Oprah Winfrey’s hometown newspaper criticized her for allegedly taking a large sum of money from the Harris campaign to endorse the failed Democratic presidential candidate.
The Chicago Tribune criticized Oprah for reportedly accepting a $1 million “fee” from Vice President Kamala Harris’ now-failed campaign. The fee had been given to the talk-show host to appear on the campaign trail with Harris.
“Having someone with a large following simply stand next to a candidate at a podium and say a few words, solo, is one thing; doing a whole live-streamed event with, say, Oprah Winfrey, is another,” the newspaper wrote.
Since then, Oprah has denied personally accepting the funds. However, she admitted that her company, Harpo Productions, used the money to stage the Hollywood-studded town hall event for Harris.
“My time and energy was my way of supporting the campaign. For the live-streaming event in September, my production company, Harpo, was asked to bring in set design, lights, cameras, microphones, crew, producers, and every other item necessary (including the benches and chairs we sat on) to put on a live production. I did not take any personal fee,” Oprah said, defending the controversy. “However, the people who worked on that production needed to be paid. And were. End of story.” […]
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