name comes from the Book of Ruth. "Nobody knew how to spell it," Winfrey said. "So, it turned out on my birth certificate, it's Orpah. And then people started calling me Oprah... Once they started with Oprah, that's it," according to E! News. 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' aired from 1986 to 2011, becoming one of the most successful daytime talk shows in television history. (ANI)
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