Since the two live at a shouting distance, some in Washington have whispered about the proximity between Oprah correspondent and wife of George Stephanopoulos Ali Wentworth, and “Oprah: A Biography” author Kitty Kelley. After all, the two are Georgetown neighbors.
For the past four years, Kelley has been busy interviewing more than 800 people to compile her biography on the media giant, and Wentworth has been working under Oprah as a correspondent for about a year.
Some have speculated that Wentworth would have been a convenient source for the biographer, but Kelley says it isn’t so.
“I know she is under confidentiality agreement and can’t talk,” Kelley told Yeas & Nays. “Oprah puts her employees … under the most hammering confidentiality agreement that they are not allowed to talk about Oprah … people are even forbidden to mention her name outside of the office. They are only allowed to mention her only by name of Mary.
“So, no, I did not reach out to her,” Kelley continued.
Wentworth also confirmed to Yeas & Nays that she did not speak to Kelley, and said she has not even read the New York Times best-seller.
The Wentworth-Stephanopoulos family is on its way out of the Georgetown neighborhood, as George landed a job in New York as a “Good Morning America” host. They will be relocating to the Upper East Side, where we’re sure they will come across some other interesting neighbors.
