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Ex-boyfriend claims in new book that Oprah Winfrey got him started on crack

Published on January 16, 2009 at 9:44 AM

Chicago businessman Randolph Cook, has written a sex-and-drug tell-all book ‘The Wizard of O: My Life With Oprah, her ex-lover’. I think the title itself pretty much removes all doubt that the book is solely focused on exploiting Cooks alleged relationship with Oprah. Cook, 51, reveals to the National Enquirer that the talk show queen resumed her cocaine habit during their secret affair which began in 1984.

Oprah herself has confessed in the past that she briefly used cocaine back in the 70s, though she blamed it on her “desperate obsession” with an ex who was a drug user.  Cook talks about his time with Winfrey during their secret affair, which started in 1984.

Cook, who’s 51, claims that Winfrey taught him how to smoke crack cocaine, adding that the two “freebased” the drug often throughout their six-month long relationship. Cook also claims that Oprah “was still under the influence while doing her show.”

Cook who has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer supposedly only has two years to live. He blames Oprah for his problems and says he wants his story told.

And according to an Enquirer investigation back in 2007, they say reporters found a “secret 17-page court document in store rooms at Chicago’s National Archives and Records Administration that support Cook’s shocking drug claims.”

That document, which is titled “Defendant Oprah Winfrey’s Answer to Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint At Law,” reveals the following:

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.

As for Cook, he says “Americans have placed Oprah on a pedestal that has been seemingly invincible until now.”

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