Two of the most powerful black women in the U.S., Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama, are apparently not in each other's good books, having traded insults about each other with close associates, according to a new book.
The book, titled The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, written by former New York Times Magazine editor Ed Klein, claims that both women have clashed repeatedly behind the scenes, in an unseen war that has dramatically played out before and during Barack Obama's presidency.
It also charges that a highly distrustful Michelle accused Oprah of wanting to use the White House to pump up her TV ratings.
Another outrageous statement read that Michelle allegedly insulted Oprah's weight at one point, with Oprah claiming that the First Lady "hates fat people."
During Obama's 2008 presidential election whereby he gained Oprah's endorsement, the talk show host enjoyed a close relationship with both future president and his wife. However once the election was over, the author claims Michelle and her staff rudely pushed Oprah aside.
These sources also contends that the president phones Oprah late at night and asks for advice to improve his popularity, a move that does not sit well with the First Lady.
"Michelle thinks he should turn to her, not Oprah, for that kind of advice," the book quotes an anonymous source.
The President asked his wife to make peace with Oprah, sources tell the author, and that is why Michelle taped a May, 2011 interview for one of Oprah's final shows.
The peace offering, according to Klein, has however done nothing to amend the now-ingrained dislike that both women have for each.
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