Oprah Winfrey calls healthcare workers ‘the best of us’ and quotes Nelson Mandela during One World concert
Oprah Winfrey called healthcare workers ‘the best of us’ during her One World: Together At Home speech.
She gave an uplifting speech during the star-studded two-hour special, which recognized healthcare workers and those on the frontlines of the growing coronavirus pandemic.
The 66-year-old said: ‘They truly are the best of us. And their compassion and their true acts of service is a call to action for all of us.
‘We need to ensure that governments around the world step up now and provide the health care workers with the equipment, with the funds, with the support they need.’
Words of wisdom: Oprah Winfrey gave an uplifting speech Saturday during One World Together at Home, which recognized healthcare amid the growing coronavirus pandemic
Winfrey also quoted Nelson Mandela: ‘Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.’
She added: ‘When thinking of Mandela’s words. I think of the courage and resilience of the people of South Africa.
‘Fifty-six million brave souls who have endured so much for so long, and now have to face down this pandemic, while also reconciling on a daily basis injustice and inequality, and communities still ransacked by HIV and AIDs. But they keep going.’
Call to action: The 66-year-old said: ‘They truly are the best of us. And their compassion and their true acts of service is a call to action for all of us’
Stepping up: She added: ‘We need to ensure that governments around the world step up now and provide the health care workers with the equipment, with the funds, with the support they need’
United front: Winfrey concluded her speech: ‘Tonight, we stand as one world, united in our fight to rid the world of this disease and to ensure that nothing like this even happens again’
Early dinner: Ahead of her appearance, Winfrey took to social media with a video of herself making dinner early so she could watch the special
Wine and music: She enjoyed a glass of red wine while making pesto and singing along to Harry Belafonte’s Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
The OWN mogul concluded her speech: ‘Tonight, we stand as one world, united in our fight to rid the world of this disease and to ensure that nothing like this even happens again. And when and if it does, we will be ready.’
Ahead of her appearance, she took to social media with a video of herself making dinner early so she could watch the special.
She enjoyed a glass of red wine while making pesto and singing along to Harry Belafonte’s Day-O (The Banana Boat Song).
Winfrey previously donated $10million to COVID-19 relief efforts, particularly for communities facing hunger.