Oprah Winfrey said on Friday that she will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years, and urged her viewers not to believe rumors of why she's quitting.
"This show has been my life and I love it enough to know when it's time to say goodbye. Twenty-five years feels right in my bones, and it feels right in my spirit. It's the perfect number, the exact right time," Winfrey said during Friday's show at her Chicago studio.
During her long career atop the television talk show heap, her fluctuating weight and personal relationships have become tabloid fodder, and commentators have wondered whether she was tiring of the grind -- only to see her slim down and revive her show's popularity.
