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Orianna Rosa Royle

Oprah staffer candidates would be automatically culled if they asked when they would meet her, says former employee

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Aspiring Oprah Winfrey employees would be automatically culled if they let slip that they were a fan, a former staffer has revealed—and even just inquiring about when they’d meet their future boss was enough to land them in the reject pile.

That’s according to Jeff Boodie, commonly referred to as Boodie, who worked with Oprah Winfrey from 2007 until 2010.

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