Icon, entrepreneur, philanthropist and media mogul, Oprah is out here spilling all the tea. In a round of interviews with TIME magazine, she is opening up about the systemic sexism she's experienced in the entertainment industry over the years. In 1986, after the wildly successful national syndication of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the host threatened to strike over gender pay gap among her staff.  

"I was making a lot of money, and my producers were still getting the same salary," Oprah said.  "I went to my then boss and said, 'Everybody needs a raise'. He said, 'Why?' I said, 'Because we're now a national show, and I'm making money," Oprah recalls. "And he actually said to me, 'They're only girls. They're a bunch of girls. What do they need more money for?'" Of course, Oprah was not here for the blatant discrimination. She told TIME that she responded to her boss by threatening to strike, saying, "'Well, either my producers are going to get raises or I'm going to sit down. I just won't work. I will not work unless they get paid more money.'"

After some back-and-forth, Oprah's bosses eventually met her demands, granting pay raises to her staff. "While I was waiting for the bosses to pay them, I paid them myself in the interim," she said. Talk about boss moves! 

Given her incredible personal example, infallible bounce-back-game and savvy business sense, it's no wonder that she's the undisputed authority on life-gathering.