On Jan. 24, Oprah surprised the nation by revealing she had recently learned she has a half sister named Patricia – whom her mother Vernita Lee secretly gave up for adoption at birth.

Oprah, who met Patricia over Thanksgiving, persuaded both her half sister and her mother to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show – something Vernita didn’t want to do.

“Poor Vernita never wanted the show to happen,” a family insider told The ENQUIRER.

“She had kept the secret of Patricia’s birth to herself for 47 years.”

“She never wanted to meet Patricia and certainly didn’t want Oprah involved.”

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UPDATE: Click here to listen to Tyrese talk about his stalker:

Tyrese has joined the ranks of celebs that’s being stalked.  YBF.com is reporting that Tyrese is being stalked and has received death threats.

Here’s what they’re saying:

The stalker who goes by “Patricia” has been harassing Tyrese for the last 2-3 years. But over the last 3-6 months, it has become really serious because now he is reportedly getting death threats!

Tyrese’s ex-wife walks away empty handed.

This “Patricia” has set up several fake Tyrese Myspace pages, and has even been caught selling T-Shirts with his image on it. She’s been calling his office every single day for the last 3 months at least 15-20 times a day harassing his staff . She’s even taking it to Twitter and has set up 6 different accounts to constantly send sexual messages to him. We’re told she sends crazy messages like these to him:

“Now that your wife is finally out of the picture Daddy its my turn.”

Apparently “Patricia” is a stripper in Philly and has even tried to pose for Playboy.

Check out the alleged stalker below:

Here are some sexy pics of Tyrese: