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The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

A Mother’s Controversial Confession

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

From April 20, 2005: Writer and mother of four, Ayelet Waldman, opens up about her controversial New York Times article, “Truly, Madly, Guiltily.” She explains why she stands by her words, “I love my husband more than my children.” Ayelet discusses the “all or nothing” proposition of motherhood, disconnection between spouses and how dissatisfaction can turn into anger. Roland Warren, President of the National Fatherhood Initiative, says that there is a clear difference between how men and women think about their roles in a family after children are born.

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Does what I say mean anything to you?

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You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.

0:56.0

I want you to brace yourselves because you're about to hear

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one mother's really controversial confession.

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She revealed it in a very provocative New York Times article.

1:09.6

And in it, she boldly proclaimed,

1:13.0

I love my husband more than I love my children.

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I yell at Waldman, a mother of four, also says,

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