A clerk at Trois Pommes boutique refused to show the
media mogul a $38,000 Tom Ford bag thinking Oprah couldn't afford it, but the
shop's owner says it's 'an absolute classic misunderstanding.
Oprah Winfrey recently opened up that she had a brush
with racism in Switzerland. While in the coutry to attend Tina Turner's July
wedding, she stopped by a posh Trois Pommes boutique where a clerk refused to
show her a Tom Ford Jennifer bag, named for Jennifer Aniston, which was priced
at 35,000 Swiss francs ($38,000) each.
"I didn't have my eyelashes on but I was in full
Oprah Winfrey gear ... but obviously the Oprah Winfrey show is not shown in
Zurich," the former daytime talk show queen recalled the brush in an
interview. "She says to me, 'No, it's too expensive.' She said, 'No, no,
no you want to see this one because that one will cost too much. You won't be
able to afford that one.' "
"She refused to get it ... she said, 'I don't want
to hurt your feelings,' and I said, 'Okay, thank you so much, you're probably
right I can't afford it.' Now why does she do that?" she continued,
adding, "I could have had the big blow up thing and thrown down the black
card but why do that."
Swiss tourism officials have reacted to the matter, with
spokesman Daniela Baer telling the Associated Press, "We are very sorry
for what happened to her." The Swiss Tourism office also posted on its
Twitter, "We are fuming - this person acted terribly wrong. We are sorry
this happened to @oprah!"
Meanwhile, the shop's owner, Trudie Goetz, tried to play
down the issue. "This is an absolute classic misunderstanding," so
she said, claiming it was caused by her employee's bad English. She apologized
to Oprah for any inconvenience at her store, saying that her employee was
trying to give Oprah multiple options.
On Friday, August 9, Oprah tweeted, "Turns out that
store clerk did me a favor. Just found out that bag was $38K!!! She was right I
was NOT going to buy."
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