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Oprah in family row after buying dad’s barber shop | Oprah Winfrey is embroiled in a bitter row with her stepmother. Barbara Winfrey,
who is married
to Oprah’s father Vernon , has accused the billionaire chat show host of forcing
her out of her husband’s life. She claims that the 58-year-old has used her fortune
to take control of the barbershop Vernon has run for more than 50 years. And now
the 78-year-old has filed for divorce as the row over ownership of the barbershop
threatens to tear apart the Winfrey family. Oprah bought the store in Nashville
, Tennessee , last week after it went into foreclosure. She paid 475,000 dollars
for the property when it was put up for auction. Barbara Winfrey said the purchase
means that Operah, who now runs her own YV network, has gained control of the
business and cut her out. “I know what is going on. I’m tired of it, and I’ve
had enough,” the Daily Mail quoted Barbara Winfrey as telling WSMV TV in Nashville
. Barbara and Vernon had opened the barbershop a year ago to replace a store at
a nearby location. But the couple apparently could not make timely payments on
their mortgage and the red brick building went into foreclosure. Barbara said
she wanted to borrow more money from a bank to come out of the situation but that
on advice from his famous daughter Vernon refused to take out a loan. “People
are giving him wrong advice, and it’s leaving me in a situation where all I can
do is fight for me,” Barbara said. “There is no reason for it to go into foreclosure
like this. The property is upside down, which is what a lot of properties are.
It cost us 481,000 dollars to build this building, but it’s only worth 350,000
dollars,” she said. “He believes what he’s told. His daughter doesn’t care about
the community. His daughter doesn’t care about the barbershop. But I do,” Barbara
said. In a statement to the TV station a spokesman for Oprah said: “Oprah purchased
the property that was in foreclosure.” “Vernon Winfrey has been a fixture in the
community for decades and will continue to manage the business on a day-to-day
basis,” the statement read. Barbara said that her husband has since filed for
divorce and believes he does not understand the decisions he is making. “My wife
and I, we have not been getting along well, and I did not want to endow myself
to another drawn-out, struggling debt,” Vernon said on the TV show.
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