Oprah surprised her fans with a very well kept secret, she's been keeping in her heart for the past 38 years.
It turns out that after years of sexual abuse & "resulting promiscuity", Oprah was almost a mom at the young age of 14.
Oprah reveals the baby, which was born prematurely, died shortly after birth ... According to her best friend Gayle King, "She didn't really know who the father was of this child ... & hid the pregnancy for a very long time. It was a secret that she carried for many years because she was very ashamed."

The talk-show queen felt she had to reveal all about her secret when an unnamed family member sold the story of Oprah's lost child to US tabloid the National Enquirer.
King reveals her friend was so upset about the family betrayal, she spent a weekend sobbing in bed.

P.S. Although her secret was out in 1990, Oprah discusses this issue in the February issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.