Oprah Winfrey's representative and the president of Haleakala Ranch confirmed that a private road on Maui is owned by the ranch and not Winfrey.

Oprah Winfrey has come under fire again, despite refuting a viral social-media rumor that she kept a private road closed during tsunami evacuation efforts in Hawaii. What began as a logistic concern has since evolved into a broader discussion about non-Indigenous billionaire land ownership on the islands.

Oprah Winfrey opened her private road to people in Hawaii amid a tsunami warning triggered by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. The 8.8 magnitude quake off Russia led to tsunami alerts across the Pacific,