Oprah Winfrey's bodyguards beat journalists

Celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey dragged herself into a controversy on Thursday as her bodyguard allegedly beat up few video journalists in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city.

The incident occurred while the internationally acclaimed TV host was shooting for her show 'Next Chapter' in Mathura.

According to media reports, Oprah's bodyguards allegedly hit the video journalists when they tried to get close to her.

The American talk show host is in India for a week and Bollywood stars were seen spending some quality time with her.

Within few hours of arriving in Mumbai, Oprah headed towards the Bachchan residence, perhaps to meet the new arrival in the Bachchan family. After spending an hour there, superstar Amitabh Bachchan himself drove the lady to a private party hosted in her honor by acclaimed Indian socialite Parmeshwar Godrej.

Clad in a beautiful orange saree, believed to be gifted and then draped by Aishwarya, Oprah was accompanied by the entire Bachchan clan including son Abhishek and mother Jaya.

The party saw almost every big celebrity of tinsel town including Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Priety Zinta, Lara Dutta, Shilpa Shetty, Anil Kapoor, Imran Khan, Neha Dhupia, Sameera Reddy, Hrithik Roshan, Kangna Ranaut, Dino Morea, Ashutosh Gowariker, Javed Akhtar along with wife Shabana Azmi and children Farhan and Zoya Akhtar, Arjun Rampal among others.

Also present were novelist Shobha De, business tycoon Anil Ambani along with wife Tina Ambani and jewelry designer Farah Khan Ali etc.

On Tuesday, Oprah toured a slum in the Colaba neighborhood close to the Taj Palace hotel where she is staying. This visit was an endeavor to get a broad view of all facets of the country.

She is in India for her new show ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’ in which she would travel around the world, interviewing celebrities, news-makers and others.

Oprah is also expected to visit the upcoming Jaipur Literary Festival commencing from Jan 20.