The big interviews: Looking back on Michelle Wright’s sitdowns with Oprah, Crosby and more
Michelle Wright conducted several big interviews during her decades with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
HERE’S PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR ANCHOR MIKE CLARK WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THE BIG INTERVIEWS. MICHELLE WRIGHT IS AMONG THE BEST. AND IN 1997, THERE WERE FEW BIGGER INTERVIEWS THAN MR. TELEVISION HIMSELF. UNCLE MILTY. MILTON BERLE. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SMOKING YOUR FAMOUS CIGARS? MY FAMOUS CIGARS? WELL, LET’S SAY THIS. IT’S A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK IF MILTON BERLE WAS THE KING OF TV. MICHELLE ALSO INTERVIEWED THE QUEEN OF DAYTIME TV, OPRAH WINFREY, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. AND THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS COMING. THAT’S THE THAT’S THE FASCINATING THING ABOUT IT. THAT’S THE FASCINATING THING ABOUT IT. IT DOESN’T COME IN ONE TIME. THAT’S WHY, IF YOU ASK ME WHAT, I’M A WOMAN IN PROCESS. BUT MICHELLE’S INTERVIEWING SKILLS WEREN’T LIMITED TO TV INSIDERS AND CELEBRITIES. IN AUGUST OF 2024, SHE WAS THE FIRST REPORTER TO INTERVIEW HELEN COMPARATOR, THE WIDOW OF COREY COMPARATOR, THE LOCAL FIRE CHIEF KILLED DURING AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP IN BUTLER COUNTY. YOU HAVE SAID THAT COREY DID NOT DIE IN VAIN THAT DAY. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT. COREY DIED A HERO. I MEAN, HE HE THERE WAS NOTHING IN VAIN ABOUT ANY OF IT. HE WAS JUST THE BEST GUY. HE HE WAS JUST THE BEST. AND. YEAH, I MEAN, HE TOOK A BULLET FOR. THAT WAS MEANT FOR. POSSIBLY THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. MICHELLE ALSO HAD A KNACK WITH INTERVIEWING PROMINENT PITTSBURGH SPORTS FIGURES, SUCH AS PENGUINS STAR SIDNEY CROSBY, BACK WHEN HE WAS JUST 19 YEARS OLD. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’LL DO AFTER HOCKEY? I DON’T KNOW. YOU’RE 19, SO YOU PROBABLY DON’T EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. I DON’T KNOW. YOU NEVER KNOW. I MEAN, WHAT WOULD YOU. I DON’T KNOW IF I WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW? YEAH. WE WANT YOU TO FOCUS AS LONG AS I CAN AND SEE WHERE THAT GOES. BUT MAYBE SOMETHING IN HOCKEY AND LEGENDARY LOCAL WRESTLER KURT ANGLE FOR AN EPISODE OF FOR THE RECORD THAT MICHELLE HOSTED LAST YEAR, DURING WHICH ANGLE RECALLED WINNING THE GOLD IN THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN ATLANTA. YOU WON THE GOLD. DID YOU FEEL THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND ALL OF OUR SUPPORT WE WERE SENDING ALONG TO YOU? YES, I DID, YES I DID, AS A MATTER OF FACT, RIGHT AFTER I WON. FIRST THING I SAID IS, I LOVE YOU, PITTSBURGH.
The big interviews: Looking back on Michelle Wright’s sitdowns with Oprah, Crosby and more
Michelle Wright conducted several big interviews during her decades with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
Updated: 6:50 AM EST Feb 27, 2026
During her decades with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, anchor Michelle Wright conducted several big interviews.Among them were sit-downs with TV greats such as Oprah Winfrey and the late Milton Berle.She also got a lengthy interview with Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby when he was just 19 years old.And, as a frequent host of WTAE’s 4 The Record, she conducted several memorable interviews, including with local wrestling legend Kurt Angle.
PITTSBURGH —
During her decades with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, anchor Michelle Wright conducted several big interviews.
Among them were sit-downs with TV greats such as Oprah Winfrey and the late Milton Berle.
She also got a lengthy interview with Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby when he was just 19 years old.
And, as a frequent host of WTAE’s 4 The Record, she conducted several memorable interviews, including with local wrestling legend Kurt Angle.