#Oprah GIF

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Harry telling Charles and William it didn’t matter how much they tried to appease the press, the press would turn on them eventually.

Charles and William: “Trust us, that won’t happen.”

Harry now:

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Welp, that's one way to try and help. 😊 Show these studios that you can't just starve ppl out indefinitely in order to get your way.

I hope more will continue to donate, cuz this is getting ridiculous! 😤 MOST ppl cannot afford to go months and months without a paycheck! Most ppl (newsflash) are living paycheck to paycheck, or are two or three paychecks away from not being able to make their rent/mortgage, pay their cars, or put food on the table. 😔

Anyway, I'm hoping more actors at the top will continue to donate. Oprah and her billion dollar self could probably stand to donate more than 1 million lol 👀, but hey, we're just happy to get what we can get at this point lol 😆

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Still Tone Deaf: Oprah Winfrey shocked over Maui fire donation backlash

Oprah Winfrey is breaking her silence and responding to her critics. 

Earlier this month, the former talk show host and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson faced backlash after asking fans to donate money to help those affected by the Maui wildfires — despite having a combined net worth of more than $2.8 billion.

During an interview on “CBS Mornings,” Oprah, 69, opened up about the matter while speaking with best friend Gayle King. “I was so excited about it, and then I got up the next morning, and I saw all of this vitriol, and I was, like, ‘Whoa, what happened here?’” she said on Tuesday. “It made me sad that we are at this state in our country.”

Winfrey revealed that she was inspired by Dolly Parton, who organized a support fund to aid victims of wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in 2017. 

Winfrey and Johnson, 51, collectively kicked in $10 million to launch the People’s Fund of Maui, but then jointly asked their fans on Instagram and TikTok to donate the rest.

Fans complained they were already living “paycheck-to-paycheck,” and that the uber-rich celebrities should dole out more of their own money toward relief efforts.

“I would but I’m broke…you two got this though!” Carolina Moreno wrote in the comment section on TikTok under the August 31 video.

“Billionaire asking for money from the poor, what a joke,” another outraged fan commented on Winfrey’s follow-up video on Instagram.

Fans slammed Oprah’s videos asking for donations.

“You have billions. You could donate $100 million and still be as wealthy as before donating. YOU give the money,” Maribel Rubio criticized Winfrey. 

“This should be a private message between you and your billionaire mates,” another critic wrote. “It’s so outrageous that you are pleading for money.”

Another wrote: “How is the richest woman in the world asking for money? Make it make sense.”

Fans were not impressed by Oprah and The Rock asking them for donations.

Oprah defended herself and said that her donation fund with Dwayne Johnson is “a really strong idea.”CBS

After acknowledging that she was blindsided by the “vitriol,” Winfrey said she’s still standing behind the idea for the fund. 

“We’re going to create something and I still think it’s a really strong idea,” she said. 

Winfrey and Johnson are just the latest celebs to face backlash for their response to the fires in Hawaii.

Last month, Stevie Nicks, 75, was slammed as “self-centered” and “tone deaf” for her Instagram post about how the tragedy affected her niece’s vacation. 

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Angela Bassett interviewed by Oprah, March 2024 (Thank you, @scar-letter, for the video!)

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The Hair Tales, 2022.

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the opal show |2006|

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Oprah, 2008

Do you comment on who she's seeing, or do you have something to say about who she chooses to be with?

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supernatural s1e8 bugs (w. rachel nave, bill coakley)

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Headcanon time!

Fez, like Josh from Drake and Josh, has a massive Oprah obsession.

Fez: Ai, I wish Oprah would give me a new car.

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will you still be updating hia? its been sooo long :-(

I will be finishing the story, yes. But I will admit it is difficult to write while constantly freaking out about every single update not just from the 9-1-1 set but also Angela Bassett’s ongoing mission to make March (and the rest of us) her bitch.

Also, I sprained my ankle this weekend because I’m kind of dumb that way. 🤭

So like lemme show you what March looks like right now—

For all interested, Angela has an interview with Oprah for the Spotlight series coming up on March 2 with OWN followed by a NatGeo documentary that she narrated and produced called Queens on March 4, the premiere of her Netflix film on March 8 with Millie Bobby Brown called Damsel and then the return of 9-1-1 at their new address in ABC on March 14.

The documentary will be available for streaming on Hulu and Disney+ the day after so for international fans, see y’all on March 5!

But I promise, I’m still working on HIA! 🌸