Taraji P. Henson, Oprah Winfrey Feud in Media

[Anonymous]

Taraji P. Henson is making public her continued low rate of pay and below industry standard treatment for any actor, let alone one of her caliber.

Opinions?

https://www.etonline.com/the-color-purple-director-blitz-bazawule-weighs-in-on-taraji-p-henson-oprah-winfrey-feud-rumor

[Anonymous]

Nope

[Anonymous]

I love it. Oprah has long exploited people without any sort of reckoning. Team Taraji!

[Anonymous]

Taraji P. Henson reported she had to negotiate her pay from $100K to $150K for her role in the Benjamin Button movie. She was nominated for an Academy Award.

I found that shockingly low pay. She says her pay didn't automatically go up for roles because of her Oscar nomination.

I never heard of Rachel Hollis, a social media influencer, and her speaker fee is Min Fee Range - U.S. Dates
$150,000-$299,000 according to a celebrity website.

Taraji says she was told by Oprah's team that she and the other actors like Fantasia don't translate well to international audiences and that is the reason for their continued lower pay rates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Taraji P. Henson reported she had to negotiate her pay from $100K to $150K for her role in the Benjamin Button movie. She was nominated for an Academy Award.

I found that shockingly low pay. She says her pay didn't automatically go up for roles because of her Oscar nomination.

I never heard of Rachel Hollis, a social media influencer, and her speaker fee is Min Fee Range - U.S. Dates
$150,000-$299,000 according to a celebrity website.

Taraji says she was told by Oprah's team that she and the other actors like Fantasia don't translate well to international audiences and that is the reason for their continued lower pay rates.

This makes disgusting sense to me. I recently traveled internationally with my BFF, who is black. She was treated terribly in a few countries, specifically Italy and Ireland. She was treated wonderfully in places where POC are more common, like the UK and France.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taraji P. Henson reported she had to negotiate her pay from $100K to $150K for her role in the Benjamin Button movie. She was nominated for an Academy Award.

I found that shockingly low pay. She says her pay didn't automatically go up for roles because of her Oscar nomination.

I never heard of Rachel Hollis, a social media influencer, and her speaker fee is Min Fee Range - U.S. Dates
$150,000-$299,000 according to a celebrity website.

Taraji says she was told by Oprah's team that she and the other actors like Fantasia don't translate well to international audiences and that is the reason for their continued lower pay rates.

This makes disgusting sense to me. I recently traveled internationally with my BFF, who is black. She was treated terribly in a few countries, specifically Italy and Ireland. She was treated wonderfully in places where POC are more common, like the UK and France.

So you're blaming the Italian people and the Irish people for the feud with Oprah, for a movie with a $100 million dollar budget? The three co-star actresses had to share obesity very small trailor. Wouldn't Oprah walk the walk and make sure herself that the main stars were treated well on set?

[Anonymous]

Oprah is so gross. She is worth a disgusting amount of money and she is penny pinching with black actors? SHAME ON HER!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oprah is so gross. She is worth a disgusting amount of money and she is penny pinching with black actors? SHAME ON HER!

This is a media created problem. Winfrey is the producer. The producer does not set the salaries of the cast and crew. Cast and crew either get paid according to SAG-AFTRA union rates (for smaller roles) or they/their agent negotiate a contract with the studio. Even in the linked article, Winfrey says that she has no conflict with Henson. Henson's gripe is with the studio, not with the producer. The studio is the one that negotiated the contracts with the featured actors (those not covered by union rates).

Here is a different article where Winfrey says that when Henson has a problem within the producer's purview, Winfrey took care of the issue (rental cars vs drivers)
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/oprah-sets-the-record-straight-on-rumors-of-feud-with-taraji-p-henson-there-is-no-thing

[Anonymous]

They are not feuding.
Taraji is speaking out about pay disparity but you make it about just her and Oprah.
Pound sand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oprah is so gross. She is worth a disgusting amount of money and she is penny pinching with black actors? SHAME ON HER!

This is a media created problem. Winfrey is the producer. The producer does not set the salaries of the cast and crew. Cast and crew either get paid according to SAG-AFTRA union rates (for smaller roles) or they/their agent negotiate a contract with the studio. Even in the linked article, Winfrey says that she has no conflict with Henson. Henson's gripe is with the studio, not with the producer. The studio is the one that negotiated the contracts with the featured actors (those not covered by union rates).

Here is a different article where Winfrey says that when Henson has a problem within the producer's purview, Winfrey took care of the issue (rental cars vs drivers)
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/oprah-sets-the-record-straight-on-rumors-of-feud-with-taraji-p-henson-there-is-no-thing

Oprah Winfrey has no influence on the studio - suuuuuuuuuure.

[Anonymous]

Oprah could fix it if she wanted to. She has influence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oprah could fix it if she wanted to. She has influence.

this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are not feuding.
Taraji is speaking out about pay disparity but you make it about just her and Oprah.
Pound sand.

Correct! Don’t take away from the issue and instead make it a women vs women thing.