Oprah Winfrey has revealed she thinks it is too soon to remove certain COVID-19 restrictions and that she will continue to wear a mask inside planes and enclosed buildings, or around unvaccinated people.
Discussing her new documentary 'The Color of Care' with the Los Angeles Times, the veteran talk show host said she is aware of the immense privilege her fame and wealth have granted her throughout the pandemic.
Oprah shared she decided to make the film - which airs Sunday on the Smithsonian Channel - after reading about countless stories of people of color for whom the pandemic proved fatal because of racial inequities in the healthcare system.
Revealing she spent 332 days without leaving her home during the peak of the pandemic, Oprah went on to tell the LA times she is not quite ready just yet to let go of precautions.
'I personally think it's too soon to be removing masks from planes. But that's what people choose to do. And if I were on a commercial plane, I would be one of the people who would still be wearing my mask,' Oprah told the Los Angeles Times.
She continued: 'And I would be one of the people still wearing my masks in an enclosed building with people who I didn't know if they were or were not vaccinated. But that is just me. And I certainly accept that there are other people who disagree. I'm OK with that as long as I can wear mine.'
Discussing her new documentary 'The Color of Care', Oprah said she is aware of the immense privilege her fame and wealth have granted her throughout the pandemic
Revealing she spent 332 days without leaving her home during the peak of the pandemic, Oprah went on to tell the LA times she is not quite ready just yet to let go of precautions
Oprah told the LA Times she had been lucky not to have lost anybody in her family to COVID-19, but said she was able to have access to privileges many Americans did not have, like staying home for almost a year to avoid becoming infected.
'You can do that when you don't have to worry about where your next paycheck is coming from. I didn't have to worry about ''Am I going to have rent? Am I going to be able to get food? Am I going to be able to keep the lights on and am I going to be able to take care of my children?''' Oprah said.
The 68-year-old said she was appalled by the close to one million COVID-19 deaths in America.
Oprah said she was inspired to document the harsh reality of many families of color after reading on USA Today about Gary Fowler, a black man who
