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Originally posted by Anne Elk
She promises to talk about it on the air when her show resumes taping in the fall. Has jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton jumped on the bandwagon yet? The whole thing is recockulous. The store was closed. They were getting ready for a private event. You are NOT the center of the universe Oprah.
On the up side, the audience members may get some lovely parting gifts from Hermes.
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A few things.
1. This was in the story on CNN:
'The New York Post, in its Monday Page Six gossip column, reported she was turned away because the store had been "having a problem with North Africans lately."
In comments to CNN, an Hermes spokeswoman categorically denied that allegation.
"There was never any discussion of North Africans," she said. "The story is not true."'
I don't think that's true, but until we hear the exact words she was told when turned away, I won't go jumping to any conclusions.
If race was part of the decision, then it is a newsworthy item.
The fact that she is waiting to talk about it until her show airs, if there was any racism or not, is disgusting.
2. Hermes is insane. If they don't want their US sales to fall off the face of the Earth, they better start kissing some big Oprah ass fast.
3. If no racism was involved, Oprah needs to be smacked around with an Hermes Platinum and diamond covered mace.
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