Oprah Winfrey: $38K Handbag is too Expensive?

Forbes Magazine's most powerful celebrity of the world, Oprah Winfrey told by an saleswoman not to look at Tom Ford bag because "it's expensive".

Oprah made a revelation during her experience in Zurich, Switzerland, she was there for the wedding of her friends Tina Turner and Erwin Bach. Oprah appeared in the TV show "Entertainment Tonight" and told everyone about her experience in a shop called Trois Pommes. Oprah said that she's a victim of racism at the Trois Pommes Tom Ford shop.

"But I will tell you this. I was in Zurich the other day, at a store whose name I will not mention. I didn't have my eyelashes on, but I was in full Oprah Winfrey gear,” she started, “I had a little Donna Karan skirt, and little sandals, but obviously the Oprah Winfrey show is not shown in Zurich. So this doesn't happen to me, unless someone obviously doesn't know it's me.”

She continue and said. 

"I say to the woman: 'Excuse me, may I see that bag right above your head?' And she says to me: 'No. It's too expensive'. And I said: 'No, you see the black one, the one that's folded over,’”

She even told her that she's wearing an expensive outfit by Donna Karan, but the clerk still saying,

‘No, no, no, you don’t want to see that one. You want to see this one. Because that one will cost too much; you will not be able to afford that one,".

After hearing that said incident, the Swiss tourism officals spokesperson Daniela Baer quick say sorry, and stated, 

“We are very sorry for what happened to her, of course, because we think all of our guests and clients should be treated respectfully, in a professional way”.

Also, the tourism office tweeted, 

“This person acted terribly wrong.”

According to the luxury shop store owner of Trois Pommes, Trudie Goetz, this is not a racism but a case of miscommunication. She said, 

“This is an absolute classic misunderstanding”, “This has nothing to do with racism, I am here for everyone and the customer is king"

and saying that the clerk just not communicate well with Oprah. Also she added that the clerk was just trying to tell that the Tom Ford bag named is "Jeniffer" from the designer's fan, Jennifer Aniston. 

“Of course that's not the case. Who wouldn't want to sell a purse for 35,000 francs?” Goetz also added.

In her interview with BBC, she said that, 

“My salesperson wanted to give her the handbag in her hand. But she didn't want to take the bag.” “I have to admit that the employee is Italian. Of course, she speaks English, but not as well as her mother tongue. It was a real misunderstanding,” Goetz also added.

Oprah Winfrey has not yet reacted and didn't say any comment regarding to their explanation.