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by theGrio | July 5, 2012 at 11:08 AM
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Oprah Winfrey is allegedly in the midst of a messy family dispute over a barbershop that has been owned by her father Vernon for decades. Rumor has it Winfrey and her stepmother are both laying claim to the establishment. The Daily Mail reports:

As America’s best known chat show host Oprah Winfrey has counseled dozens of people on her couch.

But the multimillionaire is facing problems of her own after becoming embroiled in a bitter row with her stepmother.

Barbara Winfrey, who is married to Oprah’s father Vernon, has accused the billionaire chat show host of forcing her out of her husband’s life.

She claims Oprah has used her fortune to take control of the barber shop Vernon Winfrey has run for more than 50 years.

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