Tracee Ellis Ross has always been unapologetically about her love life or lack thereof , but a five-year-old comment from media mogul Oprah Winfrey continues to stir up controversy.

The Emmy Award-winning star is now pushing back against labels that attempt to define her worth.

The conversation has gained renewed attention through Ross’s new Roku series “Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross,” where she addresses Winfrey’s characterization head-on while documenting her solo adventures.

“I mean, Oprah said it. She said that I’m the poster child for singledom. I don’t want to be that,” Ross said in the episodes of the series, her voice carrying both vulnerability and determination.

The original exchange occurred during a 2020 Vision Tour Visionaries interview, where Winfrey told Ross, “A

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