Millions of Americans saw the talk show queen in tears during Obama’s moving post-election speech in Chicago, Illinois’ Grant Park - and Winfrey was so determined not to miss a word, she kept her legs crossed and dashed for a porta-potty as the new President left the stage.

She says, “In all these years at every event, I’ve said, ‘No, I’m not going to do the porta-potty’ but I said I better use it.”