Kelly and Oprah

 
With nine cameras in The Oprah Winfrey Show studio, every moment—before and after the show—is captured on tape. Each week, millions of viewers see just some of what happens on set. Now, Oprah shares some unscripted moments that never made it on air.

Just moments before introducing Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher, Oprah narrowly avoided an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction. Kelly, Oprah's stylist, dashed on stage as the show began and pointed out something white that was poking out from under Oprah's leather top. "You know what this is...this is my tissue!" Oprah says. "No, I was not stuffing my breasts. Believe me—I have enough."

Oprah says she put tissues under her armpits to protect her top from deodorant marks. "Somebody said, '[This is] a model trick,'" she says. "They didn't say you would be seeing it through your clothes!"
Oprah

 
"One time after the show I got so fired up telling a story I had to be 'bleeped,'" Oprah says.

After one show, Oprah explained one of her favorite pastimes. When she's driving around, Oprah says she sometimes pulls up next to models of cars she's owned in her life to compliment the owners on their good taste. Usually she just gets excited smiles and waves...but not every time!

"I pulled up alongside a guy on Chicago Avenue who was driving a red Chevy Chevette with the yellow stripe along the side, exactly like a car I used to drive with no FM radio. I pulled up along the side of the guy—I'm driving a Mercedes convertible, top down—and I say to him, 'Oh, my God. Isn't that a great car?'" Oprah says. "And he goes, '[Bleep] you!' And then he pulls off. And I'm like, 'No, really! I think it is a great car. I had that car once when I was 22!'"
Juris, Libby and their dog, Ox

 
After "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan helped Nate Berkus train his unruly pets, he stuck around after the show to offer advice to desperate dog owners.

Libby and Juris say they're hiding a dirty doggie secret that makes them sick. Their pup, Ox, likes to eat poop. Juris says that they've tried everything to break Ox of her filthy habit but nothing seems to work. "I've tried squirting her with a water pistol to make her stop...even a doggie psychologist," he says. "She just can't stop eating poop."

Cesar says Ox's issue may be caused by boredom. "The nose needs to be challenged," he says. "Sometimes the dog is bored and that's when they eat poop."

A simple solution for Ox's owners is to hide clothes, shoes or toys in the yard. Then, Ox will have something other than feces to sniff out. "Give her something to find," Cesar says. "It is the nature of a dog to find things with their nose, so what is more often available in the grass is poop."
Siobhan and her dog, Christian Dior

 
After the show, Cesar Millan also helped Siobhan, who says she's at her wit's end with her pint-sized pup, Christian Dior. "He goes to the bathroom all over the house, but I can never catch him because he's the sneakiest little thing."

When Siobhan first bought Christian Dior almost two years ago, she says she began potty training him immediately. After he eats, Siobhan puts her pup on a mat to use the bathroom. Cesar says this house-training method may be the problem.

"You're not following the natural process of how they use the bathroom," Cesar says. "They walk, they find food, and they walk again. Then they have a bowel movement. That's the path."

Cesar says pet owners who have house-training troubles need to walk their dogs for a longer period of time or walk faster, which will accelerate the bowel movement.
Kim, George and their dog, Kiku

 
Cesar Millan also helped Kim and George, who say that their dog Kiku is coming between them...literally. "Our dog is ruining our sex life," Kim says. "When we're on the couch kissing, she's up on our lap. When we kick her out of the bedroom, she's scratching at the door the entire time."

Kiku even climbs on George's head when he and Kim are "trying to have a moment." How can they curb Kiku's jealous behavior?

Cesar says that as far as Kiku is concerned, George is her male and Kim is her rival. "[Kiku] doesn't know [Kim] is your wife," Cesar says. "She just knows there's another female in competition."

To assert her dominance, Kiku climbs on George's head. Cesar says it's time for George to be the dominant one in the family. "[George] has to let [Kiku] know that she belongs to him," he suggests.
Oprah and Stacy London

 
After Oprah's bra and jean intervention, she revealed a brassiere blunder of her own. "The last time I wore a strapless bra, honest to God, I was at some event and I looked down and that bra was moving down my torso," Oprah says. "I thought that was God speaking to me saying never, ever do that again."

Strapless bras aren't the only undergarments that have caused Oprah problems at glamorous events. Oprah says she once made the mistake of wearing pantyhose that were too tight to an Oscar® party and almost couldn't make it down the red carpet. "When [pantyhose are] too tight, they roll down," she says. "You're sitting talking to some famous person, and you can feel them rolling. Then when you move, they roll some more. Honest to goodness, I remember getting up and they were down [to my knees]!" 
Colleen and Peter

 
After country music star Faith Hill's first appearance on The Oprah Show, she stuck around after the taping to chat. Then, much to Oprah and Faith's surprise, a nervous young man in the audience stood up to ask a very important question. "There's a girl that works for you, Oprah, that is the love of my life and if she'd come down here, I'd like to propose to her," Peter says.

Colleen, Peter's girlfriend, came on stage and Oprah read from a letter that Peter had given her...just in case he was at a loss for words. "If Oprah is reading this it's because I totally passed out or am crying uncontrollably," she reads. "I chose this venue so that both our parents can actually witness this incredible moment. I love you, Colleen, and with you in my life I feel invincible."

"Colleen, will you be my wife?" he asks.

"Yes!" she says.

The happy couple was married on June 10, 2006, in Iowa.
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw perform

 
When Faith Hill returned to the show with her husband, country music heartthrob Tim McGraw, fans got a glimpse of what makes this marriage work. The couple heated up the stage with their hit single, "Let's Make Love."
Oprah

 
Each show is filled with unscripted moments—including this one! With audience members from many states and nations, Oprah wants to know...what do women from different parts of the country call their "va-jay-jay"?

