Editing The Oprah Winfrey Show (section)

=== Celebrities ===
Winfrey claims her worst interviewing experience was with [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in the show's second season. Just before the interview, Taylor asked Winfrey not to ask any questions about her relationships. Winfrey found this to be a challenge considering Taylor had been married seven times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/25-Most-Watched-Oprah-Show-Episodes/12 |title=Elizabeth Taylor – Most Watch Oprah Shows |date=April 29, 2011 |publisher=Oprah.com |access-date=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

On February 10, 1993, Winfrey sat down in a prime-time special broadcast with [[Michael Jackson]], who had performed ten days earlier in the [[Super Bowl XXVII halftime show]], for what would become the most-watched interview in television history. Jackson, an intensely private entertainer, had not given an interview in 14 years. The event was broadcast live from Jackson's [[Neverland Ranch]] and was watched by 90 million people worldwide and, as a result, his then 14-month-old studio album ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'' returned to the top-ten on the album charts. Jackson discussed missing out on a normal childhood and his strained relationship with his father, [[Joe Jackson (manager)|Joe Jackson]]. During the interview, Jackson attempted to dispel many of the rumors surrounding him and told Winfrey he suffered from the skin-pigment disorder known as [[vitiligo]] when asked about the change in the color of his skin. While admitting to getting a nose job, he denied all other plastic surgery rumors. Later in the interview, Jackson was joined by his close friend Elizabeth Taylor, her third appearance on the show.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Oprah-Reflects-on-Her-Interview-with-Michael-Jackson/1 |title=Oprah Reflects on Her Interview with Michael Jackson |date=September 16, 2009 |work=Web |publisher=Oprah.com |access-date=June 25, 2012}}</ref>

Winfrey's interview with [[Tom Cruise]], which was broadcast on May 23, 2005, also gained notoriety. Cruise "jumped around the set, hopped onto a couch, fell rapturously to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his then-girlfriend, [[Katie Holmes]]."<ref>{{cite news | work =The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/movies/02crui.html | title = How Personal Is Too Personal for a Star Like Tom Cruise? | first= Sharon | last= Waxman | author-link= Sharon Waxman | date =June 2, 2005 | access-date=August 22, 2013}}</ref> This scene quickly became part of American pop-cultural discourse and was heavily parodied in media.

[[Celine Dion]] appeared on the show 28 times, the most of any celebrity, besides [[Gayle King]], Winfrey's best friend, who appeared 141 times.<ref>{{cite journal |year=2011 |title=Repeat Attenders |journal=Oprah Official Commemorative Edition |pages=69 |publisher=Harpo Print, LLC. }}</ref>

Winfrey also interviewed Chicago's "Guardian Angels" and Raymond Lear in 1988.