Remember when Meghan Markle’s mother Doria Ragland paid a visit to Oprah Winfrey’s house weeks before her daughter’s wedding and we all went into meltdown guessing what the pair got up to?
Did the media mogul interview the Duchess of Sussex’s mother? Was Doria collecting wedding gifts to take to London? Did the new friends catch up on old Suits episodes together?
Well, Winfrey has finally revealed what went down when Doria visited her £64million 'Promised Land' mansion in Santa Barbara and, let’s just say, it sounded like a dream BFF date.
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‘The story was that Meghan's mum had come to my house and she left laden with gifts, she said to Entertainment Tonight at the Love Is premiere on Monday night.
‘You know what the gifts were? First of all, she's great at yoga, so I said, “Bring your yoga mat and your sneaks in case we just want to do yoga on the lawn.” So one of the bags was a yoga mat and the other was lunch.’
Well, seeing as yoga (in candlelight) is one of Meghan’s favourite pastimes, we couldn’t be more excited by the idea of Oprah and Doria practicing their Child's Pose in the Californian sun together.
But, that’s not all the pair did.
Oprah also revealed she gave Doria a special gift on leaving her home.
She told ET: ‘[Doria] said, “I love kumquats”, and I said, “I have a kumquat tree! You want some kumquats?' So it was a basket of kumquats, people! For all of the people who said I am getting her gifts and I'm trying to bribe her for an interview - they were kumquats. If kumquats can get you an interview, I'm all for it!’
When asked if she'd be the one to bag an interview with the newly married couple, Oprah replied: ‘I sure would like that to be true! But I wasn't there trying to get an interview, I was just there, you know.’
The A Wrinkle In Time star also revealed her thoughts on the royal couple's special day, which she attended dressed in a last-minute altered Stella McCartney dress.
‘It was transformative,’ she gushed. ‘It was more than a wedding, I thought. It was a cultural moment.
‘You could not be there, or watch on television, and not feel that there was a shift that just happened. I think it's bigger than them and I think it bodes well for hope for all of us.’
We're so into Doria and Oprah's new friendship.
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