Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey took her final bow in a taped episode that aired Wednesday, marking the end of her 25-year daytime talk show with a tearful goodbye.

Oprah Winfre

Her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show has become the highest-rated program of its kind in American history. And Oprah, according to some assessments, has become the most influential woman in the world.

Oprah show starts say: there’s no business like show business. Or in this case: O business.

Oprah Winfrey – the American talk show host famous for bringing intimate moments into households across the country – has called it quits for her flagship show after 25 years on the air.

A quarter of a decade that included nearly 5,000 episodes, interviews with more than 30-thousand guests – among them five presidents – and a combined total of 1.3 million audience members who came to see her tape the programme.

Oprah said, “You and this show have been the great love of my life.”

Over the years, she appealed to viewers by showing them people like themselves in raw moments.

She often broached subjects many thought too uncomfortable for day-time television.

But it was her openness about her own experiences of abuse, growing up in poverty in Mississippi that inspired millions.

Among them, this woman who left work early to watch the final show at this viewing party. She had a message for the queen of television.

Oprah fan Traci Bexley said, “I found my spirituality in dealing with things and issues on your show, so I appreciate you more than you’ll ever understand.”

Oprah’s endorsement for president of a fellow black American, Barack Obama, over a fellow woman, Hillary Clinton shocked many, and reportedly brought Obama some one millions votes.

Roee said, The Oprah Winfrey show has been broadcast in over 150 countries around the world, leading many to argue that globally she’s even more influential than the American President.

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