Winfrey explained that it all came down to the pair of sunglasses she was wearing at the time
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- Oprah Winfrey is laughing off the trolls who criticized her for her “90-year-old walk” at Paris Fashion Week
- The TV personality and her longtime friend Gayle King attended the Chloé runway show together on March 5 and were both seen walking carefully
- Winfrey explained that she had an issue with the pair of sunglasses she was wearing at the time
Oprah Winfrey is clapping back at trolls who criticized her for walking like a "90-year-old" at Paris Fashion Week.
Back on March 5, the TV personality, 72, and her longtime friend Gayle King stepped out together to the Chloé Fall/Winter 2026 runway show in Paris. Footage of their arrival at the event, shared on TikTok by Paris Match, showed Winfrey smiling as she took slow and tentative steps. King could be seen trailing behind her, also walking carefully.
According to Winfrey, the duo's entrance sparked some unkind commentary online.
“On the internet, somebody was… you know how people drag you on the internet. So they were dragging me and Gayle saying, ‘Look at them walking like they’re 90 years old,' ” Winfrey said during a recent appearance, per a clip shared on Instagram by user @jznotthatjayz on Thursday, March 12.
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Winfrey — who later reshared the clip — went on to explain that it all came down to a pair of sunglasses she was wearing at the time.
"And so there was a moment where we’re walking into the Chloé fashion show, and my stylist had just handed me the Chloé sunglasses before I got out of the car,” she said. "Now, I wear glasses or I wear contacts. So those were not prescription glasses."
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"So I didn't know where I was walking," she said with a laugh. "I could not see!"
"So everybody who's saying 'you're walking like you're 90,' I could not see," Winfrey reiterated.
The former talk show host said she even had to ask her security team to tell her where she was walking.
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Winfrey then revealed that King, 71, was dealing with her own separate dilemma that day. As the CBS News journalist was walking alongside Winfrey, she said to her, “I got two broken toes. I can’t walk.”
“And that’s the reason we looked like we were 90 years old," Winfrey said.
Weeks before poking fun at her "90-year-old walk," Winfrey showed off her impressive moves in the gym. In a Feb. 16 Instagram post, she shared a throwback video of herself doing her first-ever plank as she revealed how far she's come with the difficult yoga pose.
“Planks are the most challenging exercise for me," she wrote in the caption. "My first one in 2024 lasted 10 seconds. Now I can do them for over a minute, with weights, and whatever creativity Trainer Peter throws my way 💪🏽.”
On her 72nd birthday on Jan. 29, Winfrey shared a video on Instagram of herself doing a series of deadlifts in the gym.
"Life at 72 is looking different than every other decade," she wrote in the caption, explaining that she started strength training "two summers and two knees ago."
"I can’t say I’m ready for the Olympics like Adele, but I sure feel stronger 💪🏽," she continued. "So in honor of another trip around the sun for me, go try something new. You never know where it will lead you."
