Taraji P. Henson is speaking out over rumors of a feud with Oprah after they worked together on "The Color Purple."
While speaking with Today, Taraji stated, "I see what's going on, but there's nothing spin there. You saw the woman doing the electric slide in the dust with us. She was right there in the field doing the electric slide. She held our hands the entire production. She showed up, she was there—there are producers that don't show up on set."
Taraji, who said that she nearly backed out of the film due to pay disparities, stated that Oprah "would step in and do whatever (she) could to make it right" on set.
Taraji added, "She called me personally,. Not my team, not my people—me. And asked me, ‘Taraji, if there's anything you need, you let me know.' And I said it with a shaking voice, I was like, ‘Well, yeah,' since she asked. And I told her and she fixed everything the next day."
Taraji then stated, "What you're not gonna do is pit two Black women together. Not on my watch. I hope they can focus back onto this film, because right now, to me, it feels like what I said is now becoming louder than this beautiful film.
"And that's not fair to me, or anybody in the film, because the film deals with women who live in an oppressed system. Men and women. And all the characters in that film except for the white people. So that movie is about healing. That movie is about sisterhood."
Source: Today
