Received an email regarding appearing on Oprah. Problem is, I have signed an agreement with Montel Williams to not appear on another tv show for a certain period of time before his airs. Still don't have the air date either.

As always, it will work out if it's supposed to.

GIRL! Oprah wants you to appear on her show? And you have already been taped with Montel? What the heck for?

JJ

Heck YEAH!! I want to know why you're appearing. Give us the scoop.

Kate

Dianne,
I brought this back up so you could share with everyone this fantastic news! Now spill your guts woman! We want to know...this is for???


JJ

Montel? Oprah? You're throwing those names around like I say Dotsie and JawJaw - my big celebrity friends.

Details, girl. We're dying here...

Donna

How thrilling, congrats, and all the rest...details, we want details! Please!!! When will you be on Montel? I cwn't wait to watch.

I'm so "I don't care about Oprah" that I didn't even mention it to my husband last night. I emailed them back and told them that I had a signed contract with Montel and couldn't appear within 90 days before his show airs.

I taped Montel and it should air this month or next. They will let me know about a week before. I am his domestic violence expert on this show. For those who don't know, I wrote a book on domestic violence called, Whose Face is in the Mirror? but that isn't how his producers found me. They found my website doing a search on spousal abuse.

Oprah (I believe) has never treated survivors of abuse really well on her show and I lost a lot of respect for her, especially considering some of her background. For that reason, I don't care if I'm on her show or not. I've talked to people who have appeared on her show and they weren't treated well at all. If it happens, it's because it's supposed to, which right now, goes against what I really would like to do.

So, that's it. Not THAT exciting!

Well la de dah and pardon my gasp. We have a celebrity in our midst. You go girl and for what its worth. Montel has a decent show BUT honey, Oprah is the QUEEN and so what if she isn't Mother Theresa the exposure you could get on that show for your book and expertise is mind boggling. Personally, I would reconsider and do Oprah even if its only for the exposure. May I congratulate you on your success...wow!!

I am so "not a celebrity!"

I know you'll find this strange but I didn't write the book for fame or money and I always back off from it. I've turned down Ricki Lake and Queen Lativah (sp) because of their format. Wanted to have the abuser on with the victim, for rating's sake and those people don't care if they get the poor woman killed or not!

For you Oprah Lovers, I used to love her too and she does wonderful things for people but I started noticing a change in her persona quite a while ago and it bothers me. I've been at her show as an audience member and she just wasn't friendly at all. I'm sure she's tired of people wanting a piece of her.

Montel promoted my book so much...I couldn't afford publicity like that but it was because he read on the back cover that all proceeds go to The Hay Foundation, which helps battered women and those suffering from AIDS. That excited him. I'm sure he has all sorts of people on that only want to promote for their own gain, something I don't blame people for at all. I can't begin to tell you how much he pushed my book...so much that my publisher has to re-release it! That means more money for battered women.

Dianne, I'm impressed that you wrote a good book that people want to hear about, and you're donating the proceeds to a very worthy cause. And from your description of Montel, he's "done you right", which counts for a lot in my book.

I agree wth you: integrity is so much more important than fame.