The couple’s secret to a successful, decades-spanning relationship — especially when half of the pair just happens to be one of the most famous women on the planet — is maintaining their own identities while supporting their partners. Graham spoke about their relationship during a May 2019 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “The thing about our relationship is, I’m dedicated to her happiness, so that’s great for her and I want her to be the best she can possibly be and she’s done a pretty good job of doing that,” he said. “And so for me, I’ve been able to find my own happiness, my own skills, my own talents, my own abilities and I’m satisfied with that. I’m happy with that.”
As for what Winfrey loves about her “Steddy”? “He’s appropriately named because he’s steady as a mountain. Even-tempered, accountable, trustworthy, patient,” she wrote in a 2020 essay for O, The Oprah Magazine.
No. While Winfrey and Stedman have been together for nearly 40 years, the pair have never actually tied the knot. Who is Oprah Winfrey’s partner Stedman Graham?
Oprah has been involved in what she’s called a “spiritual partnership” with Stedman since 1986. They went public with their romance in December 1986, when they attended the premiere of Winfrey’s film Native Son together at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. But you can argue that the real solidification of their relationship, at least in the public eye, came a year later when Stedman made a sweet cameo on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1987 — he cheekily called into the show to ask his famous girlfriend what she had been saying about him to her best friend, Gayle King. How did Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham meet?
“One day, though, we were both visiting a mutual friend who was ill and later died of AIDS. The guy with the girlfriend had come to the friend’s home alone, and so had I,” Oprah wrote. “We left together, and I asked if he wanted to get a beer. (Yes, I drank a lot of beer then and wore cowboy boots every day.) He said he didn’t drink. (Still doesn’t — not one sip of nothin’ alcoholic since I’ve known him.)”
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As she wrote in O: “For years, there were hundreds of tabloid stories, weekly, on whether we would marry. In 1993, the moment after I said yes to his proposal, I had doubts. I realized I didn’t actually want a marriage. I wanted to be asked. I wanted to know he felt I was worthy of being his missus, but I didn’t want the sacrifices, the compromises, the day-in-day-out commitment required to make a marriage work. My life with the show was my priority, and we both knew it.”
Was Stedman Graham married before dating Oprah Winfrey?
Yes, prior to his relationship with Oprah, Stedman Graham was married to a woman named Glenda Graham from 1974 until 1980; they share a daughter named Wendy Nicole Graham, who was born in 1975.
However, the media mogul has said she doesn’t regret choosing a child-free life, saying that she has plenty of opportunities to mentor and nurture young people through her humanitarian work. She told the outlet: “I have not had one regret about that. I also believe that part of the reason why I don’t have regrets is because I got to fulfill it in the way that was best for me: the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. Those girls fill that maternal fold that I perhaps would have had. In fact, they overfill — I’m overflowed with maternal.”
What is Oprah Winfrey’s net worth?
Per Forbes, Oprah’s current net worth is estimated at a cool $3 billion off the strength of her vast media empire, which includes her iconic talk show, her film company Harpo Productions (which co-produced popular and acclaimed films like The Color Purple and Selma), her namesake magazine and more. As for her longtime partner, Stedman Graham’s net worth is set around $10 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
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