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On the heels of receiving negative press a week ago, talk show titan Oprah Winfrey won’t allow her friend, gospel singer BeBe Winans to host her Karaoke Challenge on her daytime talk show.

Winfrey was accused of having “double standards” last week after TMZ reported how the media mogul publicly rebuked R&B star Chris Brown for his domestic dispute with singer Rihanna, but had longtime friend Winans on her show to promote his new CD with sister CeCe Winans.

BeBe & CeCe appeared on ‘Oprah’ on Friday, Oct. 23 and performed a new song called ‘Grace.’ After the performance, Winfrey announced: “You’ll be seeing more of BeBe in my Karaoke Challenge later this season.”

Winfrey rep Don Halcombe has now announced that Winans is off the karaoke segment and that the singer will not appear on her talk show until his domestic violence charges are resolved.

Winans previously served as a judge for two seasons of BET reality show “Sunday’s Best,” which is a gospel music take on ‘American Idol.’

It was announced this week that the Grammy-winning Christian crooner would not return for a third season of the show because of his new gig on Winfrey’s talk show. (Winans is being replaced on ‘Sunday Best’ by another Winfrey favorite, gospel singer Donnie McClurkin.)

After more than a 15-year hiatus from recording together, Winans reunited with his sister CeCe and released their latest album ‘Still’ on Oct. 6. The CD debuted at number one on the Billboard Gospel Chart and according to SoundScan, had sold an impressive 92,808 units in five weeks.

Winans’ ex-wife Debra Winans talks about her domestic violence ordeal with the gospel veteran in an upcoming interview with singer Lexi for The Word Network’s ‘The Lexi Show.’

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by Adam Horne

Oprah is being called out by a number of media outlets for her alleged double standard regarding domestic violence.

At the center of the controversy is Debra Winans, ex-wife of the 47-year old Grammy Award winning gospel and R&B singer BeBe Winans. In February, a story made headlines that BeBe had shoved Debra to the ground in front of their two kids (ages 10 and 13) after a verbal dispute regarding custody issues. A domestic charge violence against BeBe is pending until a court hearing in 2010.

Oprah has been very vocal about her zero-tolerance policy regarding domestic abuse following the highly publicized Chris Brown and Rihanna incident. On February 8, 2009, after a Grammy Awards pre-show party, the two singers had a physical altercation in a vehicle that left Rihanna bloodied and bruised. After the incident, Oprah’s told ‘Access Hollywood’ that “Domestic violence is something that I wouldn’t tolerate. Period,” and subsequently banned Chris Brown from appearing on her show. Ironically, BeBe’s arrest came only one day before Oprah aired a special on her show about domestic violence.

Just recently, Winfrey invited BeBe Winans on her show to host “Oprah’s Karaoke Challenge,” an ‘American Idol’ style competition to find the nation’s best karaoke singer. Winans was brought on to promote his new reunion album with his sister CeCe Winans, ‘Still.’

Many wonder if Winfrey was simply unaware of the charges against Winans. Others see it as a blantant double standard. TMZ recently spoke to Debra Winans, who said she is “hurt by Oprah’s decision to have BeBe on the show.” Winfrey has yet to issue a public response.

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