Oprah Winfrey recently revealed that she encountered racism when she visited
Switzerland during her interview on
"Entertainment Tonight". What was the racist comment?? She told
Entertainment Tonight that a store clerk refused to show her a handbag, claiming that it was "too expensive" for her. Yeah, she got pretty angry about the whole thing that she had to block her talkshow from being viewed in
Switzerland.
However,
Switzerland's tourism agency somehow obtained the information and quickly sent an apology letter to her stating "
Switzerland Tourism is deeply sorry to learn about the experience
Ms.
Winfrey recently had in
Switzerland, and we apologize that her feelings
were hurt. We would like to assure
Ms. Winfrey - like any visitor to
Switzerland - that she is welcome with open arms" while another Official took to twitter and updated "One very stupid saleswomen is not a representative for the whole country".
Well, Oprah has not responded to any of the apologizes.
I guess that the case is half-resolved now.