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| Oprah, was it about her weight and not her race? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 12 2013, 05:59 AM (373 Views) | |
| Guest | Aug 12 2013, 05:59 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/oprah-fashion-retail-racism-size-bias![]() Oprah Winfrey: thyroid problems make weight fluctuations inevitable for the billionaire TV personality. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters ============================================= If any of this really happened, she does have a movie to promote. |
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| Deleted User | Aug 12 2013, 06:09 AM Post #2 |
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Oh for fuck sake. She needs to get over herself. I live in Europe. These retail cunts are all like this. To everyone. It isn't about race or weight. It's not even necessarily considered snobbery. European culture does NOT promote a "customer is always right" attitude, and people behind a counter do not have to kiss your ass here. They are always going to assume you can't afford something, and will not go out of their way to do extra work. I like it that way, as you can shop here without being harrassed by aggressive salespeople the way you are in the US. But for an attention whore accustomed to sycophants constantly heaping praise and adoration on her... |
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| Erna | Aug 12 2013, 06:10 AM Post #3 |
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Did the obese sow have difficulty squeezing through the door of the shop?
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| Deleted User | Aug 12 2013, 06:11 AM Post #4 |
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And PS: that store in France was fucking CLOSED and she expected them to reopen just for her. Umm, no. Bitch. |
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| Tybee | Aug 12 2013, 06:33 AM Post #5 |
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Thyroid problems? That lie has been used for eons as an excuse being fat. She's a glutton not a thyroid sufferer. She has the human version of hoof and mouth disease. It's called food and mouth disease. |
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| Deleted User | Aug 12 2013, 07:39 AM Post #6 |
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Remember how smug she was when she lost all that weight those twelve times? Even though she had personal chefs and trainers? That was awesome. |
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| Guest | Aug 12 2013, 08:03 AM Post #7 |
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Remember when T V Guide put her head on Ann Margret's body, on the cover no less! ![]() http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/oprahs-head-ann-margarets-body-a-brief-history-of-pre-photoshop-fakery/258369/ |
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| Deleted User | Aug 12 2013, 08:12 AM Post #8 |
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I had forgotten all about that R7! Hilarious. |
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| Erna | Aug 12 2013, 08:37 AM Post #9 |
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If we owned a shop we would have opened it for Babs (but not for Oprah) Edited by Erna, Aug 12 2013, 08:38 AM.
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| Guest | Aug 12 2013, 11:30 AM Post #10 |
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I agree! It is the American way of life. Take no responsibility for your bad behavior. My nephew isn't too lazy to study; he has ADD and needs amphetamines. My brother-in-law isn't a drunk; he has the "disease" of alcoholism. People who pop donuts like TicTacs aren't gluttons; they have a thyroid condition. |
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| This | Aug 12 2013, 12:01 PM Post #11 |
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This will all lead to a backlash for her. If it had been about, say, an EMT refusing to give her CPR... but it's about her out power-shopping and thinking she needs a $40,000 handbag. Despite all the talk about her helping African girls go to school, etc., you can tell the rarified world she lives in now, that this would pre-occupy her mind. |
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| LizBien | Aug 12 2013, 02:16 PM Post #12 |
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Oprah was "discriminated" against by a sales clerk who did not know of her. Oprah somehow thinks that everyone on God's green Earth knows who she is and conducts herself accordingly. Oprah tripped on her hubris in this situation and fell flat on her face when she spoke of it in the media in order to do up some p.r. for "Lee Daniels The Butler." I therefore do not even remotely think this situation pertained to a sales clerk being intolerant minded toward an African American lady at all. I'm still going to see the movie because Jane Fonda is going to play Nancy Regan. That is ballsy casting! |
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| Guest | Aug 12 2013, 03:30 PM Post #13 |
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According to Jane, Nancy "Blowjobs" Reagan is happy with the casting. |
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| Guest | Aug 13 2013, 11:42 AM Post #14 |
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Now Oprah says sorry: Chat show queen says she regrets ever mentioning the racist handbag incident and insists it got blown up after Swiss sales assistant brands her a liar Winfrey says she should never have mentioned the incident Sale assistant said she feels 'powerless' after the racism accusations Oprah Winfrey claimed assistant refused to show her a handbag because it was 'too expensive' Speaking anonymously, shop worker said claims were 'absurd' ![]() Girls' weekend: Oprah Winfrey and best friend Gayle King ahead of Tina Turner and Erwin Bach's wedding celebrations in Zurich, Switzerland Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2391313/Oprah-Winfrey-says-regrets-mentioning-handbag-racism-incident-Zurich.html#ixzz2brsldSML Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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| '_' | Aug 13 2013, 01:13 PM Post #15 |
