Oprah Winfrey is in the centre of a controversy after a journalist told her that spending $100 (approximately R1 700) on a Christmas present was excessive.
The 68-year-old talk show host, who is worth $2.5 billion, was seen out and about ordering TMZ employee Colin Drummond to get a jewellery box for his mother after telling her his mother was struggling and he needed ideas for a festive gift to brighten her up for the holiday.
Oprah replied, “A wonderful thing is that jewellery box that I had on Favourite Things (her famous gift ideas list.) A beautiful red jewellery box with a little…”
When Drummond, who says on LinkedIn he is TMZ’s Washington Bureau Chief, said: “That’s too expensive for me” she protested “It’s really not”, adding: “It’s like 100 or some dollars”.
He stood firm in his belief that it was too much money to spend, with Oprah stunned that he wouldn’t spend $100 on his mother.
When Drummond informed Oprah that his mother appreciated “sentimental gifts,” she suggested that the “perfect gift” be “do a list of your top 10 reasons why you love her, and you make a beautiful card, and it’s your top 10.”
The video, which has nearly a million views on TikTok, has split social media users.
“A billionaire doesn’t understand how it is for the rest of us,” one critic said of Oprah.
Others agreed $100 wasn’t too much to spend on an elderly mother, adding her second proposal was “incredibly thoughtful”.
Another Oprah fan added, “Bless her heart. she was trying to help. I love both her suggestions. There was no judgement in her tone or reaction. love her sentimental gift idea.”
Oprah Winfrey, one of America’s richest self-made women, is believed to earn $300 million per year and own $127 million in real estate.
A recent online photo exposed her opulent lifestyle, with the talk show presenter and her Thanksgiving guests seated around an 18-person table in the dining room of her 2000-square-metre California property, which was decorated with flowers and candles.
Other images show Oprah, who employs a private chef and has a $75 million private Gulfstream G650 plane, sipping wine on her expansive veranda and watching movies in her home theatre, which includes a giant walk-in pantry.
Her primary residence is a vast property in Montecito, close to the $14.65 million home of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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