Oprah Winfrey tumbles while talking about 'maintaining balance' at wellness tour after tripping over her shoes
Oprah Winfrey had a bit of a shaky start to her wellness tour in Los Angeles at the Forum Arena on February 29. Winfrey was in LA for her "Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus". The motivational speaker was there to talk about balance when in an unfortunate incident she took a tumble.
When the incident occurred, Winfrey was talking about what wellness meant to her and how balance plays a key role in making sure that wellness is maintained. "Here’s my definition of what wellness means to me… Wellness to me means all things in balance. And balance doesn’t mean all things are equal or at peace at all times," she said.
It is while delivering this segment that Winfrey fell onstage as she lost her balance because of her shoe, as reported by USA Today. The video from the event was shared extensively on social media. The video shows Winfrey falling down and the crowd gasping as it took them by surprise.
A stage assistant is seen rushing to help the motivational speaker as Winfrey tries to make light of the situation and jokes about wearing the wrong type of shoes for the event. To make sure that a similar situation does not come up, Winfrey decided to remove her shoes and carry on with the talk barefoot.
Winfrey decided to stay like that for a while until she got a comfortable pair of shoes that she chose to wear for the rest of the event. "Thank you so much," she said while returning to continue her speech. She also joked about her fall as she said, "It’s nice to be talking about balance and fall."
During her tour, Winfrey was going to be accompanied by Jennifer Lopez as the guest star but there is no doubt that the motivational speaker came out being a star herself for how she managed to handle the fall.