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When Graham arrived home to begin socially distancing like everyone else, Winfrey put him in the guest house and they celebrated his return to the main house two weeks later.

Winfrey said she believes Graham didn't believe -- like many others -- the entire country could be shut down like it has \"because none of us have ever seen anything like this before.\"

As for whether or not \"The Color Purple\" actress was surprised people were surprised to learn about the coronavirus disproportionately affecting people of color in cities like Chicago and states like Louisiana, she wasn't. But now it's her aim to get people to listen.

\"What I do know is that there is a way to connect to the community in such a way and using language that people stop and pay attention to,\" Winfrey added.

To do this, Winfrey will highlight the coronavirus' health disparities on her Apple TV+ series \"Oprah Talks COVID-19,\" in a special episode titled \"The Deadly Impact on Black America.\"

\"I think this is just the beginning. I think that whatever you're feeling -- isolated, anxious, feeling like you want to get on with your life, want to get things back to normal, we're not going to get back to normal, we're going to get back to a new normal,\" Winfrey continued.

\"And for a lot of people that new normal is going to be devastation,\" Winfrey concluded. \"And I'm just looking at my life and seeing how I can use what I have, what I know, who I have access to, what I have access to, to be able to help people on the other side of this.\"

\"Oprah Talks COVID-19 - The Deadly Impact on Black America\" is available now for free on Apple TV+ and will also air tonight on OWN.

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