Well if you ask me she cant really afford the bag,35,000 US Dollars and to be frank,she only said she wanted to 'look at it' not buy, you don't blame the lady who couldn't get down a priceless bag like that..... .read rest after the break.
Not since we took on the role of Lady Bracknell in the school production of The Importance Of Being Earnest have we screamed the words "A HANDBAG?!" with such horrified surprise.
Media mogul and billionaire Oprah Winfrey has claimed that a shop assistant refused to show her a handbag in a display case during a trip to Switzerland for Tina Turner's wedding - reportedly saying that she was told that it was too expensive.
Oprah told Entertainment Tonight: "I was in Zurich the other day, in a store whose name I will not mention. I didn't have my eyelashes on, but I was in full Oprah Winfrey gear. I had my little Donna Karan skirt and my little sandals. But obviously The Oprah Winfrey Show is not shown in Zurich.
"I go into a store and I say to the woman, 'Excuse me, may I see the bag right above your head?' and she says to me, 'No. It's too expensive.'"
According to Oprah, she asked again and the assistant replied "'No, no you don’t want to see that one, you want to see this one because that one will cost too much. You will not be able to afford that.'"
Oprah said she walked out of the shop "calmly" but said: "That clearly is you know … it (racism) still exists, of course it does."
Trudie Goetz, boutique owner and a fellow guest at Tina Turner's wedding has apologised to Oprah for the “misunderstanding”, according to local newspaper Tages Anzeiger.
The incident might seem like a scene from Pretty Woman, but it possibly reflects tensions currently felt within Switzerland.
The country is currently facing criticism after changing laws in order to restrict the movement of asylum seekers. The BBC's Imogen Foulkes has branded Oprah's experience as :"A PR disaster".
This isn't the first time Oprah's had shopping problems - the Parisian branch of Hermes was forced to apologise after turning the talk show host away in 2005.
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