No chewing gum allowed
Posted by Media Outrage on July 8, 2008
This is a rather strange phobia but that’s what makes us individuals. Oprah doesn’t allow her employees to chew gum in the building nor does she herself chew it….
Via ContactMusic:
has a phobia of chewing gum that stems from her childhood – when her grandmother would stick her used gum on her own furniture.
The multi-millionaire chat show host, 50, is so anti-gum, she banned the substance from the building where she records her TV programme in Chicago, Illinois.
Winfrey says, “My grandmother used to save it in little rows in the cabinet. I’d be scared to touch it because it was so gross, so I have a thing about gum.
“One guest in my home sat at the dinner table, took out some gum from her mouth and put it on her plate – after she left, I threw the plate out.”
Mediaoutrage- We’re guessing that you wouldn’t be fired for chewing gum in her presence. Well we hope not. That’s definitely a strange phobia. What are some of your phobias? Please don’t none of yall say using DEODORANT.
July 8, 2008 at 1:35 pm
It’s more to the story than she telling. Her Grandmother use to make her eat the gum out of her mouth every time Oprah got caught eating extra food. OH and when she got caught in the closet with Gayle.
July 8, 2008 at 1:36 pm
LOL at the deodorant. My phobia that i over came a few years ago was riding Elevators. I was scared to death of them my entire life. I always thought the cord would snap and drop me to a horrible death LOL.
July 8, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I never liked chewing gum myself. I prefer mints because of the way the chewing motion makes folk look (cow chewing cud).
Anyway, I have Ophidiophobia – fear of snakes. I’m talking a deathly fear. I can’t go near them and don’t want them near me. My brother had a very real like plastic one that moved when you held it a certain way. I was over to his house and he told me he had something he wanted me to see. He brought out this very real looking snake. I started screaming and couldn’t stop. It was like I was outside of my body. His wife got so scared that I would have a heart attack she demanded that he stop. He later said he didn’t know I was still afraid of snakes.
July 8, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Whew Yasmine T. Thats scary. I can understand why you would have that phobia. Now I do have a small fear of escalators, but thats because I’m goofy. I have this fear that I would fall down the moving escalator and bust my mouth open.
Cupcake, are you for real….”OH and when she got caught in the closet with Gayle.” Girl I was about to believe you for a minute.
July 8, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Morning everyone! Hey W2m before i even get into my fears and phobias, sis you taught me a word that i had never even heard of before yesterday so i should say you introduced me to a new word. “Flippant”. Thanks….yes a brotha gets his read on hard.
My phobia for real is magnum condoms…let me finish…I hate the feeling of any part of me being choked and them thangs are just entirely too tight for the footlong.
July 8, 2008 at 1:55 pm
My pleasure Udamnright. I don’t remember what I wrote, but you are most welcome.
I had to laugh at your phobia, but then thought I bet that hurts. Phobia understood.
July 8, 2008 at 1:56 pm
LMAO!!! LOL you are so silly Udamnright LOL. I was all reading thinking you was about to say something life threatening and you bust out with magnums lol. I have a few MO.
ONe of mine is riding in the backseat of a two door car. I can’t do it if someone has a two door and it’s 3 of us i have to sit in the front or i’m not going. I have a claustrophobia thing so i feel closed in. I also won’t ever ride rollercoasters! ever! i did when i was young but now im terrified of them. My ex used to get so upset with me because we would hit amusement parks and i wouldn’t ride crap LOL.
July 8, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Like for real i know i be tripping on here during the day cause a brotha is at work and this is my outlet to crack the hell up, but i love reading people’s comments that actually display some form (any form) of intelligence. LIke i know the cat DT be tripping up a storm but from some of the stuff he writes i can tell he aint no dummy he’s just making jokes. But you always drop a bit of knowledge which is appreciated.
July 8, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Thank you Udamnright. I appreciate the compliment.
