Bossip
Video
Taraji
P.
Henson
wants
the
world
to
focus
on
The
Color
Purple
for
the
“beautiful”
film
that
it
is,
not
any
behind-the-scenes
drama.
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Holmes
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During
her
press
tour
for
The
Color
Purple,
Henson
has
garnered
a
lot
of
attention
for
shining
a
light
on
the
pay
disparity
among
Black
actresses
in
Hollywood.
Because
of
that,
many
people
started
to
point
the
finger
at
Oprah
Winfrey,
saying
that
her
role
as
producer
on
the
film
must
mean
she
is
at
fault,
in
some
way,
for
the
film’s
actresses
not
being
properly
compensated.
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Both
Oprah
and
Taraji
have
denied
that
there’s
any
sort
of
feud
between
them,
and
now,
the
latter
is
sending
a
message
to
anyone
focusing
on
those
rumors
instead
of
the
actual
film.
In
a
new
interview
with
NBC
Today,
Henson
said:
“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,”
she
continued.
“Because
the
film
deals
with
women
who
are
oppressed
—
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.”
Winfrey
previously
denied
having
any
influence
over
anyone’s
salary
as
a
producer,
but
insisted
she
did
everything
she
could
to
help
out
the
film’s
stars.
“Whenever
I
heard
there
was
an
issue
or
there
was
a
problem,
there
was
a
problem
with
a
cars
or
the
problem
with
their
food,
I
would
step
in
and
do
whatever
I
could
to
make
it
right,”
she
told
ET
on
the
red
carpet
of
the
Golden
Globes.
“And
I
believe
that
she
would
even
vouch
for
that
and
say
that
is
true.”
Henson
echoed
that
same
sentiment
in
her
Today
interview,
remembering
how
Oprah
reached
out
to
her
personally
to
offer
her
some
help.
“I
see
what’s
going
on,
but
there’s
nothing
to
spin
there,”
she
said
of
the
rumored
feud.
“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,”
Henson
continued.
“She
showed
up,
she
was
there
—
there
are
producers
that
don’t
show
up
on
set.”
Taraji
went
on
to
say,
“You
know,
she
called
me,
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.”
She
added,
“And
what
you’re
not
gonna
do
is
pit
two
Black
women
together
—
not
on
my
watch.”
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