--- ---  # Reese Witherspoon Showcased an Award-Worthy Oprah Impression at the Golden Globes by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 8, 2018 6:07 PM UTC  BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, Oprah Winfrey accepts the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, Oprah Winfrey accepts the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)Handout—NBCUniversal via Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 8, 2018 6:07 PM UTC Reese Witherspoon [impression of ](http://time.com/5088433/golden-globes-2018-winners/?xid=homepage)[Oprah Winfrey](http://time.com/5091776/golden-globes-red-carpet-sexual-harassment/?xid=homepage)[ at the Golden Globes deserves a comedy award.](http://time.com/5088433/golden-globes-2018-winners/?xid=homepage) Winfrey was at the Golden Globes to receive [Cecil B. Demille Award](http://time.com/5088311/oprah-golden-globes-speech-cecil-demille-award/?xid=homepage) at the event and Witherspoon introduced her [_A Wrinkle in Time_](http://time.com/wrinkle-in-time/) castmate. In her introductory speech, Witherspoon noted that on the set, she and Oprah “spent four hours in the makeup chair almost every day.” Witherspoon must have picked up a few things during their time together, because she does an excellent impression of the former talk show host, which she showed off for the press backstage. “You get a Golden Globe! And you get a Golden Globe!” Witherspoon shouted, pointing out the imaginary lucky winners. It was a pitch-perfect imitation of Oprah’s trademark enthusiastic generosity that was traditionally showcased on her talk show’s annual [Oprah’s Favorite Things](http://time.com/money/5009296/oprah-favorite-things-2017-affordable-holiday-gifts-25-dollars/) episode and has since become a meme. While many of the stars’ backstage antics are never seen by the public, luckily, _Variety_ was there to capture Witherspoon’s Oprah impression and share it with us all. Reese Witherspoon Did an Oprah Impression at Golden Globes ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5092544/reese-witherspoon-oprah-golden-globes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5092544/reese-witherspoon-oprah-golden-globes/"},"headline":"Reese Witherspoon Showcased an Award-Worthy Oprah Impression at the Golden Globes","datePublished":"2018-01-08T18:07:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:35.191Z","description":"Witherspoon showed off her Oprah impression backstage at the Golden Globes","url":"https://time.com/5092544/reese-witherspoon-oprah-golden-globes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","awards","Oprah","Oprah Winfrey","Reese Witherspoon","golden globes 2018","goldenglobes2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40394f20dd128c1c/6988f773e76ad27df66308bd/gettyimages-902753384.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40394f20dd128c1c/6988f773e76ad27df66308bd/gettyimages-902753384.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"75th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show","caption":"75th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show","creditText":"Handout—NBCUniversal via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5092544/reese-witherspoon-oprah-golden-globes/","name":"Reese Witherspoon Showcased an Award-Worthy Oprah Impression at the Golden Globes"}}]}] ```