Before her iconic Golden Globes speech sparked a new presidential push on social media, Oprah Winfrey has declared that she’s not interested in a White House bid. However the speech gave rise to new clamours that she should join the Presidential race in the next elections with many quarters reporting that she was giving it careful consideration.
The billionaire media mogul has however taken a different route than expected by many, after she said in a newly published interview that she wasn’t interested in becoming ‘Madam President’. She told Instyle magazine she’s aware of the clamoring among Democrats and liberals looking to counter President Donald Trump, a wealthy real estate titan who parlayed his reality TV career into the presidency.
“I’ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not,” Winfrey told InStyle magazine. “And so it’s not something that interests me. I don’t have the DNA for it.”
The 63-year-old Winfrey is among the wealthiest businesswomen in the country and is one of the world’s most recognizable black women, perhaps exceeded only by former first lady Michelle Obama.
The interview is the cover story for InStyle’s March edition, which features a smiling Winfrey along with the headline: “Hello, Madam President?”
Winfrey’s comments came several weeks before her Jan. 7 acceptance of a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes. She drew widespread acclaim for her remarks on overcoming racism and her praise of women speaking out against pervasive sexual harassment across multiple industries.
The speech spawned the Twitter hashtag #oprah2020, which trended for several days afterward.
Her shoot for the the March edition of Instyle is also one of her most fashionable photo shoots so far. See photos below:
I totally agree, first of all she doesn’t have the balls for it, politics is a dirty game and I don’t think she’s ready for a mud bath.
Secondly she has to be prepared to see her closets opened to public, and the last time I checked, the public are easily manipulated, just one dirty details about her private life and her political and personal career will go up in flames. Ask Hillary and Bill Cosby