--- title: Oprah Describes Custom Hand-Carved Bathtub to James Corden description: Oprah shared that her favorite way to relax is in her hand-carved bathtub that's shaped especially for her body on The Late Late Show. canonical: https://time.com/5197420/oprah-has-hand-carved-bathtub/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-13T15:19:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:22.066Z og:title: Oprah's Oprah-Shaped Bathtub Sets a New Standard for Success og:description: It's made of marble and onyx og:url: https://time.com/5197420/oprah-has-hand-carved-bathtub/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf03f49e2f255f1f8/69892aa8db2987530825f146/oprah-custom-bathtub.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Disney's "A Wrinkle In Time" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oprah's Oprah-Shaped Bathtub Sets a New Standard for Success twitter:description: It's made of marble and onyx twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf03f49e2f255f1f8/69892aa8db2987530825f146/oprah-custom-bathtub.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Oprah Describing Her Oprah-Shaped Bathtub Will Set a New Standard for Success > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Presley Ann/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Presley Ann—Patrick McMullan via Getty Image  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 13, 2018 3:19 PM UTC Leave it to [Oprah Winfrey](http://time.com/5094585/ivanka-trump-oprah-winfrey-golden-globes-backlash-twitter/) to relax in a custom, hand-carved bathtub made especially for her the shape of her body. In an appearance alongside her [_Wrinkle in Time_](http://time.com/wrinkle-in-time/) co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling on [_The Late Late Show with James Corden_](http://time.com/4874242/carpool-karaoke-usher/), Oprah revealed that bathing is her favorite hobby, so much so that she has a hand-carved tub made out of marble and onyx. As if that wasn’t luxurious enough, Oprah also divulged that the tub is custom made to accommodate the shape of her body, something that elicited a mixture of awe and envy from Corden, Witherspoon and Kaling. In fact, the tub’s existence became a sort of motivational point for Corden, who declared that his measure of success in his career would now be getting a tub like Oprah’s. “That’s the dream,” he said. “That’s all I’m really living for, that’s all I’m really working for from this point on.” Oprah, however, didn’t understand why everyone was so surprised she had a hand-carved tub. “I told you — bathing, I’m _serious_ about it.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5197420/oprah-has-hand-carved-bathtub/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5197420/oprah-has-hand-carved-bathtub/"},"headline":"Oprah Describing Her Oprah-Shaped Bathtub Will Set a New Standard for Success","datePublished":"2018-03-13T15:19:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:22.066Z","description":"It's made of marble and onyx","url":"https://time.com/5197420/oprah-has-hand-carved-bathtub/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf03f49e2f255f1f8/69892aa8db2987530825f146/oprah-custom-bathtub.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf03f49e2f255f1f8/69892aa8db2987530825f146/oprah-custom-bathtub.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Disney's \"A Wrinkle In Time\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Disney's \"A Wrinkle In Time\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Presley Ann—Patrick McMullan via Getty Image","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/5197420/oprah-has-hand-carved-bathtub/","name":"Oprah Describing Her Oprah-Shaped Bathtub Will Set a New Standard for Success"}}]}] ```