Media mogul opens up about lost son she named Canaan

joan

December 3, 2015 10:29 AM

Oprah Winfrey has revealed she once had a son at the age of 14 but he passed away

Oprah Winfrey opens up about losing son at 14

Oprah Winfrey has revealed she once had a son at the age of 14 but he passed away.

The media mogul opened up about the tragic time while giving a speech at the Rod Laver Arena in Australia on December 2.

"I did an interview with a reporter before I came to Australia and she said you should name the baby son who died," Oprah spoke about an exchange she had with a reporter about the boy she had that died.

"So I have named him," she continued, "I had a little boy named I did have a son. And I named him Canaan because Canaan means new land, new life."

According to a source, her son wasn’t the only list of subjects she decided to discuss. Winfrey also explained how she became pregnant, which happened as a product of rape by a family member. "I was raped at 9 years old by a cousin, then again by another family member, and another family member."

Winfrey said that her pregnancy was hidden because of her pain and shame that she felt. When she finally spoke about her rape, Winfrey wrote in O magazine that she felt free about letting the story out.

"And I soon realized that having the secret out was liberating. What I learned for sure was that holding the shame was the greatest burden of all."

Back in October Inquisitr reported that a man named Calvin Mitchell ambushed the former talk show host at the Ed Sullivan Theatre caliming he was her long lost secret son. Mitchell told Radar Online that Oprah had adopted him and abandoned him when he was a teenager. The 35-year-old claims that when he was 17-years-old, he dropped out of a private school that the media mogul was paying for.

The only comments Winfrey has made about a son, is the one she lost, Canaan. She has never come forward about Calvin, which leads most to believe that Oprah never adopted Mitchell.

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