Cindy Crawford Did Not Hold Back When Addressing This Specific Talk Show Moment With Oprah Winfrey

Although Cindy Crawford is now a household name who has graced hundreds of magazine covers over the years, the supermodel had a grueling climb to the top. In her new Apple TV+ docuseries, Supermodels, she stars alongside fellow ’90s supermodels Linda Evangelista, Noami Campbell and Christy Turlington and opens up about her career, her life and everything in between.

At one specific point in the show, Crawford recalled a moment she felt uncomfortable during Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show. In the clip from 1986, Winfrey is seen introducing Crawford as the next up-and-coming model then asking her to stand up to show off her slim physique. “Did she always have this body? Stand up just a moment, now this is what I call a body,” Winfrey said, per Daily Mail.

Obeying the host, Crawford then nervously chuckles, stands up and quickly turns for the camera. “I was like the chattel or a child, be seen and not heard,” Crawford said in the confessional. “When you look at it through today’s eyes, Oprah’s like, ‘Stand up and show me your body. Show us why you’re worthy of being here.’”

“In the moment I didn’t recognize it and watching it back I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, that was so not okay really,’” Crawford continued, before adding, “Especially from Oprah!”

Knowing that Crawford and Winfrey have since worked together and been photographed together over the years, it seems as if Crawford doesn’t hold a grudge. That isn’t to say, however, that it was okay for Winfrey to objectify her like that!

But, according to many more revelations made by Crawford in Supermodels, Winfrey’s request was not the most absurd thing she had to endure at the beginning of her career.