Arts & Entertainment
Oprah Winfrey Buys $8 Million Orcas Island Estate
"And I get a house, and I get a house, and I get a house..."
ORCAS ISLAND, WA - Oprah Winfrey has purchased an $8.275-million estate on Orcas Island, according to the entertainment website TMZ. The 43-acre property is appropriately known as Madroneagle and includes a three-story main house, a gazebo with glass walls, a barn and workshop, a sauna and a craft shed. It also has a four-bedroom, three-bathroom guest house.
TMZ reported that Winfrey never set foot on the island before buying the home. No word yet on whether the queen of talk shows will be living at the home part-time.
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