Randolph Cook

Randolph Cook is the ex-boyfriend of Oprah Winfrey. In Cook's tell-all book titled The Wizard of O: My Life With Oprah, Cook claims that Winfrey smoked crack cocaine with him in the 1980s and even taught him how to smoke it. Cook stated that Winfrey "was still under the influence while doing her show."PerezHilton: Smocking Crack With Oprah (January 15, 2009)

1. Born: January 29, 1954
2. Birthplace: Kosciusko, Mississippi
3. Mother: Vernita Lee
4. Father: Vernon Winfrey
5. September 2007: Net worth: $2.5 billion
6. The Oprah Winfrey Show is seen in 117 countries (2006 figure)
7. Co-founded the Oxygen cable TV network
8. Co-authored five books
9. Once dated film critic Roger Ebert, who she credits with inspiring her to take her show to syndication
10. Celebrated her 51st birthday by having her ears pierced for the first time live on her showOfficial Site: Oprah Celebrates 51st Birthday by Getting Ears Pierced
11. Has a magazine titled O

"Oprah was still under the influence while doing her show."—Randolph CookPerezHilton: Smocking Crack With Oprah (January 15, 2009)

"Defendant admits that she and Cook had sexual relations. Defendant admits that Cook used cocaine in her presence and that she used cocaine while Cook was present."—Court document titled Defendant Oprah Winfrey's Answer to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint At LawPerezHilton: Smocking Crack With Oprah (January 15, 2009)

"Americans have placed Oprah on a pedestal that has been seemingly invincible until now."—Randolph CookPerezHilton: Smocking Crack With Oprah (January 15, 2009)

"Oprah made a “rock” of cocaine and baking soda in the tube and heated it, a method known as freebasing. [Oprah] then put the lit torch on the rock, inhaled and held the smoke in her lungs for a long time. When she finally exhaled, she began to shake violently as she put the pipe down, she had trouble catching her breath and her eyes got big as saucers. We smoked at least a couple of times a week. Sometimes we would smoke up until her limo was waiting to take her to the studio to perform her show."—Randolph CookCelebitchy: Oprah Winfrey’s boyfriend claims she smoked crack (January 15, 2009)