Diss From A Rose Oprah's On-set Attack

Now the queen of talk really has heard it all!

- Jenny Cooney Carrillo

I loved New Zealand!” Oprah Winfrey declares enthusiastically as she talks to Woman’s Day about her time in the South Island filming upcoming movie A Wrinkle in Time.

“Because we were filming, I got to really see the country and was blown away. It seemed like around every corner, there was another breathtaking view and the people were incredibly friendly.”

She could spend the whole day raving about Aotearoa, but that’s not why we’re sharing a pot of coffee with the 63-year-old former talk show queen in a New York hotel room. We’ve been granted an audience with Oprah to talk about her role in the new TV movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which comes to Sky’s SoHo channel next week.

It’s an emotional rollercoaster, but for the global superstar, the most difficult part was a scene that saw her being violently cursed out by her Aussie co-star Rose Byrne.

“I will tell you now that nobody in my life has ever said to me, ‘Go f*** yourself!’” grins Oprah, seemingly amused to have a legitimate excuse to curse. “The first time Rose said it, it was like an affront to my senses and there was a part of me that wanted to fight back.

“I remember when I did The Color Purple and people called my character the N word – I had a visceral reaction to that too. Even though you are acting, it doesn’t feel good.”