Oprah Winfrey speaks onstage during the 2023 Tennessee State University Commencement ceremony at Hale Stadium at Tennessee State University on May 06, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. delighted graduates at her alma mater Tennessee State University on Saturday, telling the story of how she fell one credit short of graduating as she launched the media career that would make her a household name.
"I said, ‘No sir. TV? Not really, sir, because my father says I have to finish school, and school is just too important,’" Winfrey recalled.She then went back to class and related the conversation to her scene design professor who "looked at me as if I didn’t have the brains that God gave lettuce," Winfrey said.Malcolm Manning, 23, spoke with FOX Television Stations about getting his biggest client right before he was about to break away from photography.