Published 23:50 IST, October 21st 2019
Atlanta student receives an iPhone from Oprah Winfrey as a gift
Olufemi Yessoufou, a freshman at Morehouse college student received an unexpected gift from Oprah Winfrey after she visited Morehouse earlier this month
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Olufemi Yessoufou, a freshman at Morehouse college student received an unexpected gift from Oprah Winfrey after she visited Morehouse earlier this month to celebrate 30th anniversary of Oprah Winfrey Scholars Programme. According to an international media outlet, Yessoufou received a mess from a member of Oprah's team after which his new phone arrived in mail. video clip which engineering major posted while meeting media mogul has received over 2 million view and thousands of likes.
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'Oprah bought me a new phone'
Yossoufou posted ar photo of him unboxing new phone which h a personalized letter saying, “Dear Olufemi, we can't have you out her viewing world through a cracked screen or a cracked cover. new camera you're gonna love for sure”. He told an international media house that he was very excited when he found out that talk show legend was coming to campus. He furr ded that when she was leaving, Yossoufou and one of his friends ran to her car y told her to roll down window and explained Winfrey a project that two students were working on. two kids' letters requested Winfrey to take a video with her and this is when she ticed that phone Yossouffou was using h a cracked screen.
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Yossoufou also said that gift from Winfrey has taken a lot of pressure off his parent's shoulders. His mom was so happy that when Yossoufou decided to give his mom phone, his mor replied saying that ' that's a phone from Oprah, you got to keep it'. Yossoufou, in end, ded that he hopes to get a chance to work with Oprah on her project he's working on with fellow students called “opt A House”.
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20:35 IST, October 21st 2019