Oprah takes a tumble on stage while talking about balance

Even those who are great at balancing all of the things life throws at them are bound to stumble now and then, which Oprah Winfrey herself proved recently during the L.A. leg of her Oprah’s 2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus tour. The mogul was sharing her insights on balance with the crowd when she coincidentally took a spill.“Here's my definition of what wellness means to me. This is my definition, not yours, just an idea, because you're gonna be defining it for yourself,” she said on February 29 at The Forum. “Wellness to me means all things in balance and balance doesn't mean all things are equal or at peace at all times.” It was then that Winfrey shocked the crowd by falling and landing on her side, before sitting up and blaming, “shoes.”Naturally, O asked someone offstage to bring her a pair of kicks and later laughed it all off. “It’s nice to be talking about balance and falling,” she later said to the laughing crowd. It was such perfect timing that it’s almost like the 66-year-old planned it all, except for the fact that she also took to Instagram the next day to admit she’s a little sore. She posted a picture of herself catching up on some “light” Sunday reading (a stack of newspapers) with a compress on her leg.[video_embed id='1875016']RELATED: Oprah's resident astrologer gives us a lesson in astrology[/video_embed]“Sunday Reading and icing. Thank you all for your kind wishes,” she wrote. “Yes I slipped on stage and I’m now a meme. But so grateful to be only a little sore. Turning the day into what @michelleobama calls #selfcareSunday.”

 

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Sunday Reading and icing. Thank you all for your kind wishes. Yes I slipped on stage and I’m now a meme. But so grateful to be only a little sore. Turning the day into what @michelleobama calls #selfcareSunday

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“It was so crazy when that happened because you were talking about balance. ‘Jesus, you funny!’” Rita Wilson, who was at the event, wrote in the comments. “Yesterday was life changing - thank you!!! If you need anything for your #selfcaresunday, I’m just around the corner,” celebrity chef Cat Cora added. Gayle King and Winfrey’s partner Stedman Graham were also there to see it all go down.Winfrey is currently travelling the country with hoards of her famous friends, from Lady Gaga to Michelle Obama, Amy Schumer and Kate Hudson. The February 29 show featured guest Jennifer Lopez, who talked about her kids’ relationship with her fiancé, Alex Rodriguez,During each leg of Your Life in Focus, the event follows a basic format. It kicks off with a pre-show “dance party,” followed by an interactive session with Winfrey to inspire the crowd to create their own unique 2020 action plan. Then, a guest speaker joins her onstage and special tidbits follow. The tour, which is not coming to Canada, has been scheduled until March 7.“Say goodbye to procrastination, denial, feeling stuck and wishing for a better life,” Winfrey wrote in a letter announcing the start of tour. “This is going to be a day-long party for everyone, celebrating all that you are—and all that you’re meant to be.”And all that you’re meant to be can now include getting up again with grace when you fall down—no matter how many people are watching.[video_embed id='1911489']BEFORE YOU GO: Lady Gaga's 'Stupid Love' is finally here[/video_embed]