Oprah 2020? She says she’s not running for US presidency but fans are undeterred
A political action committee has been trying to convince the media mogul to run in the wake of her electrifying speech at the Golden Globes
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey has apparently ended her brief flirtation with a run for the US presidency in 2020, telling InStyle magazine in an interview published on Thursday that she was not interested.
But the leader of a political action committee supporting Winfrey said it would still to try to persuade her to run and continue seeking to recruit 1 million supporters.
Winfrey, 63, stole the show at the Golden Globes awards ceremony earlier this month with a speech against sexual harassment and assault. It sparked an online campaign to lure her into running against Republican US President Donald Trump in the next election cycle.
“It’s not something that interests me,” Winfrey told InStyle. “ … I met with someone the other day who said that they would help me with a campaign. That’s not for me.”
Winfrey’s friends had backed the idea with her long-time partner in business and life, Stedman Graham, telling the Los Angeles Times “she would absolutely do it” if there was sufficient public support. Confidante Gayle King said on CBS This Morning that Winfrey was “intrigued” by the idea.
After the Golden Globes, Democratic political consultant Cormac Flynn said he began receiving calls from associates who immediately persuaded him to support a Winfrey run, and he formed the National Committee to Draft Oprah Winfrey for President of the United States 2020.