STORY: Oprah – The Queen of autographs while in Toronto for Precious premiere
January 8, 2010 by Michael ·
When we first published our 2009 BEST & WORST celebrity autograph signers list and was talking about Mariah Carey with Planet Maurie on Virgin Radio 99.9 – we brought up Oprah and the Precious film cast that visited Toronto for the film festival.
We were asked a few times. What about Oprah? How does she feel about signing autographs?
It reminded us of a story from 2009 TIFF which brought Oprah and cast of Precious to Toronto for the films premiere.
Oprah’s stay in Toronto was very short lived. The mighty O arrived in Toronto late Saturday by private plane in advance of the Precious press conference and premiere on Sunday.
And yes, there were plenty of people chasing Oprah for her autograph. But the collectors chances would be few as Oprah’s press and media commitments were in the same hotel she stayed at – so except for her premiere and dinner on Saturday evening, she didn’t really go out anywhere. The few autograph collectors that fluked off running into Oprah on Saturday evening reported she was extremely nice and willingly obliged autograph requests.
But that still left a large group of collectors chasing on Sunday. After the Gala premiere of Precious, Oprah and her entourage headed straight back to her waiting private plane at the airport – with 4 cars of autograph hounds following.
Now, when cars of autograph seekers are following to the private airfields of Toronto – its no secret to the persons their following. But the seekers can only get so far. As Oprah’s car drove past the fence which is the farthest the other cars can go – a member of Oprah’s entourage got out and approached each car that followed them.
He collected the photos and various items from the collectors which they wanted Oprah to sign. He then got back into his car and drove to the plane. Ten minutes later he emerged from Oprah’s plane and brought back all the items.
Each now personally signed by Oprah.
Yes, Oprah does care about everyone – even the autograph hounds.
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