On Monday, Oprah Winfrey posted on her Instagram a video of her partner Stedman Graham giving Thando Dlomo a new haircut at home. Dlomo is a member of Winfrey's first class.
In the video, "Uncle Stedman" asks Dlomo to be still as he shaves her sides, and Winfrey could not help but burst into laughter behind the camera. Winfrey added a caption to the video that says, "Stedman's Barbershop." Winfrey commented on the haircut, saying that it does not look better; instead, it seems different.
Oprah said that due to the coronavirus pandemic closing grooming and beauty salons, the impromptu salon emerged. She added that they had to make hairdo because there were no hairdressers and barbers.
Her daughter Dlomo convinced Uncle Stedman to give her hair a trim even though it is his first time to use clippers. She added that the result is stressful for some but hilarious for others.
Dlomo stressed in the video the importance of the cut and called it a "defining moment." The worried Graham cut the back of her hair, and his customer commented on her looks, saying that it was very high. When the haircutting session ended, Dlomo shared her new looks on her Instagram feed, posing gorgeously.
She captioned the post saying that everything worked out fine and calling a shout out to her "Uncle Sted" and her mom. She added that the moral lesson for the day is to #TrustTheProcess.
Oprah Winfrey forced Graham to do self-isolation in their guest house in March and stay there for two weeks because she said that he was "late to the party," which was pointing to the CDC's recommended social distancing rules.
The couple has been isolating with Dlomo ever since. The mother and daughter are busy with their artistic activities while staying home. They even painted and decorated Easter eggs, days before the holiday.
Winfrey said on an Instagram post that it is a sign of a "lockdown" when she is coloring Easter eggs, which she has not done since her third grade.
Thando Dlomo is one of the members of the first class of Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) in South Africa. Oprah Winfrey opened a boarding school in 2007 and named it OWLAG that offers facilities to rival those top prep schools in the US. Ninety percent of the alumnae have graduated from colleges like Oxford and Harvard.
Winfrey said that she wanted to build a school for girls who are just like her because she understands how poverty seeps into someone's bones.
Her students call her "Mom O," which she was hesitant at first because she was afraid that their moms would think that she was taking their roles in their daughters' life. But Winfrey is aware of what her role is. She wants children to come to her and tell her about their problems. She referred to them as the "daughters that she did not have."
