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Published 16:25 26 May 2023 GMT+1

Woman shares advice Oprah Winfrey gave her off camera after winning free car

Candi Davis, from Chicago, has taken to TikTok to reveal what went down with Oprah Winfrey.

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

Candi Davis - a woman who was lucky enough to get advice off one of the most influential women on the planet - has revealed what went down, and we're all ears.

The Chicago woman was in the crowd of The Oprah Winfrey Show back in 2010 when she got the surprise of a lifetime.

Over a decade after Candi took part in the TV legend's 'favorite things' giveaway segment, she has now revealed what the talk show host told audiences when the cameras weren't rolling.

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The woman told her 38.3k TikTok followers: "I was in the audience of The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2010, when she gave away the Volkswagen Beetles for Christmas.

"It was a crazy, crazy day."

Candi revealed that in total, she was gifted diamond earrings, a fancy designer handbag and a brand new car.

The TikTok received some mixed responses.
TikTok/@alwayscandid

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She went on to explain what Oprah, who famously first gifted her live studio audience a round of cars back in September 2004, said to her and other Beetle recipients after the big reveal.

Recalling the event, which took place in November 2010, the woman claimed: "She kicked off her gold high heels shoes, sat down on the edge of the stage and talked to all of us.

"She said, 'I know you don’t feel like you deserve any of this stuff, and you don’t'."

Oprah allegedly continued: "None of you deserve it. But you are worthy of it, and I want you to remember that."

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Candi dubbed the interaction a 'beautiful moment', but others may have looked at the comment from a slightly different angle.

One TikTok user wrote: "'None of you deserve it, but you’re worthy'… kind of sounds like a back-handed compliment."

A second said: "I didn’t like what she said. You don’t deserve it?"

A third, however, defended: "She probably meant that you’re not entitled to it but you’re worthy of the blessing."

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"It’s [giving] backhanded compliment,” a fourth TikTok user responded, to which Candi assured: "It wasn’t meant to be. I just did not tell the story right."

The audience member opened up about the advice Oprah gave them off-air.
TikTok/@alwayscandid

In a follow-up TikTok, Candi explained: "When the show was over, the audience was full of people just crying and very emotional about what we had all just experienced of being gifted the car.

"There were a lot of people saying, 'I should sell my car and give the money to my kids'.

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"Oprah overheard some of that talk and said, ‘Let me stop you right there. You don’t deserve this, and if you feel like you don’t deserve this, that’s valid.

"But I want you to feel worthy of it. I want you to accept it. I want you to leave here with the car and not feel bad. Release any guilt you feel about being gifted this car'."

Candi resolved: "She meant it in a really sweet way. It wasn’t a backhanded compliment."

Tyla has reached out to Oprah Winfrey's reps for comment.

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@alwayscandid/OWN

Topics: TikTok, Celebrity

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish has an MA in Multimedia Journalism and is passionate about delivering sarcastic/mildly amusing content. After studying business at undergrad, Anish realised that he’d much prefer getting paid to rant about a topic, rather than to find a solution to it. Apart from that, he loves the ‘Four F’s’, as he calls it - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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