In 1998 Oprah Winfrey famously scolded Toni Braxton on national TV for filing for bankruptcy after selling millions of albums.
According to NewYorkMag.com, reports claim Winfrey purposely humiliated Braxton on her show and tipped off her record label about what she was planning to do.
“Toni Braxton filed for bankruptcy in the midst of a contract renegotiation. It looked bad for LaFace, because Braxton had sold more than 16 million records,” a source told NY Mag. “When Braxton went on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ to discuss the bankruptcy, Winfrey called LaFace “and said, ‘Toni’s on my show today; she intends to make you guys look really bad. But I think it’s [expletive], so watch the show.’” Indeed, Winfrey let Braxton have it for excessive spending, saying, “I didn’t know Gucci made silverware.”
