Celebrities Who Had A Rough Childhood

Oprah Winfrey

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey started out life so poor that she had to wear potato sacks as clothing. Then, after years of molestation by male family members, Winfrey ran away from home at 13, got pregnant at 14 — and then lost the baby.

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