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"... and best friend Gayle King" I would have written "gal pal". I suppose her 20-years-counting fiance' Steadman was "away on business". |
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| Tybee | Aug 13 2013, 01:32 PM Post #16 |
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Reading between the lines I think Oprah is now thinking "oh shit, my big lying mouth has really gotten me in trouble this time". |
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| Deleted User | Aug 13 2013, 01:38 PM Post #17 |
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Buh-bye Mr. Oscar! |
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| hidekimatsui | Aug 13 2013, 02:07 PM Post #18 |
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Oprah is just tying to hype her new movie, she wants that oscar so bad. |
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| Guest | Aug 13 2013, 02:11 PM Post #19 |
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White people's problems. |
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| Guest | Aug 13 2013, 07:17 PM Post #20 |
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![]() Girls' weekend: Oprah Winfrey and best friend Gayle King ahead of Tina Turner and Erwin Bach's wedding celebrations in Zurich, Switzerland ![]() Winfrey was in Switzerland to attend the wedding of her friend Tina Turner and Erwin Back (pictured) Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2391313/Oprah-Winfrey-says-regrets-mentioning-handbag-racism-incident-Zurich.html#ixzz2btjp0G00 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2391313/Oprah-Winfrey-says-regrets-mentioning-handbag-racism-incident-Zurich.html#ixzz2btjUuvCu Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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| LizBien | Aug 13 2013, 08:33 PM Post #21 |
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^ Dang you post #20! Oprah minus supportive undergarments is an unholy sight! Tina Turner looks downright lovely, though. |
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| Guest | Aug 14 2013, 01:40 AM Post #22 |
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And so it was lesbian and heaviness discrimination? |
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| Deleted User | Aug 14 2013, 03:22 AM Post #23 |
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Wow. Tina looks good! Isn't that bitch in her 70s? |
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| Tybee | Aug 14 2013, 04:46 AM Post #24 |
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Tina is further proof that black don't crack. She's 73 years old and looks fabulous. |
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| Guest | Aug 14 2013, 05:57 AM Post #25 |
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No way. Babs is a bigger c%nt than Oprah is. Supposedly Oprah will pay 38,000 for a handbag and Babara(her real name) from Brooklyn will ask for a discount! I'm not kidding. Ask anyone whose deal with her. Oprah pays retail Barbara not so much...... |
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| Deleted User | Aug 14 2013, 06:03 AM Post #26 |
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And without looking like she hacked up her face or used fillers. She still looks like herself. Good for her! |
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| Guest | Aug 14 2013, 07:28 AM Post #27 |
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To be fair....is it spanx or no?![]() Stunning success: And all the preparation certainly worked, as the host was the centre of attention as she hit the Hollywood premiere in a bright fuchsia wrap dress and of course, her 'new 'do' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2391891/Oprah-Winfrey-takes-fans-scenes-red-carpet-preparations-The-Butler-premiere.html#ixzz2bwhxuWX8 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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| Guest | Aug 14 2013, 07:58 AM Post #28 |
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If you don't think Tina Turner has had extensive plastic surgery to look anything unlike herself, you're like one of those housewives who believes Joan Collins when she says she's never had plastic surgery -- she just drinks a lot of water. The nose alone . . . |
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| Tybee | Aug 14 2013, 08:01 AM Post #29 |
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All I know is whatever brand of compression garment Oprah's strapped into must be bursting at the seams. Oprah should never leave the house without Lycra on those hips. I would not want to be the dresser who had to get her into one of those contraptions. Surely they must employ some sort of wench and tackle. Human hands alone could never do the job. Edited by Tybee, Aug 14 2013, 08:01 AM.
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| Tybee | Aug 14 2013, 08:03 AM Post #30 |
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Tina's probably had some work done. But whatever she's had done they under-corrected rather of over-corrected which is the usual situation with show business types. |
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| Guest | Aug 14 2013, 08:06 AM Post #31 |
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I agree that Tina doesn't have the overly stretched look. But she looks like a low-budget trannie in that old pic. |
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| Deleted User | Aug 14 2013, 08:11 AM Post #32 |
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:rofl |
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| Deleted User | Aug 14 2013, 08:13 AM Post #33 |
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That was my point with Tina. Maybe she's had work done, but she still looks like Tina Turner. And damn good for 73. Madonna, Meg Ryan, Nicole Kidman? Are you paying attention? |
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| Guest | Aug 14 2013, 02:12 PM Post #34 |
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I think in the future, Miss Thing should just shop online: http://static.entertainmentwise.com/photos/Image/0813_oprah1.jpg |
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looks downright lovely, though.

7:57 PM Jul 10