Gabourey Sidibe: Oprah Asked Me to the Oscars!

Gabourey Sidibe gears up for the Oscars at the Women In Film Pre-Oscar Party and the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon on Thursday (March 4) in Los Angeles.

The 26-year-old Precious actress told People that while she’d planned to bring her mama to the Oscars as her date, she recently got an offer from a very famous female…

“Oprah called me and was like, ‘Hey girl, do you want to ride together?’ ” Gabby shared.

“I was like, ‘I got it Oprah, calm down. I don’t want to show up with you. People will think we’re too cool,” she laughed before admitting that Oprah‘s the only person she “continually [gets] star-struck by.”

10+ pictures inside of Gabourey Sidibe at pre-Oscar parties…