Oprah Leads The Pack In Frenzy To Land Interview With Maria Shriver

The sordid story emerging from the collapsing relationship of Arnold Shwarzenegger and Maria Shriver has fueled a frenzy among media types for the first on-camera interview with the former first lady of California. TMZ is reporting Oprah Winfrey has the inside track. “Oprah met with Maria last week, trying to convince her to become a talk show host on Oprah’s OWN Network. We’ve also learned Maria is going to be a guest on Oprah’s final show.”

The reports that Schwarzenegger fathered a child with a member of the family’s household staff has led to an even more intense battle to land a Shriver interview, even, TMZ reports–citing unnamed sources–at NBC, which “we’re told was lukewarm on the idea of bringing Maria back a few months ago, but the network’s interested has intensified in the last week.”

MSNBC’s Chris Jansing has reported that, at this time Shriver, will not be commenting on this story. Given how the intrigue surrounding this story could likely grow, perhaps Shriver will have a change of heart regarding her comments.

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