{"id":15042,"date":"2026-07-23T21:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15042"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:12:05","slug":"oprah-winfrey-reveals-real-name-orpah-to-keke-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15042","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Winfrey Reveals Real Name Orpah to Keke Palmer\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Oprah Winfrey Reveals the Last-Minute Change Behind &#8220;You Get a Car&#8221; Moment in 2004<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><strong>Orpah Winfrey<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/keke_palmer\"><strong>Keke Palmer<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> hopes she doesn\u2019t sound ridiculous, but she doesn\u2019t know who this woman is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">That\u2019s because Orpah is better known as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/oprah_winfrey\"><strong>Oprah Winfrey<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, who recently revealed the true origins of her name to Palmer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cIt was Orpah from the Bible,\u201d the entertainment mogul explained on the July 21 episode of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=___b_FVXtQo\"><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Baby, This is Keke Palmer<\/span><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. \u201cRuth, first chapter, 14th verse. It&#8217;s that whole Ruth and Naomi story. And you know, Ruth said, \u2018Wherever thy goest, I will go.\u2019 And then Orpah said, \u2018I&#8217;m going back. I&#8217;m sorry. I can&#8217;t. Too long. The road&#8217;s too long.\u2019&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Shocked, the <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Nope<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> star asked why the iconic talk show host changed her original name. The reality is that it wasn\u2019t necessarily Winfrey\u2019s choice to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cNobody knew how to spell it,\u201d the 72-year-old explained. \u201cSo, it turned out on my birth certificate, it&#8217;s Orpah. And then people started calling me Oprah. And so it&#8217;s just the difference between the P being before the R or after the R. 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