Speaking to fans during an Instagram live stream, the 66-year-old media mogul revealed the pair decided he should move out of the main house and into their guest quarters as a precaution.
Oprah reminded her followers that she had pneumonia late last year and you can still hear the raspiness in her throat sometimes as she just got off antibiotics last week.
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Stedman had been on airplanes so it was his decision to self-isolate.
"He's just happy to have me safe," Oprah says.
Compiled by Phelokazi Mbude
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