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King: Winfrey not a candidate

TV icon joked about presidential run during a recent interview

By Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times
Published: March 8, 2017, 6:05am

Oprah Winfrey had the political chattering classes buzzing over Bloomberg Television interviewer David Rubenstein’s recent query on whether she would consider running for president.

“I thought, ‘I don’t have the experience, I don’t know enough,'” Winfrey said in the interview taped Dec. 12. “Now I’m thinking, ‘Oh, oh.'”

Winfrey’s answer implied that if former reality TV star Donald Trump won the presidency without any government or political experience, why not the “Queen of All Media”?

But Gayle King, co-anchor of “CBS This Morning” and Winfrey’s best friend, poured cold water on the chances of another super-celebrity presidential bid in 2020.

“I was in the audience that day, and it was clearly a joke when she was playing with David because they have such a great rapport,” King said on her program Thursday. “But I also heard on the Oprah Winfrey show over the years you always have the right to change your mind, but I would bet my first, second born and any unborn children to come, that ain’t never happening. Never.”

Winfrey may be just the first of many famous names floated as a possible opponent to Trump in 2020.

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