Oprah...you've fucking lost me.
Of course by now you have heard the news of Oprah's "problem" at an Hermes boutique in France. Read about it here http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/23/AR2005062302086.html

Now I wasn't at the Hermes boutique on Rue de la Poopie Do or whereverthefuck it is, so I realize that my reaction to this incident is based on what I have read in the paper or seen on TV. And it is a visceral reaction kinda like my irrational hatred of Tom Cruise (that assclown needs to fall off the planet), but Oprah give me a muthafuckin break.

I haven't heard a word out of Oprah's mouth about the incident, but self described Oprah's "best friend" Gayle King goes on Entertainment Tonight waxing all philosophic about the incident. Gayle King...a person who is famous for being Oprah's best friend. Who can tell me one accomplishment that Gayle has had that didn't involve Oprah? Anyone? Ferris? Exactly!
The quick story:Oprah and her entourage showed up at the Hermes boutique at 6:45 pm and were denied admittance into the store. The Hermes' rep said the store closed at 6:30 and they were prepping for a private event.Gayle said that people in the store were shopping. The Hermes rep said that people in the store preparing for the event may have given Oprah the impression that folks were shopping.

All of this is speculation, but what blows me away is Gayle King's statement that Oprah said that, "This was one of the most humiliating moments of her life." Say WHAT!!!

Now as a black female journalist I have great admiration of Oprah and how she worked to become the richest black woman on the planet after basically starting with zip. Last time I checked, Oprah grew up poor and black in Mississippi; was sexually abused as a child; was a chronic overeater with a horrendous weight problem, but not being allowed entry into a store so she could go buy a $6,000 handbag is "one of the most humiliating moments of her life." My black ass has trouble paying the rent and Oprah is upset cause she couldn't go in a store and spend enough money on handbags and scarves to feed a family of four for several months.

I'm certain that Oprah could console herself by going home and filling her gold plated bathtub with hundred dollar bills and taking a dip.

Oprah has said that she will no longer be shopping at Hermes. Good on her, but was the company's sleight racist or just stupid? It was definitely stupid and it could be racist, but in my world where I struggle to make my car payments and pay for day care every month, do I really give a damn? Does Oprah need to devote an entire show to this? Hell, no.

There are wayyyyy too many problems out there that need attention, but once again the public will be consumed with shit that just doesn't matter very much in the bigger picture.