"I think va-jay-jay is a nice word, don't you?" Oprah asks. "Everybody who watches Grey's Anatomy knows that's where we got that from."

One audience member announces that she and her sisters call their private parts "nunu." "My nunu's name is 'Lavender,'" she says. "I thought I'd share that with 30 million people."

Leave it to children to come up with another hilarious nickname! "My daughter, who was 2 years old at the time, told her dad she couldn't go to the bathroom because she didn't have a peanut like him...but she had a piñata," says another audience member.
Marc Jacobs, Oprah and the 'best-dressed' audience members

 
Fashion designer Marc Jacobs debuted his spring 2006 collection on The Oprah Show, but the fun didn't stop there. After the show, Marc went in search of the best-dressed audience member. He narrowed the field down to eight women and then let the audience pick the winner. Florence, who was dressed in a hot pink blouse and a pale pink hat, won and was awarded one of Marc's fabulous designer bags!
Vince Vaughn

 
When he made his first Oprah Show appearance in May 2006, actor Vince Vaughn opened up about his movie The Break-Up, his co-star Jennifer Aniston...and squashed tabloid rumors that Oprah was throwing Vince and Jen an $8 million wedding!

After the show ended, Vince got a bit more personal, taking questions from the audience. When one man asked Vince if he'd ever gone through a "geeky" phase, Vince confessed he did! "I've always felt geeky, in a way," Vince says. "I've never felt like I was super cool or anything like that."

During his visit, Vince also revealed one of his all-time favorite places. "Chicago has always been my favorite city," Vince says. "I think growing up outside of it I'm probably prejudiced that way. But I think really what makes the city the best [is that] the people are friendly."

And he isn't the only one who loves it here. Jennifer loves Chicago, too, Vince says.
Layla

 
"Before the show starts and after the show ends, our cameras are always rolling," Oprah says. "Things are a little more relaxed. People just kind of stand up and start talking and sharing all of their business."

One of those people was Layla, an audience member who found out the hard way that she had a kidney stone. Traveling to the show, she started feeling excruciating pain. Fortunately, she met a doctor on the plane who was also on her way to The Oprah Show. "She held my hair and rubbed my back as I vomited all the way here," Layla says. "Then when I got [to Chicago], she said, 'I'll see you on The Oprah Show.' I said, 'Am I going to make it?'"

After a trip to the emergency room and a prescription for painkillers, Layla was in line at Harpo Studios, ready to be an audience member.

"It never ceases to amaze me the lengths people will go to get here," Oprah says.
Madea 'at home'

 
Oprah's 20th season was full of firsts—one of the funniest firsts was the exclusive interview with that pistol-packing grandma Madea, star of Tyler's Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion.

What you didn't see the first time was Madea's advice to an audience member who wondered how to tell if her husband was cheating on her.

"It's real simple. If you think your man is cheating, nine times out of 10 he probably is," Madea said. "See, people don't pay attention to their intuition. I believe if you follow your intuition, it would tell you the truth. But there's some really simple steps to catch a man cheating—if your man comes in the house and he ain't got no socks on, something's going on. Or, if he's been working all day and comes in smelling like Irish Spring, something is going on. Those are some telltale signs that you're in trouble."
Neil Diamond

 
Neil Diamond fans were in heaven when he made his first appearance on The Oprah Show. After the show ended, Neil kept on performing in a private concert for the audience. He even took a request for his classic "I Am...I Said" from one of his biggest fans...Oprah!
Oprah and Maggie Turner

 
It's not every day that you can share someone's 102nd birthday, but Oprah had just that opportunity with a fan named Maggie Turner!

"And you're walking! Fantastic," Oprah says. "I could still be doing this show at 102."
Melissa Etheridge

 
In September 2005, singer Melissa Etheridge spoke about her harrowing treatment for breast cancer.

During a break in the Oprah After the Show, the audience clamored for an encore song from Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, Melissa's career retrospective. Melissa didn't disappoint, playing her Grammy-winning hit "Come to My Window."
Oprah's proud ponytail

 
While the blockbuster 20th season of The Oprah Show started with a bang, there was a problem no one could ignore anymore—Oprah had flat hair.

After that, Oprah swore off the "flat head" forever and started sporting a new 'do. "People say to me, 'Why are you wearing a ponytail now? You're 50 years old.' Well, it's taken me 50 years to grow it, so I'm going to wear it as long as I can, okay?"

"It is a colored girl's dream to have a ponytail," Oprah says. "When you're a Negro child ... and you see your little blonde friends and they've got their little ponytails and you've got 17 braids going in 17 different directions, you just long for a ponytail."
Oprah and Ariana

 
While chatting with the audience, Oprah meets Ariana, a recent graduate who says she wants to be just like Oprah.

"That honors me, but you should never want to be like anybody else," Oprah says. "You should let my life serve as an example of the possibility for your own. You are going to be a better you than you can ever be trying to be me. ... I tell people that you have to live inside God's dream for you. There is a calling for your life."

Ariana also tells Oprah that she'd like to name her child Oprah. "No, don't," she says. "It's a hard name growing up. When I first started to work, people wanted me to change it. I'm glad I had sense enough not to do that. They wanted me to be Suzie, because Suzie's 'friendly.'"

Oprah says that her name comes from the Bible's Book of Ruth. In the Bible, Ruth's sister is named "Orpah," but when Oprah was born, her name was misspelled on the birth certificate. "It's a mistake, but it's worked out for me," she says.