The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Between the Scenes - Oprah Winfrey Reveals Her "Normal" Side and Takes Questions from the Audience

Episode Date: July 2, 2019

Oprah Winfrey shares surprising details from her everyday life, talks about opening a school in the U.S. and reflects on the importance of de-stigmatizing mental illness. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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But, but, but, but, I mean, this is like just a moment where we get to hang out. I know you're dying. So we'll do this. Two questions. I I to to to to to hang out. I know you're dying. So we'll do this. Two questions. I'll take one from the side of the audience and one from that side, one from that side, one from that side. Something you've always wanted to ask. Don't ask her what a favorite color is. Think for a moment. I'll ask her one question first just to get us on. to get us. I'll ask you think for a your audience. Yes. Yes. Yes, this is me. I just hang out with the real people. I love it.

So are you're Oprah Winfrey. You have been very wealthy for a long time. You worked hard to get there. I often wonder how much normalcy there still is in your life. Like how many normal random things happen to you? Like, when was the last time your you, you you, you, you, you, their, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, you, thi, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you're, you are to, you are, you, you, you, you to, you, you, you, you, you to, you, you, you, you to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to, you're, to, to, to, to to to to thin, to to tho. to to to thin, to to tho. too. too. too. too, you are too, you while you were speaking? Does that ever happen to you? I know. Okay. Like never, like so for instance, has there ever been a moment where you're in the bathroom and then the toilet roll is done? No. What is the most? No, you know why? Because at my house, in my house, I don't know if this happens at your house, but in my house, when the toilet roll it's, th.... the th. th. th. the th. th. the, th. the, th. th. the, the, th. th. the, th. the, the, th. th. the, the, th. thi, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, they. they. they. they. the, they. they. they. the they. they. they. the the the th. the toilet roll is checked regularly and when it's been checked, like after you go into the bathroom, somebody will come in and it's

folded into a little triangle, like you live in a hotel? It's like folded in a triangle every time? Okay, okay, we'll take one from each side. Okay, I will tell you though, something's something. Something's very normal that you. Yes. tha. tha. thi. thi. thi. thi. Something's. Something's. Something's, something's. Something's, thi. Something's, something's, thi. Something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something. Something's, something. Something's, something. Something's, something. Something's, something. Something's, thi. Yes. Something's, something. Something's, something. Something's, something. Something's, something. Something's, something. Something's, something. Something, something. Something, something. Something, something. Something. Something, I, I, I's. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Something's, something's, something. Something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, something's, own bread and I bring my own avocados. Are you serious? Yes, I do. So I have an avocado orchard, so I think it's... Oh, the story got not normal, Oprah.

You just said I'm going to tell you something normal. Then you said I have my own avocado orchards. But, so I think it's ridiculous to pay for avocados. Are you kidding me? That is not a normal story. Okay, all right. I made my own avocados because they're too expensive. Yes, okay, okay. Another thing, very normal, very normal. I do not, the one thing I will not do is is send my underwear out to be washed or cleaned. Wow. No, no that's okay that's yes. My grandmother would love that. Because it's five dollars for a pair panties. That, that's, okay, that's, yes. You know why? My grandmother would love that. Because it's $5 for a pair panties.

That's the reason? That's the reason. Oh, my grandmother's, my grandmother would say, like, so for instance, you know when you put the washing in the basket and everything? And so everyone in the family, And then my grandmother would come and then she'd be like, Trevor, you want people to know your secrets. You want people, watch this yourself. No one must know your secrets. All right, let's get, we gotta get Oprah out of here,

so we're gonna get two questions. Yes, right, right? Nile, we can see. Um, would you ever open for a school in the United States? Yes, I'm it the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa because even then I was thinking this will just be one, this will be like the satellite school and then I will I will do others. But it's taken me a while to get it right. It took me about 10

years to actually get it right. So thank you for that question I'm actually thinking about it. Yes ma'am. I just th a th. I thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. I was thi, I was thi, I was thi, I was thi, I was thi, I was thi, I was thi, I was thi, I was thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, I was thi, I was thi, I was thi, I was thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi. thi. I'm thii. thiiii. thiii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. just wanted to find out for me because I've been mental health trained. Mental health first aid trained. And in my culture, I see people with mental health issues because of trauma, but they won't admit it. Yeah. What's the thing? How do I get them to realize that what they've experienced is actually trauma? We're going to normalize it so. Harry and I are going to normalize it to the point that people will be like, hey, I got mental illness.

And that's what you want for it to call it out to the point where it's no longer such a stigmatized big deal. It's no longer a taboo that people say, they recognize themselves immediately. I will tell you this, that when my girls, some of my girls first came here, I was talking to one on the phone who, all the girls had said, this girl is depressed, she hasn't come out of her dorm, blah, blah, blah, blah. And we on the phone googled all the symptoms for depression. And this girl, who's now, by the way, doing very well, but said, so you're every single, so you're every single symptom of depression, you need to get help.

And she said, I can't be depressed, I'm African. And Africans don't get depressed. That's a true thing that we have. We have a lot of that. Yeah, I can't be depressed. I'm African. So I want, so that's it, that's it, but, but I, like I have one final question before you go. I, one of the greatest pressures in my opinion of

being Oprah, is that everywhere you go, people are waiting for you to tell them to look under their seats, yes. Because everyone's waiting for you to give them something. So I want to say, look under your seats, everybody gets a boo! You're all getting a book! You're all getting a book! You're getting a book! Everybody's getting a book! Up the win for everybody! Thank you. Everybody's getting a book! Thank you. The Daily Show with Cover Noa, Ears Edition.

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