Ok, at the risk of being booed and hissed by all of you Oprah fans out there I didn't enjoy the interview and several times felt uncomfortable for Valerie. I have pretty much always been an Oprah fan. She has brought so many enlightening people into our lives over the years who perhaps many of us would never have hoped to see or even hear about. She has changed lives, empowered people through her own struggles and those of others and I'm sure in instances has saved lives through information on her show. I have been inspired myself so many times! But you know, I actually stopped watching Oprah a couple of years ago and only started watching it again the last couple of months. I was really starting to get disappointed with her interviews. I felt she had really lost touch with us, the regular people. She has come so far and done so much that she is not one of us in her mind, heart and soul. I started to feel a real arrogance from her. I want to make it clear, I absolutely do not begrudge her a bit, who knows what I would be like were I in her place. I just wish she would come back to us, her sisters and brothers a bit. After all if we didn't watch her show, she wouldn't be where she is. I really felt this again with her interview with Valerie. It felt to me that Oprah was on the throne and Valerie was kneeling before her. I could see the excitement and nerves that Valerie was feeling at being on the show. I got the feeling that she felt like any of us would feel being there...like we were having an outer-body-experience. I can't help but feel that perhaps after the show was done and the excitement ebbed away she felt that something was missing or a little empty perhaps. I realize that Valerie was there promoting her book, but I don't feel that you should be forced to tell all. Why would we need to buy the book? There was a real sense of judgment I found and no real sense of openness or empathy on Oprah's part. Valerie, I am so behind you! I am 41 and have gone through my own trials in my life and have my own 40 pounds of 'issues' to drop. I'm so glad that you were successful and can be that light at the end of the tunnel for those of us on that journey. I wish you many great things ahead as well as continued strength and growth. Thank you for sharing your life's struggles with us!