Oprah on the rare occasion of two powerful people coming together: "We both know how rare this is," says Oprah. "Where else in the history of our African-American culture have two really, really successful people who can do whatever they want said, 'Let’s come together and be even more powerful—let’s take it to the tenth power?'"
Tyler on mixing their friendship with business: "...The most important thing about coming together was making sure we would not lose our friendship because of the business. We had to establish ground rules. The main one: Both of us have to continue to live in our truth. If she doesn’t like something, say it. If I don’t like something, I’ll say it. And we’ll figure it out and keep moving on…”
Tyler's dropping two new original series on OWN this season: "The Haves and the Have Nots" (premiering May 28) and the sitcom "Love Thy Neighbor" (May 29). He says O “challenged me to push myself in terms of my writing and level of thinking." Hopefully she challenges him on his upsetting choices for lacefronts and wiggery for the actors in his films.
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