JUST IN: Oprah Winfrey Hospitalized

Oprah Winfrey has been hospitalized for what is reportedly the stomach flu.

According to her ‘best friend’ (*cough* lover) Gayle King, it is a “very serious thing.”

On Tuesday, Oprah was supposed to appear on CBS Mornings, but apparently send Gayle King in her place after falling ill to a stomach virus.

Ms. King revealed some pretty graphic details about Oprah’s condition on the talk show, which I won’t repeat here, but you can read it for yourself down below. (Warning: it’s pretty gross.)

Take a look at the breaking news:

The Los Angeles Times reported:

• Oprah Winfrey has been hospitalized, according to her best friend and journalist Gayle King, who overshared the graphic details about what’s ailing the media mogul.
• King made the revelation Tuesday on “CBS Mornings” while explaining Winfrey’s absence from the news program, saying the former daytime TV queen needed medical attention due to a bad stomach virus.
• “Yesterday she said, ‘I’m going to rally, I’m going to rally.’ She had some kind of stomach thing where — stomach flu where stuff was coming out of both ends. I won’t get too graphic,” King said.
• “But needless to say, she ended up in the hospital. Dehydration, she had an IV, so it was a very serious thing,” King said. “She will be OK. She will be OK. I hope she’s not mad at me for sharing that detail, but I wanted to make it clear that it mattered to her and it bothered her that she couldn’t be here for you today.”

New York Post added:

• Oprah Winfrey was hospitalized for “some kind of stomach thing,” her best friend, Gayle King, revealed on Tuesday.
• Winfrey, 70, was supposed to drop by King’s “CBS Mornings,” but skipped out on the appearance due to being under the weather.
• “She had some kind of stomach thing — stomach flu — stuff was coming out of both ends,” the news anchor, 69, explained.
• “I won’t get too graphic. Needless to say, she ended up in the hospital, dehydration, had to get an IV, it was a very serious thing.”
• A spokesperson for Winfrey told Page Six that the billionaire “is recovering following a stomach flu and received an IV due to dehydration at the recommendation of her doctor.”
• “She is resting and feeling better every day,” the statement concluded.

Now, I don’t want to wish ill on anyone suffering from sickness, but a lot of folks on social media don’t have much sympathy for Oprah on this one.