Did anyone catch Oprah the other day when she interviewed Valerie Bertinelli? Apryl and I saw it the other night (Oprah is replayed here at 11pm). I was curious to see it because I worked on a segment for it. The shoot was with a group of women who call themselves Vals’ Pals. Inspired by Valerie’s weight loss, the women support each other through their own weight loss goals. The women are from all over but they were brought to Chicago for an upcoming show for Oprah. They weren’t told, though, that it had anything to do with Valerie. While the women were eating at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, the Oprah show had it arranged for Valerie to come out and surprise the women. Well, towards the end of the interview on the program the other day, Oprah discusses with Valerie about her weight gain as well as her becoming a spokeswoman for Jenny Craig. They then cut to the footage of Valerie surprising Vals’ Pals. There were two video crews covering the event so at one point you can clearly see me in the background holding the boom. So, I can now say, “I’ve been on Oprah.”
– Another thing about the Oprah shoot. While we were at the Ritz, the cameraman and I shared an elevator ride with actor John Leguizamo and his daughter. Nice guy.
the folks and i watched it because i remember you saying you did a shoot for oprah with valerie. i didn’t know which part you did sound for though. i was guessing it was the segments where she read her book aloud.
Comment by anna — February 28, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
That was a pretty funny episode with Valerie embarrassed to admit everything in her past and Oprah reminding her that it was all right there for everyone to read in her new book.
Comment by Hayden — February 28, 2008 @ 8:15 pm