Unauthorized Oprah Biographer Allegedly Shunned by Media (VIDEO)

According to Kitty Kelley, author of an upcoming unauthorized biography on Oprah Winfrey, the media is afraid to interview her about the book lest they incur Winfrey's wrath and run afoul of the highly influential media mogul, she said on 'Today' (weekdays, 7AM ET on NBC).

"Barbara Walters won't have me on her show, because she doesn't want to offend Oprah," Kelley said, adding that Larry King, Rachael Ray and Charlie Rose also refused to interview her. "Even David Letterman, who's had a 16-year feud with [Oprah], said, 'I don't really want to disrupt the relationship I now have with her.'"

Watch the video after the jump.According to Kitty Kelley, author of an upcoming unauthorized biography on Oprah Winfrey, the media is afraid to interview her about the book lest they incur Winfrey's wrath and run afoul of the highly influential media mogul, she said on 'Today' (weekdays, 7AM ET on NBC).

"Barbara Walters won't have me on her show, because she doesn't want to offend Oprah," Kelley said, adding that Larry King, Rachael Ray and Charlie Rose also refused to interview her. "Even David Letterman, who's had a 16-year feud with [Oprah], said, 'I don't really want to disrupt the relationship I now have with her.'"

At Matt Lauer's prompting, Kelley clarified that she didn't hear any of these refusals personally, and instead learned about them from her publisher.