We didn't know how good he is at video manipulation. Through some very clever video editing, someone on his staff managed to make it look as though Oprah Winfrey came out as a lesbian to Barbara Walters during an interview that aired last week. Here's a clip that ran on O'Brien's TBS show, Conan, on Monday night:
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Here's the video of the original interview, where Winfrey emphatically denies that she's in a romantic relationship with her best friend, Gayle King:
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See more clips from Monday's Conan at Gotcha Media.
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