The queen of talk says she’s annoyed by all this press. According to The Daily Mail:
When asked if maybe she was just being “particularly sensitive,” Oprah responded, “No! I know of no black man who was never stopped by police because of his skin color, or persecuted, but it’s different for women. What I’ve experienced in Switzerland happened only once before in my life. So I didn’t want to indict Switzerland. It was a single incident. An incident that people of black or brown color experience daily.”
She then opened up about the actual incident, saying, “I was the only person in the store. I had dressed myself up extra special because I know that things can get very snobby in these kinds of stores. The employees first check out what clothes you’re wearing. Therefore I chose a Donna Karan outfit – and even washed my hair even. So nobody could mistake me for a homeless person who got lost in the store.”
Oprah said she left because she didn’t want to make a scene.
” That’s why it annoys me now too, that it has become this major international story. And that the names of Tom Ford and Jennifer Aniston were pulled in too. The whole thing is really quite annoying.”
It’s ok, Oprah. This too shall pass.
