This Is Pretty Much How It Would Go

Oprah Winfrey, a woman so likeable that Kitty Kelley couldn’t put a dent in her, has anointed a new author, adorably:

LYNN NEARY, BYLINE: Ayana Mathis was in Paris when she got a phone call. The woman on the other end said she was Oprah Winfrey.

AYANA MATHIS: I think I said no, it isn’t.

OPRAH WINFREY: Yes, exactly.

MATHIS: And then I…

WINFREY: That is what she said.

MATHIS: …what, what? And then I think I asked her if it was a joke. Did I ask you if it was a joke?

WINFREY: Yes, you did. You said, no, it isn’t. Then I said, well, I have your book. I just — but it’s always fun to do that.

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