Inside One of Oprah's 'Lifeclasses'

Eliot Glazer offers a very amusing rundown
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 7, 2012 8:00 AM CDT
Inside One of Oprah's 'Lifeclasses'
Oprah Winfrey attends at the 3rd annual Diane Von Furstenberg awards at the United Nations on March 9, 2012 in New York City.   (Getty Images)

If you aren't quite sure what to do with yourself now that the Oprah Winfrey Show is off the air, never fear: The talk show queen is doing a tour of "Lifeclasses," which Eliot Glazer describes as "trademarked, watered-down" versions of her old show in which people like Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra dole out inspirational advice to a huge audience (and it's all televised, of course). To get an idea of the type of spiritually enlightening advice we're talking about, a quick search for #lifeclass on Twitter should do the trick.


Glazer attended the Monday Lifeclass in New York and gives an entertaining play-by-play on Vulture, noting that the whole thing felt "like a vaguely religious revival at a megachurch. For almost three hours, we gave thanks, we visualized stuff, and we opened our 'heartspace' over and over and over." Some highlights:

  • 3:01pm "Surprise guest and noted source of positive energy Perez Hilton emerges to share his story of being 'born again,' which, unfortunately for everyone, he compares to an 'a-ha orgasm.' How does one draw an 'a-ha orgasm' on Tori Spelling's face, I wonder?"
  • 3:14pm "Fully miked during a commercial break, I overhear Deepak Chopra ask Perez Hilton if he follows him on Twitter. 'I retweeted you the other day,' responds Perez, at which point I think I might be dead."
  • 3:53pm "Getting tired of posing for pictures, Oprah says she can't stop to take a photo with everyone, to which an audience member replies, 'But this has been on my vision board!'"
  • 4:10pm "'Eat WELL before you join us!' reads the invitation to Lifeclass. Apparently, I didn't eat well enough, so I buy some $6 M&M's to tide me over. Whatever, I'm living my best life."
Glazer's full rundown is definitely worth a read. (More Oprah Winfrey stories.)

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