John Tesh and Oprah Winfrey allegedly had a love affair before she was involved with Stedman Graham, according to excerpts from a new tell-all biography.
The two supposedly shacked up while in Nashville during the 1970s, according to Kitty Kelley's new biography on the talk show host that hit store shelves Tuesday.
Tesh confirmed the relationship to the NY Daily News, saying, "Oprah and I were cub reporters in Nashville nearly 40 years ago and we dated for a short time."
According to Kelley's book, Tesh apparently abandoned Winfrey in the middle of the night after succumbing to "social pressures" that caused tension in their relationship.
"He said one night he looked down and saw his white body next to her black body and couldn't take it anymore," a Tesh ex told Kelley in the book, the Daily News reports. "He walked out in the middle of the night . . . He told me later he felt very guilty about it."
Kelley has also penned books on Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra.
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