The saleslady who was accused of refusing to show Oprah Winfrey a very expensive handbag is claiming the media mogul LIED about her experience in Trois Pommes, the luxury boutique.
Speaking anonymously with newspaper, SonntagsBlick, she is actually claiming it is SHE who is the victim of racism, stating that after Winfrey told the story on TV, she has felt ‘powerless’.
The saleslady is denying the veracity of Oprah’s story:
“I wasn’t sure what I should present to her when she came in on the afternoon of Saturday July 20 so I showed her some bags from the Jennifer Aniston collection. I explained to her the bags came in different sizes and materials, like I always do. She looked at a frame behind me. Far above there was the 35,000 Swiss franc crocodile leather bag. I simply told her that it was like the one I held in my hand, only much more expensive, and that I could show her similar bags. It is absolutely not true that I declined to show her the bag on racist grounds. I even asked her if she wanted to look at the bag. She looked around the store again but didn’t say anything else. Then she went with her companion to the lower floor. My colleague saw them to the door. They were not even in the store for five minutes.
..If it had all taken place as she claimed, why has she not complained the next day at the wedding of Tina Turner with Trudie Goetz, my boss? She was there also at the Turner wedding as a guest. I don’t understand it.
…I spoke to Oprah Winfrey in English. My English is okay but not excellent, unfortunately. I didn’t know who she was when she came into the store. That wouldn’t have made any difference if I had.”
She insisted she never told Ms. Winfrey: “You don’t want to see this bag. It is too expensive.”
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Source: EURWeb
