The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show aired today across the U.S. on Wednesday after a 25-year run.
Departing from the star-studded lineup that marked the last week of shows, the finale, featured only Oprah. Winfrey used her final hour to stage a quiet, teary goodbye and thank you to her fans, sans giveaways.
She closed the episode by kissing and hugging her partner of 25 years, Stedman Graham, and saying goodbye to her staff as she walked the halls of Harpo Studios cheering, “We did it! We did it!”
It was also an opportunity for her to say it is by the grace of “God” her show is as succesful as it has been. She also thanked “Jesus”. Now we know she is definitely believes God is the one who guides us in life. Her final words which Naijagal would live by was:
“”People ask the secret of the show’s success, how have we lasted for 25 years? I non jokingly say: my team and Jesus,” said Oprah in what then became an increasingly religious show. “Nothing but the hand of God made this possible for me.”
Also “I won’t say goodbye. I’ll just say, ‘Until we meet again.’ God be the glory”
and do what you are called to do.
“It was just her the whole time, a recap of what she believed in, what we’ve given her as viewers and what she hopes she has given us,” says Nancy Evankoe of Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
And although this is the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show, it is not the end of Oprah, she was quick to remind the audience. “She said, ‘This isn’t goodbye. This is until we meet again,’ ” says Korin.