Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham stepped out together for an unusually rare public appearance as Winfrey reunited with former colleagues from The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago. Winfrey and Graham, who have deliberately kept much of their four-decade relationship away from public events. The appearance came nearly seven years after Winfrey and Graham attended the Tyler Perry Studios Grand Opening Gala together in Atlanta in October 2019. “I cannot even believe that as of next month, September 8, it will be 40 years since we first launched The Oprah Winfrey Show,” she told the group. Smith previously worked as Winfrey’s personal chef and appeared regularly on The Oprah Winfrey Show.