Model Cindy Crawford said she once felt like “chattel” during an interview with Oprah early on in her modeling career.
The 57-year-old celebrity made the revelation on the new AppleTV+ docuseries, “The Super Models.” The limited series also explores the lives and careers of Crawford’s contemporaries, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington.
A snippet from the newest episode shows Oprah introducing Crawford as her guest during a 1986 episode of her talk show, per The Daily Mail. The young model appeared with famed Elite Modeling Agency rep John Casablancas.
“Did she always have this body? Stand up just a moment, now this is what I call a body,” Oprah says in the clip.
Crawford complies with the talk show host’s request and stands with a smile. In the present day, the model reflects on how she feels about the incident.
“I was like the chattel or a child, be seen and not heard,” the model says. “When you look at it through today’s eyes, Oprah’s like, ‘Stand up and show me your body. Show us why you’re worthy of being here.’”
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Crawford added, “In the moment I didn’t recognize it and watching it back I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, that was so not okay really.’ Especially from Oprah!”
The mom of two also talked about her early days of modeling in the series, including when her father didn’t believe it was a real job.
“I never even thought about modeling,” Crawford said in one clip, as The Daily Wire reported.
“I didn’t even know it was a real job. I didn’t know how I would get from DeKalb, Illinois, to a magazine,” the celeb continued. “My dad really didn’t understand that modeling was a real career. He thought modeling was like another name for prostitution. So they came with me to my very first modeling appointment.”
A press release issued by “The Super Models” says it “travels back to the 1980s, when four women from different corners of the world united in New York. Already forces in their own right, the gravitas they achieved by coming together transcended the industry itself.”