Barry went on to tell 1News Oprah had encouraged her to be \u201csoft\u201d in her work, her interviewing style proving \u201cthat you can come to a difficult interview with kindness\u201d.<\/p>\n
Oprah in Conversation is set to be a one-night-only reflection on the media personality\u2019s life, where she hopes \u201cto share stories, ideas and meaningful conversations about what\u2019s possible in our lives moving forward\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 71-year-old is expected to discuss \u201cthe power of authenticity\u201d and \u201cthe necessity of resilience\u201d at the sold-out show.<\/p>\n
Barry previously met Oprah back in 2015, when she was invited to interview her at the star\u2019s headquarters in the United States.<\/p>\n
Speaking to 1News about the experience, the Seven Sharp co-host admitted she told the legendary broadcaster she was \u201cvery nervous\u201d before they began.<\/p>\n
Oprah responded by holding her hand throughout the first four questions, a comforting gesture Barry remembers vividly a decade on.<\/p>\n
She had no doubts about accepting the offer to reunite.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, I immediately said, yes,\u201d she said, \u201cabsolutely, I would clear my schedule. I had no hesitation.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Barry said the upcoming show is equally nerve-racking, even 10 years on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be a couple of thousand people there and that adds a level of pressure that I\u2019m not used to,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m usually just talking to a camera.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barry went on to tell 1News Oprah had encouraged her to be \u201csoft\u201d in her work, her interviewing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[51,184,9516,156,8231,79957,183,12022,194,4960,74766,111,139,69,5270,79958,2847,18218,27560,1305,61,437,11744,18219,79959],"class_list":["post-111743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-auckland","tag-barry","tag-broadcaster","tag-entertainment","tag-event","tag-fabulous","tag-hilary","tag-host","tag-kiwi","tag-live","tag-moderate","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-one","tag-onenight","tag-only","tag-oprah","tag-picks","tag-show","tag-to","tag-tv","tag-upcoming","tag-winfrey","tag-winfreys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}