One of Oprah Winfrey’s ex-boyfriends, Randolph Cook, is writing a tell all book in which in it he talks very specifically and graphically about his alleged crack smoking days with Ms. Oprah. Cook and Winfrey dated back in 1985 and Cook claims it was Winfrey who got him hooked on cocaine. The book, titled “The Wizard of O”, describes how Oprah reportedly made a “rock” of cocaine and baking soda in the tube and heated it, a method known as freebasing.

Randolph Cook Claims Via Celebslap:

“Oprah then put the lit torch on the rock, inhaled and held the smoke in her lungs for a long time. When she finally exhaled, she began to shake violently as she put the pipe down, and had trouble catching her breath and her eyes got as big as saucers. We smoked at least a couple times a week. Sometimes we would smoke up until her limo was waiting to take her to the studio to perform her show. A few times, she was still under the influence while doing her show.”

On a 1995 episode of her talk show, Oprah herself publicly acknowledged smoking crack. While interviewing four mothers who had experienced problems with drugs, Oprah made the reveal, calling it “one of the hardest things I’ve ever said.” alongside Patrice Gaines, a Washington Post reporter, who has written a book chronicling her own experience with drug abuse.

Oprah Stated (Per Find Articles):

“In my 20′s, I’d done this drug and I know exactly what you are talking about.” claiming the drug abuse happened while as an anchorwoman on a television news show. “It’s my life’s great big secret. It was such a secret because–I realize (with) the public person I have become–if the story ever were revealed, the tabloids would exploit it and what a big issue it would be.

But I was involved with a man in my 20s who introduced me to the same drug that you’ve been talking about and, like Patrice, I always felt that the drug itself is not the problem but that I was addicted to the man.” She admitted: “I can’t think of anything I wouldn’t have done for that man. I had a perfect round little Afro, I went to church every Sunday and I went to Wednesday prayer meeting when I could… and I did drugs.”

This isn’t the first time Cook has tried to sell a book about Oprah – after a failed attempt the first time around Cook sued Oprah for $20 Million in 1997 blaming the failure on the publishing industry not wanting to cross the namesake of Oprah’s Book Club. Maybe this time around the book will have better success – Apparently in this day and age its not a big deal… Just look at Amy Winehouse. Hey, bad press is better than no press, right? Of course getting high and barking at hotel guests is never a good idea.

Written by Holly Stafford