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Oprah Winfrey Talks Vegas Shooting, Promotes New Line of Comfort Food on ‘Ellen’ (Watch)

Oprah Winfrey on "Ellen" (Oct. 4, 2017)
Oprah Winfrey on “Ellen” (Oct. 4, 2017)

*Oprah Winfrey appears on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” today (Oct. 4) at a time when the nation is still reeling from the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

The 63-year-old “60 Minutes” contributor expressed concern for those affected by the massacre Sunday night in Las Vegas. “I feel the soul of the nation. I feel the ache that we all feel. As the names are coming out and you get to see who they are by name, I speak their names out loud in thoughtful prayer,” she told DeGeneres. “And I think this is a time for all of us to first of all appreciate the ordinary.”

Winfrey said she often thinks about those who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and how each woke up that morning unaware of the tragedy to come.

“I think, ‘All those people that morning did the same thing, and it was such an ordinary day.’ And I think about everybody who went to that concert the other night—it was just an ordinary day. And [I think about] how excited everybody was to be out in the open air and be at that concert, and then they didn’t come home,” she continued. “It helps us. This is a reminder to all of us to appreciate the ordinariness of our days, because that’s what makes life extraordinary.”

Winfrey then thanked Ellen for trying to lift spirits in her monologue to start the show. “This is the best I’ve felt in the past couple of days, being able to spend time with you and come do the show. You know, we all have ways of teaching and healing. I did it for 25 years on the air. And I say this with just the deepest love for you: You make everybody feel better. You,” she told the comedienne. “You make everybody feel better and this show makes everybody feel better.”

Watch Oprah and Ellen chat below.

Oprah was also on “Ellen” to promote her new line of health-conscious, heat-and-eat comfort food, “O, That’s Good!” in collaboration with Kraft Heinz.

credit: Andrew Scrivani promo shots Kraft Heinz/Oprah Winfrey Food Line + a nutritious TWIST to some of Oprah©as favorite comfort foods "Cooper, Rachel"

The initial offering of refrigerated soups and sides includes Original Mashed Potatoes and Garlic Mashed Potatoes (both with added mashed cauliflower), Three Cheese Pasta (with added butternut squash), Creamy Parmesan Pasta (with added white beans), Broccoli Cheddar Soup (with added butternut squash), Creamy Tomato Basil Soup (with added celery and carrots), Baked Potato Soup (with added cauliflower) and Creamy Butternut Squash Soup (with added pureed sweet potatoes and carrots).

Below, watch Oprah and Ellen plug the O, That’s Good! launch during a visit to the grocery store.

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