Winfrey 'warned Ferguson over reality TV'

Oprah Winfrey has revealed that she had warned Sarah Ferguson away from taking part in various US reality TV shows.

Ferguson has reportedly considered appearing on shows such as Dancing With The Stars in order to help her tarnished image and earn some income.

Earlier this year, the former member of the royal family was caught on film offering an undercover reporter access to her ex-husband Prince Andrew.

Winfrey has offered Ferguson to film a six-part series titled Finding Sarah as she goes through therapy as a substitute to reality shows.

The chatshow host told Parade: "She started emailing me and at one point asked what did I think of her doing a celebrity chef show. I said, 'That's not going to help you. How are you going to rehabilitate yourself on a celebrity chef show? You should be working on yourself'.

"We had a real moment of connection, watching the tape of her trying to get £500,000. She said she didn't want to go into bankruptcy. I said, 'But when you look at that tape don't you see a morally bankrupted person? The one thing you were trying to avoid, you already are'.

"She said, 'I never thought of it that way'. I remember the last thing I said to her when I left that interview: 'Don't let me see you on Dancing With The Stars'."