Oprah, however, refused to delve into the election results, which saw the Republican Party’s nominee, Donald Trump emerge as the President-elect
By Kehinde Okeowo
American talk show host, television producer and actress, Oprah Winfrey has said the allegation that she endorsed Vice President and Democratic Party’s candidate in the just-concluded US presidential election, Kamala Harris after receiving $1 million is not true.
The thespian was reacting to a report by the Washington Examiner that her company, Harpo Productions, received a paycheck to host a celebrity town hall on behalf of Harris in September.
Speaking on the claim, Oprah made it clear that she didn’t accept a dime to campaign for the first US female black presidential candidate.
“Not true. I was paid nothing, ever,” TMZ quoted the talk show legend as saying.
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She, however refused to delve into the election results, which saw the Republican Party’s nominee, Donald Trump emerge as the President-elect.
Oprah is not the first American celebrity accused of receiving money to back Kamala Harris, singer and songwriter, Belcalis Marlenis Cephus aka Cardi B recently debunked rumours that she got paid to speak at the Vice president’s rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Reacting to the innuendos via her X handle, Cardi B tweeted, “I did not get paid a dollar for this…I actually been talking about these topics for the past couple years for free on my platforms!! Before I was a celebrity I was a product of poverty for 24 years so you not gonna tell me what I want to see in my community.”
