Oprah Winfrey Has a Phobia of Balloons ‘It Reminds Me of Gunfire’

According to People magazine, Oprah Winfrey is not only one of the most powerful women in the world, but she also has a fear of balloons!

“A lot of people don’t know this, but I really don’t like balloons,” the TV powerhouse revealed in a video interview for O Magazine. “I don’t like them because it reminds me of gunfire, and perhaps somewhere in my life, or past childhood, I must have had something to do with gunfire. It just really freaks me out being around balloons.”

Well, for her 40th birthday, Oprah was forced to face her fear when the staff at “The Oprah Winfrey Show” surprised her with a barrage of balloons.

“I come downstairs and the entire audience is filled with balloons,” she said. “Literally, I’m stepping over balloons, having to walk through balloons and I’m so, like, ‘Oh! When is one going to pop?’ It was an anxiety-filled day.”

She added, “There were balloons everywhere and everybody was so excited and all I could think is, ‘This is a room full of balloons.’ No way around it. I just had to walk through them.”

But, like all things in life, the incident taught Winfrey an important lesson.

“That became a metaphor for facing all of my fears. No way around it, just walk right through it. Keep turning the page.”

[VIDEO]Proud Kanye West Shows Off Kim Kardashian’s Bizarre Pregnancy Photo Shoot Video, Brags It Is His ’2 Girls’

Kim Kardashian’s bizarre photo shoot with the famed Karl Lagerfeld when she was heavily pregnant was a revealing look at her burgeoning baby bump and her baby daddy, Kanye West, showed off his “2 girls” in the video obtained by RadarOnline.com.

The behind the scenes video from Carine Roitfeld’s CR Fashion Book opens with the date of May 22, 2013 and notes the location is Paris.

“The day before Kim Kardashian eight months pregnant is allowed to fly back to L.A.,” the video begins and then Kim in shown in various scenes posing with her huge baby bump.

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Beyonce Shows Off Jay-Z’s Back Dive In Her Personal Vacation Pictures (PHOTOS)

Laugh at his diving skills all you want, but one thing’s for sure: Jay Z is enjoying life with his wife. Beyonce uploaded new personal pictures from a recent vacation in Italy and Spain with her man Hov.

The Queen posted pictures of the hip-hop couple lounging in the sun, smoking cigars, flexing on motorbikes, and even a couple of her man hitting a backwards dive off their luxury yacht.

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So Sad: Beyonce’s First Boyfriend Confesses He Regrets Cheating On The Superstar

Bey and her boyfriend, when the going was sweet.

Beyonce’s first boyfriend Lyndell is somewhere drinking his sorrows away over his lost love Beyonce.

An exclusive interview that appeared in The Sun over the weekend revealed that:

Houston chef Lyndell Locke, said he dated Beyonce for nine years, and she was a good girl from a Christian home who didn't believe in sex before marriage. As Beyonce’s career began taking off, Lyndell felt as though he couldn’t hold out anymore and he cheated on Bey, which caused her to eventually dump him. That, and she met another guy who goes by the name of Shawn Carter :)   Now, over 12 years or so later, Lyndell is reminiscing on his former relationship with Bey, while saying, “Beyonce was the most beautiful girl I’d ever seen. . . and she’d still be mine if I’d not cheated on her.”

Catch a few highlights from his interview below:

On the relationship:

Beyonce was the love of my life and I was hers, so losing her is still my biggest regret. She would say to me all the time, ‘I’m afraid to ever live my life without you Lyndall, I want you to be mine for ever’.

I’ll be honest — it was me that messed everything up and lost her for ever to Jay Z, but I deserved it.

Who cheats on a woman as beautiful as Beyonce? Well, I am that man and it’s something that’ll always haunt me.

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Apple Unveils The iPhone 5S

The announcement event has been underway for long enough without a mention of the iPhone, so let’s not waste any more time.

Colors

Apple has confirmed the iPhone 5S will come in a gold version as well as grey (black) and silver.

Many have considered the gold iPhone, particularly, as a very non-Apple move, but as MG explains, gold actually makes sense for the smartphone titan.

For one, gold is in right now, seen as glamorous after years of being considered gaudy. Plus, anodizing gold onto the iPhone would be far easier than anodizing the slate color used on the black iPhone 5. And beyond that, gold seems to be one of the most used colors in iPhone cases and after-purchase customization. Give the people what they want, right?

Jimmy Kimmel Exposes 'Twerk Girl Catching Fire' Clip As Hoax... LOL!!!

Over the last week, a clip went viral called "Worst Twerk Fail EVER - Girl Catches Fire," which shows a girl twerking, but falls when her roommate comes in... only to catch fire from the lit candles around.

The Youtube clip spread like wildfire, racking up more than 9 million views.

Well, Jimmy Kimmel exposed it for a hoax this week, when he showed off the full clip... which was all set up by his show.

Sean Kingston ft. Wale - Seasonal Love (Music Video)

Following his hit single "Beat It," Sean Kingston hits fans with a video to the Wale-featured "Seasonal Love." In the clip, the young artist hits the strip club, meets a girl (played by his real life girlfriend Maliah Michel), and falls in love.

The single appears on Kingston's third album, Back 2 Life, out now. It features the likes of Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz, T.I., Yo Gotti, and Busta Rhymes.

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Gucci Mane Dropped From Atlantic Records?

Following Gucci Mane's Twitter rampage on Monday (September 9), word is, he's been dropped from Atlantic Records.

If you followed the Atlanta rap star's timeline this week, then you caught the shots he sent off to his rap peers. But, aside from other artists, also called out a few label reps, his longtime manager Kevin "Coach K" Lee and others.

Lil Wayne Says Pain Pills Caused Seizures, Ready To Retire [VIDEO]

Lil Wayne appeared on the second season debut of Kate Couric's talk show "Katie" this week, in which he discussed various topics from epilepsy to his upbringing to jail time. But, one of the biggest revelations came when he admitted to abusing pain pills, which led to the multiple seizures he suffered in 2012.

While Weezy attributed "dehydration" and "working too much, no sleep" as the cause, he explained that he was "sorta epileptic"... and that a pill popping addiction was also a culprit.

Gucci Mane Attacks Rap Peers, Says He Slept With Nicki Minaj [TWEETS]

Following an exchange with Waka Flocka and other Bricksquad associates over the weekend, Gucci Mane continues wilding out on Twitter this week.

On Monday (September 9), the ATL rap star began sending out a series of tweets (and is still going) aimed at EVERYONE -- including T.I., Rocko, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, and Keyshia Cole, among others.