Oprah Winfrey on Monday shut down a report that Kamala Harris’ failed presidential marketing campaign paid her $1 million to stump for the Democrat.
“I was paid nothing — ever,” Winfrey informed a TMZ reporter who approached her as she walked to her automotive.
The reporter requested concerning the claims that the Harris group paid her the large determine for the star-studded, digital city corridor known as “Unite for America” that the speak present star hosted on behalf of the Democratic nominee in September.
“Not true,” Winfrey, who endorsed Harris, stated.
The Washington Examiner reported final Friday that the Harris marketing campaign paid $1 million to Winfrey’s manufacturing firm on Oct. 15.
The corporate, Harpo Productions, denied that Winfrey was “paid a personal fee.”
“The campaign paid for the production costs of ‘Unite for America,’ a live-streaming event that took place Sept. 19 outside Detroit, Mich.,” a Harpo spokesperson stated in a press release to Selection. “Oprah Winfrey was at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo.”
Harpo didn’t disclose the price of its manufacturing work for the digital city corridor which featured a lineup of big-name celebrities.
Winfrey later joined Harris at her closing rally in Philadelphia on the eve of Election Day.
“We’re voting for values and integrity,” Winfrey stated on the rally. “We’re voting for healing over hate.”
The Harris marketing campaign reportedly blew by $1 billion in its doomed election bid.
