Your post is inaccurate -- it was 38K, not 50K. I've never known Oprah to be an animal rights activist -- she has always touted very expensive leather shoes and bags. And I sincerely doubt the clerk viewed her as a nobody. Nobodies cannot afford even to stay overnight in Switzerland.
I think the story as presented -- the clerk was just trying to show her a better value for the money -- is pretty much all that happened. Too bad Oprah failed at being just another upper middle class person who can afford to visit Switzerland. Most celebrities long for someplace where they can just be normal and not mobbed and fawned over for a brief while.
Sorry- I first saw the price in pounds sterling and must have converted it to dollars inaccurately. Whether or not she is an animal activist, Winfrey is big on complaining about the poor-and spending that much for a purse while doing so( not to mention globetrotting) is hypocritical in my book.
If they knew she was the famous Oprah, then they knew she could afford the bag-and they were racist. So she should pull up her big girl panties and move on. You’re always going to meet someone who doesn’t like you for whatever reason, color is just one of them.