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By Elizabeth Borer, About.com Guide to Oprah

Criticism of Oprah's Interview Skills

Tuesday April 1, 2008

Oprah has interviewed nearly every celebrity, politician and spiritual leader thinkable - but her past success couldn't save her from being ridiculed on Sirius Tuesday night.

On Sirius Satellite Radio channel 104 - Raw Dog Comedy - Jim Breuer Unleashed aired a segment that ripped apart Oprah's interview with music legend Billy Joel from the Monday, March 24 Oprah Winfrey Show episode. After Billy opened the show with a performance of "Only the Good Die Young" from his 1977 album The Stranger, he sat down with Oprah for a chat before his wife Katie joined him on the stage.

The interview started out fairly well with a discussion of how the song was banned for seemingly "anti-catholic" lyrics, but turned into an amateur tabloid-style question and answer series. The Sirius program targeted Oprah's questions about Billy's ex-wife Christie Brinkley, his stint in rehab and his bad luck with auto accidents. I am a huge Oprah fan, but I even the thought the interview was pretty clumsy - thank goodness for Katie joining the conversation or who knows where the questions would have gone...oh right, to meatloaf.

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