Oprah's Gum Disease

Not being a big fan of Oprah Winfrey or her talk show, I was puzzled when I caught a few minutes of the show this week. Oprah was speaking with some guests about etiquette (ad nauseum) and mentioned asking a guest to remove their gum while at her house. She said, with horror, that the guest took out the gum and put it on their plate; Oprah was so upset by this, that she threw the guest's plate away after they left.

I was amazed that anyone could be so frightened by gum, so I googled Oprah and gum and found out that she has a gum phobia . It seems that Oprah's granny used to stick her chewed gum about her house and poor Oprah was scared and sickened by this.

Okay, this woman spends 90% of her time whining about self-improvement and such; so why hasn't she got Dr. Phil to help her through this bizarre phobia? It just seems damn strange to me.

Rant over.