OPRAH WINFREY is not gay.
She said so herself.
Neither is her BFF Gayle King.
Not gay.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Vertically integrated Oprah broke the news in her own magazine, O, the Oprah Magazine, saying that some people misunderstand her close friendship with King, an editor of the mag.
"I understand why people think we're gay," she says. "There isn't a definition in our culture for this kind of bond between women. So I get why people have to label it - how can you be this close without it being sexual?"
In the loooooong article, Oprah and Gayle talk about their 30-year friendship and "four-times-a-day phone calls."
"The truth is," says Gayle, "if we were gay, we would tell you, because there's nothing wrong with being gay."
"Something about this relationship feels otherworldly to me," says Oprah, "like it was designed by a power and a hand greater than my own. Whatever this friendship is, it's been a very fun ride."
Four times a day? They may not be gay but they sure must touch each other's last nerve.
* In other earth-shaking celebrity news, "Entertainment Tonight" reports that we won't have to hold a benefit for Tori Spelling. She is in daddy's will.
Say it ain't so, Night
At a recent press event for M. Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water," opening Friday, the locally based director told our Gary Thompson that he may soon start shooting elsewhere.
Asked if he would ever leave Philadelphia to make a movie, Shyamalan said, "Yeah, I might. Now that the girls [ages 6 and 9] are older, we might be able to go somewhere. It's just hard . . . I'm not the guy that can go away for six months.
"We just went away for a month now, and it was an amazing experience. We were out in the country, the boonies, out in France. These people have one video store for, like, seven towns.
"It was great to talk, hear, and start thinking like that. It's important, because you can start to write songs that don't mean anything to anyone but yourself."
Men, pigs, you make the call
The New York Daily News reports that Diana Bianchi, the teenager so lusted after by 47-year-old Peter Cook that he wrecked his marriage to Christie Brinkley, is now considering suing Cook, her lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, said Sunday.
Cook caused "substantial and irreparable harm" when he showered Bianchi, an aspiring singer, with pricey gifts, like a car, and then seduced her, the lawyer said.
