The Oprah Winfrey Show
Deadly Denial
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Mindy McCready and Oprah Winfrey
Mindy says she hopes that by appearing on the show she'll save other women from abuse. "I feel like I have been put on this earth to talk about things like this, because I'm willing and a lot of people [aren't]. As much as it hurts and as much as it's embarrassing and as much as it's things that we don't want to talk about, I feel a sense of duty to do so because I love other people—it's the whole reason I sing. If I can help one girl…"

"You know what we're all hoping?" Oprah says to Mindy. "That you are that girl."
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