The graduates asked questions, getting her to open up about love and the lessons she learned throughout her life.

“I want you to live the fullest, truest height of expression of yourselves,” Oprah told the three young women interviewing her, who called her “Mama O.”

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Public Service Commission candidate Peter Hubbard gets a hug from Brionté McCorkle, executive director of Georgia Conservation Voters, during an election-night party in Southwest Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.  (Ben Gray for the AJC)

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