Media mogul Oprah Winfrey's longtime partner Stedman Graham insisted he doesn't ''define'' himself by their relationship, even though he knows others do.
Oprah Winfrey's longtime partner Stedman Graham doesn't ''define'' himself by their relationship.
The 69-year-old author and businessman has opened up about his life with the media mogul, and he doesn't see himself in the same way others do.
Appearing on 'The Kyle & Jackie O Show' this week, he said: ''I'm defined a lot by my relationship with Oprah, but it has nothing to do with me.
''That's how you define me! That's how you define me, it's not how I define myself.''
Stedman hailed Oprah as ''an unbelievable woman'', but insisted he is focused on himself and his own success.
He explained: ''I'm developing a process of continuous improvement every day based on my skills, talents, abilities, interests and passion. That's what makes me happy.
''So I don't care what you do. I could care less who you are or what you do or what you've been able to accomplish, because it has nothing to do with who I am as a person.''
And he revealed the couple rarely have rows as they ''think the same'', even if they have very different public profiles.
He added: ''We think the same, we're in the same business. The difference is, she does it in the air, I do it on the ground, so I'm grassroots.''
The loved up pair have been together ever since they met at a charity event in 1986, and they got engaged six years later.
Oprah previously said she is thankful her partner has always allowed her to ''be who [she] needs to be'' as she thinks their relationship would have changed if they had got married as she'd have felt too restricted.
She said: ''I used to think about this all the time, that I was working these 17-hour days, and so were my producers, and then I go home and I have my two dogs and I have Stedman, who's letting me be who I need to be in the world.
''He's never demanding anything from me like, 'Where's my breakfast? Where's my dinner?' Never any of that, which I believed would have changed had we married.
''No question about it -- we would not stay married, because of what that would have meant to him, and I would have had my own ideas about it. I have not had one regret about that.''
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