Lai’Lani your phobia reminds me of a movie I saw some time ago. Where a family was riding in a car and got into an accident. There were twin sisters in the back seat to which one could not get out of the car. It exploded. The sister that died haunted the other sister. I’m into horror flicks.
July 8, 2008 at 2:48 pm
This is very very embarrasing and I should be ashamed of myself for being 31 years old and having this tyoe of phobia!
I refuse to take a flight anywhere……I know the odds of me going down in a plane crash are 1 in a million but with my luck I may be that 1…I want to travel but I am terrifed of flying! I have never taking a flight, EVER! I would have to be HIGHLY INTOXICATED and unaware of my surroundings in order for me to fly anywhere….PRAY FOR ME!
July 8, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I really dont have any fears except theIRS taking my homes away…other than that im cool….and my girl not giving me head other than that Im ok….
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July 8, 2008 at 2:49 pm
DT…you off the damn chain!
July 8, 2008 at 2:49 pm
@ Udamnright…is that all you could come up with? LOL LOL LOL
You are off the damn chain too!
July 8, 2008 at 2:52 pm
OMG! LOL DT YOU are crazy lol. You are funny as i dont know what. Udamnright lol are magnums really tight on you? Keep it real lol
July 8, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I FEEL YOU DT THE ONLY FEAR I GOT IS THE IRS TAKING ALL MY FU*KING MONEY.
SOMEBODY MAKING ME SMOKE SOME CRACK OR ANY DRUG OTHER THAN PARTRON STRAIGHT.
AND MY MAN TONGUE GETTING SNACTHED OUT.
July 8, 2008 at 3:16 pm
y’all is crazy, LOL.
Cupcake you made me think of Denzel in Ricochet.
July 8, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Hey everyone, I am trully afraid of snakes, so I can relate to W2M’s anxiety when it comes to those hideous reptiles or amphibians.
July 8, 2008 at 6:30 pm
RODENTS OF ANY KIND…..
July 8, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Not passing an STD exam or and HIV test…..or a brotha with a a gun at the ATM at 2:00am….or my woman catching me fucking 3 women at the same time in bed….some more things im scared of….
July 8, 2008 at 6:57 pm
LMAO!!!!!!!!!! DT you are nuts!!! But so funny! this is now my laugh of the day oh lawd help him
July 8, 2008 at 6:59 pm
@DT I WILL HELP YOU FILL OUT THE PAPERS FOR YOU CRAZY CHECK AND TAKE THE TO THE S.S OFFICE.
July 8, 2008 at 6:59 pm
DT is sick!!
July 8, 2008 at 9:31 pm
ok i have some fears, hard as it may be to believe. back in my weed smoking days, i use to be death scared that someone would give me a geek joint, and id get addicted to crack. i once saw this woman give her daughter to a dealer in exchange for a hit.. one fucking hit, not unlimited hits, but just one. and i thought anything that powerful i dont want no parts of. so i was always death scared i would get hooked on crack and sell all of the gushy goodie or something.
my second is that i am death scared of elevators. i will take the stairs any day. but only with someone else cause i also have fears of someone having their way wit me on the stairwell. i have tried several times to get in an elevator but i start having a panic attacks and almost pass out. my aunt died in the hospital and i had to walk up 8 flights of stairs but i wasnt gettin in that damn elevator.
July 9, 2008 at 6:05 am
I understand phobia’s, but what is GUM!!! My phobia is I have motion sickness:certain elevators, merry go-rounds, circular stairwells kill me. If it goes around I’m not getting on!!!
July 9, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Ophrah is from another planet…she is scared of gum!
July 17, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Gum chewing is a nasty, impolite habit in public. If you do so, do it in private. It is extremely disgusting when idiots keep popping/cracking them in their stinking mouths. I believe most gum chewers do NOT brush their teeth. The only winners in gum-chewing are the profit makers. If I had employees I would impose Oprah’s rules. And then the assholes stick the friggin’ things under seats and desks, and my shoes pick them up on the road or sidewalk. Address the Oprah’s issue and quit side stepping.
Let them have it Oprah!