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Oprah
Winfrey
Aht
aht
aht.
Oprah
Winfrey
said
you
will
not
blame
her
for
the
production
woes
surrounding
The
Color
Purple
movie
and
is
over
the
fact
people
are
bringing
up
her
name
in
the
conversation.
Spotted
on
Deadline,
Oprah
Winfrey
had
time
to
address
those
pesky
rumors
about
her
after
Taraji
P.
Henson
mentioned
some
production
woes
while
filming
the
2023
version
of
Alice
Walker’s
Pulitzer
Prize-winning
book.
Speaking
with
Entertainment
Tonight
on
the
Golden
Globes
red
carpet,
Winfrey
came
with
receipts
after
she
was
asked
about
Henson
talking
about
the
challenges
she
faced
in
Hollywood,
like
pay
disparity
and
other
issues
like
not
having
a
personal
drive
to
take
her
to
and
from
The
Color
Purple
set
and
other
issues.
Winfrey,
along
with
other
big
names
like
Stephen
Spielberg,
who
directed
the
original
film,
and
Quincy
Jones,
all
serve
as
executive
producers
on
Blitz
Bazawule’s
film
that
takes
its
cues
from
the
Broadway
musical,
finally
had
something
to
say
after
trending
on
social
media.
Per
Deadline:
“I
heard
I
was
trending
yesterday.
People
were
saying
I
was
not
supporting
Taraji,”
Winfrey
said
in
an
interview
with
Entertainment
Tonight
at
the
Golden
Globes.
“Taraji
will
tell
you
herself
that
I’ve
been
the
greatest
champion
of
this
film,
championing
not
only
the
behind-the-scenes
production
but
also
everything
that
everybody
needed.”
She
continued,
“Whenever
I
heard
that
there
was
something
that
people
needed
—
I’m
not
in
charge
of
the
budget
because
that’s
Warner
Bros.,
that’s
the
way
the
studio
system
works
and
we
as
producers,
everybody
gets
their
salary
that’s
negotiated
by
your
team.”
Winfrey
reiterated
that
whenever
she
“heard
there
was
a
problem
with
the
cars”
or
“with
the
food”
she
would
“step
in
and
do
whatever
I
could
to
make
it
right,”
noting
that
Henson
“would
vouch
for
that
and
say
that
it’s
true.”
Winfrey
also
addressed
the
rumors
of
tension
between
herself
and
the
Empire
star
after
TikTok
body
language
experts
dissected
a
video
of
the
cast
and
Winfrey
at
the
Empire
State
Building.
“There’s
no
validity
to
their
being
a
thing
between
Taraji
and
I,”
Winfrey
said.
Despite
Oprah
and
other
cast
members
Fantasia
and
Danelle
Brooks
clearing
things
up,
people
still
have
opinions.
You
can
see
those
reactions
in
the
gallery
below.
—
Photo:
Rich
Polk/Golden
Globes
2024
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Getty
