Popular talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is known for her intimate sit down chats, like her bombshell interview with Harry and Meghan - but even long-time hosts like Oprah get it wrong sometimes.
Oprah Winfrey has recalled the big mistake she made while interviewing Sally Field
Early in her career, she was urged by bosses to ask the actress an awkward question about her co-star Burt Reynolds, whom she starred with in the likes of Smokey and the Bandit - while she also dated the late big screen icon for a number of years 17 May 2021
I asked her, Does Burt sleep with his toupee on? I even say now, I cringe to even think that I asked that question. But I asked it because the producers are like, You have to ask, you have to ask, you have to ask. That s what everybody wants to know.
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Oprah Winfrey regrets caving to producers demands to quiz legendary actress Sally Field about former lover Burt Reynolds. The media mogul admits the decades-old question was inappropriate and that it s the one mistake that continues to haunt her to this day. Of flubs in the world, this was when I was younger and not living from the point of view of the surrogate, but I did feel a responsibility to ask the questions people wanted (to know the answers to), she shared. And Sally Field was on. My big mistake: I asked her, Does Burt sleep with his toupee on?
Oprah Winfrey reveals the one inappropriate question she regrets asking to this day
The talk show host admitted that the question makes her cringe even today.
May 14, 2021 10:14 BST
Oprah Winfrey is touted as one of the best interviewers out there, ran the highest-rated talk show, and has been often dubbed the Queen of All Media. However, there was one mistake in her highly successful career that haunts her even today.
In a recent appearance on Rob Lowe s Literally! podcast on Wednesday, Winfrey looked back on the one question that she regrets asking. The talk show host revealed that she made the mistake years ago during a sit-down interview with actress Sally Field.