Oprah Explains Slow Walk at Paris Fashion Week

Oprah Winfrey has addressed online criticism of her gait during Paris Fashion Week, attributing the slow walk to impaired vision from non-prescription sunglasses and an injury suffered by her longtime friend Gayle King.

The 72-year-old media executive and King, 71, drew attention after a video surfaced showing them approaching the Chloé runway show at the Tennis Club de Paris on March 4. Clad in a yellow cropped jacket, dark denim jeans and low heels, Winfrey proceeded cautiously, with King following in a black leather blazer and rust-colored slacks. Social media users quickly commented on their deliberate pace, likening it to that of much older individuals.

During a recent taping of The Oprah Podcast, Winfrey shared the story with an audience, prompting laughter as she recounted the moment. "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,'" she said in a clip later posted to Instagram. Winfrey explained that her stylist had handed her Chloé sunglasses just before exiting the car. "Now I wear glasses or I wear contacts, so those were not prescription glasses,"...