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Cousins, Oprah Winfrey is officially addressing circulated rumors online suggesting that she and Taraji P. Henson have some sort of beef between them!
In a red carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight at the Golden Globes, Oprah set the record straight in saying that she supports Taraji.
“People are saying that I was not supporting Taraji,” said Oprah to Kevin Frazier.
“Taraji will tell you herself that I’ve been the greatest champion of this film. Championing not only the behind-the-scenes projection but also everything that everybody needed.”
Oprah also went on to confirm that she was not in charge of the film’s salary. “We as producers, everybody gets their salary, everybody is negotiated by your team.”
“And so, whenever I heard there was an issue or there was a problem – there was a problem with cars or the problem with their food – I would step in and do whatever I could to make it right. And I believe that (Henson) would even vouch for that and say that is true.”
Oprah also slammed a circulated video on TikTok that she and Taraji had underlying issues.
“There was something online about us being separated at the top of the Empire State Building,” Oprah said. “On that particular day, we were so cold, so I don’t know what kind of body language people were talking about. I was literally just trying to stay warm and that was the fourth thing we had done. There’s no validity to there being a thing between Taraji and I.”
As we previously reported rumors originally kicked off after Taraji spoke out during the ‘Color Purple’ press run, regarding her experience of Black actors being underpaid in Hollywood.
“I’m just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do (and) getting paid a fraction of the cost,” said Taraji.
“”I’m tired of hearing my sisters say the same thing over and over. You get tired. I hear people go, ‘You work a lot.’ Well, I have to. The math ain’t math-ing. When you start working a lot, you have a team. Big bills come with what we do. We don’t do this alone. It’s a whole entire team behind us. They have to get paid.”
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