As the highest profile interviewer in the world, Oprah Winfrey has hoards of celebs begging for a chat that could change the course of their lives.
Be it, to hit back at rumours and family members or to spark a redemption arc, as Chrissy Teigen is reportedly keen for after her tweeting scandal, celebrities are clamouring for the host's attention.
As the only black woman on the Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America, with an estimated net worth of £2.1 billion, Oprah is indisputably the Queen of TV.
But Oprah wasn't handed any of her success. She was born to a working class family in Mississippi, where she spent her formative years on her grandmother's farm while her teenage mother sought to find work.
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