--- title: Reese Witherspoon Did an Oprah Impression at Golden Globes description: Reese Witherspoon showed off her Oprah impression backstage at the Golden Globes canonical: https://time.com/5092544/reese-witherspoon-oprah-golden-globes/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-08T18:07:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:35.191Z og:title: Reese Witherspoon's Oprah Impression Should Win An Emmy og:description: Witherspoon showed off her Oprah impression backstage at the Golden Globes og:url: https://time.com/5092544/reese-witherspoon-oprah-golden-globes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40394f20dd128c1c/6988f773e76ad27df66308bd/gettyimages-902753384.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Reese Witherspoon's Oprah Impression Should Win An Emmy twitter:description: Witherspoon showed off her Oprah impression backstage at the Golden Globes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40394f20dd128c1c/6988f773e76ad27df66308bd/gettyimages-902753384.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Reese Witherspoon Showcased an Award-Worthy Oprah Impression at the Golden Globes > Sponsored content. 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(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. ```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"}}]}] ```