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Oprah’s On Twitter, Twitter’s On Oprah, And Everyone’s So Excited!

By Owen Thomas on April 17, 2009 at 5:01 AM

We think we’ve figure out Twitter’s big news tomorrow: Oprah Winfrey is joining Twitter. Here’s the evidence.

She’s already set up an account. Ashton Kutcher, a big Twitter user, is scheduled to appear on the show Friday to talk about Twitter. Ex-dating columnist Julia Allison is trying to recruit other Twitterers for the show. And videoblogger Robert Scoble has posted that Oprah is going to be doing her first tweet.

With so many Internet celebrities on board, how can it not be happening?

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  • Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    April 17, 2009 at 5:11 AM

    What does this have to do with Ali Campoverdi?

  • bytememehard
    April 17, 2009 at 5:10 AM

    Looks like she's so excited she tweeted in her pants.

  • Goethewritesdrivel
    April 17, 2009 at 5:10 AM

    Yet another way for her to oversee South African school?

    Goethewritesdrivel

  • blix
    April 17, 2009 at 5:09 AM

    @El Matardillo: Someone asked her that question right before the photo above was taken.

  • El Matardillo
    April 17, 2009 at 5:05 AM

    So, Oprah has decided to become the next Julia Allison?

  • Hydroceph
    April 17, 2009 at 5:17 AM

    At first i thought this was just another horrifying installment in the endless march of the New Media to Hell, but then i realized she'll only have 140 characters in which to be annoying, instead of 60 minutes. I suppose that's an improvement.

  • Nora Bombay
    April 17, 2009 at 5:19 AM

    Ah, but for the day when a minion of Oprah's is forced to get in a fake twitter fight with a minion of Ashton Kutchner.

  • meg9
    April 17, 2009 at 5:24 AM

    Why would anybody care about this?

  • Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    April 17, 2009 at 5:30 AM

    @lobstr:

    I told my grandmother (different grandmother) she should do this after I read about it in a magazine. The swelling didn't go down for an entire day.

  • lobstr
    April 17, 2009 at 5:28 AM

    Prepare for gems along the lines of "GAYLE AND I ABOUT TO ENTER THE SPA, CUCUMBERS SLICES TO BE OVER OUR EYES"

  • bytememehard
    April 17, 2009 at 5:44 AM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: When you get swollen, you get swollen, huh?

  • Almostbanned
    April 17, 2009 at 5:57 AM

    I cannot stop laughing at that picture.

    Almostbanned

  • Michael Bauser
    April 17, 2009 at 5:59 AM

    `cuz if there's anything that will make Twitter more interesting, it's thousands of loyal Oprah fans signing up so they can simultaneously tweet "I'm watching Oprah!" once a day.

  • Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    April 17, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    @bytememehard:

    Ew. Pottybrain. You trying to gum up my works?

  • bayktdin
    April 17, 2009 at 6:27 AM

    Oprah lets the cat out of the bag while attending a real teabagging party... well there was a bag but no cat.

  • mtlb
    April 17, 2009 at 6:39 AM

    @Michael Bauser: Yeah. Just what Twitter needs. Another influx of more out of work Mommy Bloggers.

  • wheat_100
    April 17, 2009 at 5:35 AM

    How many times do you think we'll get to see the flying whale on Oprah's show tomorrow?

    wheat_100

  • sharpshinyclaws
    April 17, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    I wonder if she'll have an Oprah's Twitter of the Month Club.

    Oh, to be on that list....

  • the_illmatic
    April 17, 2009 at 12:36 PM

    Redneck housewives everywhere overjoyed, confused...

    the_illmatic

  • MrRewrite
    April 18, 2009 at 4:23 AM

    prepare for pre-written tweet on 'steadman' (who? oh, yeah, the 'bf'), from a just-us-gals vacation with best gal-pal, Gayle.

    MrRewrite

  • Andrew Barker
    April 18, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    And twitter has officially nuked the fridge..

    Andrew Barker

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