It was a rough few months for Julia Roberts and hubby Danny Moder, sources say. Three years after they wed, the pair were fighting constantly, the sources say, mostly because Julia reneged on a pledge to stay home with 13-month-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus for three years so that cameraman Danny, 36, could focus on his career.

Instead, without asking Danny, the Pretty Woman star, 38, agreed to make her Broadway debut in a three-month run of the drama Three Days of Rain this spring. Friends feared the two were headed for a split, until, about three months ago, Julia turned to an unlikely source for help: Oprah Winfrey.

Why would Julia turn to the never-married talk-show queen, 51, for marital advice? "Oprah is one of Julia's best friends, and she knew that Oprah would give her straight-up honest advice and really tell it like it is," a source close to Oprah says. "Oprah cares about Danny and loves the two of them as a couple."

And, according to the source, it appears that Oprah has taken Julia's marriage woes to heart, burning up the phone lines urging her friend to save her marriage. "Oprah was really there for her," says the source. "She counseled her during all those conversations."

Source: Star Magazine

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