there was some rumor going around that she was told "your money is no good here"

!?!?

blah. . .damn race card

I guess Oprah isn't well-known in France.

If this was in the States, the people in the store would have recognized her and given her anything she wanted.

...when she gets there she knows... if the stores are all closed..

Not only was she given a legitimate excuse, but there is a security tape of a guard handing her a business card while explaining that they would be happy if she came back the next day.

Pulling the race card because you couldn't spend several thousand dollars on a watch not only trivializes the lives of people stuggling with real inequality, it pisses in their mouths after drinking bleach.

As a retail worker, I know exactly why she was refused. They were C-L-O-S-E-D.

As a retail worker, I applaud the fact that they turned someone away after close. I hate people who come in and expect me to put my life on hold for them.


As a retail manager I can't help but wonder if this is good press or bad for the store.

she never played the race card first of all. everyone is assuming that. it was carefully worded by her so everyone knows shes not playing the race card.they claimed not to know who she was. well that was yesterday i read todays story and apparently she is gonna play this card. either way the store is closed id snub her too when the stores closed.

I don't much like Oprah, partially because my wife watches it sometimes when I'm around.

Money and wealth changes people,,, although the store, if they wanted money, should've opened it for her, and sell her all she wanted to buy.

What bothers me most about Oprah, is that rose up from poverty to where she is know, but she seems to forget that. It just seems all the people in her audience, and people she helps with their 'problems', are the upper-class suburbanites, with their suburbanite problems (problems that pale in comparison to the 'real' problems the poor have).

She seems like a cult leader,,,

From what I've read, the quote about "having a problem with North Africans" was completely fabricated. The store video of Oprah being handed a business card and told to come in tomorrow also seems to refute that stupid claim - why would they give her a card if they didn't want her business?

Celebrities get away with murder. If the store is closed, don't think they are obligated to open up just for you. I'm sure the store employees have lives outside of work. I certainly wouldn't open my doors for Oprah if she came in 15 after closing, I would be cleaning up and getting ready to go home.

she's a celebrity rules are for other people. She can choke on it as far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, this whole thing stinks. That's what I heard at first and then in subsequent stories it wasn't mentioned at all. I think someone was trying to play the race card but it's unclear that it was Oprah. That said, next time she should get her ass to the store before it closes or have one of her myriad of assitants go if she's too busy.

...and shes buyyuuyying a watch for Tina Turnerrr....

props to the store clerk who wouldnt let her in after close i would have done the same. the world doesnt stop just cuz ur a rich powerful snob assed celebrity

Why am I reminded of the Kevin Smith Prince Monologue:

("it's 3 AM and Prince wants a camel, it's hard to explain that you can't get a camel in Minnesota at 3AM")