but you get into all this speculation about her sexual orientation, her relationship with gayle king.hy go there? >> because when you're doing a biography, you want the total picture. and sexuality is very much a part of it. >> you were not able to answer that question? you raised it -- >> i didn't set out to -- there's a great deal of speculation about oprah's sexuality because she brought it up. she issued a press release years ago when she went on ellen degeneres' show to play the therapist when ellen was going to make television history and come out as a lesbian. and oprah got a lot of feedback from that. she issued a press release, an official statement saying, i am not gay, i'm not coming out of the closet, i am not a lesbian. in that time, she brought -- this is a woman who's been engaged to stedman graham since 1992, and will probably never marry him, at least according to what her father told me, and she travels and is seen more frequently with gayle king. it is not a question that came from me, it is a question that is raised frequently. >> an elephant in the room. >> the el