Oprah: "What's Wrong with You, Bird? Stop Singing, Dammit!"

Oprah Winfrey is an ardent admirer of Maya Angelou's work so she, of course, hosted some celebrations for the author's 80th birthday over the weekend.

Page Six reports that she had a caged parrot as decor in reference to Angelou's classic book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Uh...

I'm just surprised that Oprah could be that devout toward Angelou and somehow manage to, like, miss the whole effing point of one of her most famous books.

Also, Page Six referred to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as a poem and, uh, does anyone know what the hell they're talking about at all?