It's painful to watch: Sarah FERGUSON on the Oprah show

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I'm not a royalist. When posh sentiments of the Royalist persuasion have been posted, I have replied with, "This is a Democratic/democratic board, we don't believe in caste systems" or somesuch.

That said, this person is in pain. She's still in denial at the same time as she is subjecting herself to this supposed self-revelation. She's been referring to herself in the third person, and not in a "Royal" way, but in a mental health way: "Sarah is so sad. That person is sad."

She's admitting everything while denying everything. Says that she thinks this episode has been good because all her defensive excuses have been exposed and it's like being at the core of the onion after all the layers have been peeled away.

She equivocated about having done the deed before, first saying she didn't think she had then saying she definitely had not.

Apart from the humanity, the gossip is astounding, that her divorce settlement was 20K PER YEAR, not PER MONTH. She said she can't confirm because it would be breaking the confidentiality clause but that she chose "friendship with the family" over finances and wanted "The Boss" (queenie) to be happy "because she's a wonderful grandmother." "Weight Watchers saved my life."

Anyway, just forgetting the social trappings, this human is in deep pain.


This is the second Oprah show I have ever watched. The other one was the John EDWARDS mistress, whatever anybody wants to interpret about this.

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1. Oh, man. I couldn't even read the content of the OP. The TITLE made me puke.

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3. But in a nice way, I'm sure. n/t

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2. Geez, Oprah said, "When you look at that tape, that is a spiritually, morally bankrupted person."

And Sarah says, "That is genius (to say)." Adding humbly/pitifully, "I think the person sitting with you now is my authentic self. It might take a long time, but I think I can come back from this." Something like, "I have to keep trying."

Well, I don't know: The accounts of Marie Antoinette sympathetically play up her dignity and humility before the beheading.

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4. Okay...finally figured out that you meant literal royalty.

I was wondering when the hell the Palins had announced a divorce.

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5. I was convinced to edit the Subject line for clarity. n/t