Celebrated media entrepreneur, Oprah Winfrey who recently covered the August Edition of Vogue Magazine has made some shocking revelations about her political ambition.
Winfrey revealed that she has no plans to run for president in 2020 because she believes the current political landscape would ‘kill’ her.
‘In that political structure — all the non-truths, the bulls**t, the crap, the nastiness, the backhanded backroom stuff that goes on — I feel like I could not exist,’ she said. ‘I would not be able to do it. It’s not a clean business. It would kill me’, she told Vogue.
The media icon appears on the cover of the magazine’s August issue, dressed in a white, off-the-shoulder, custom-made taffeta Stella McCartney gown.
Her hair is pulled back to reveal Buccellati earrings with white and yellow diamonds as well as emeralds, while the headline reads: ‘Oprah’s next act — an audience with a global powerhouse.’
This is not the first time Oprah has addressed the violent speculation that she would make a bid for the White House in 2020.
In February 2018, she told People Magazine that it would take a divine intervention from God to convince her to run – despite both her long-time partner Stedman Graham and her best friend Gayle King appearing to push her towards a campaign.
‘I pay attention, and when you have that many people saying something, I thought gee, I never in my life, ever, ever, thought I would be in politics. I’ve always said no no no no no,’ she said at the time. ‘Am I at least supposed to look at that question?
‘I had enough people, billionaires calling me, saying I can get you a billion dollars, I can run your campaign.
‘And I went into prayer. God, if you think I’m supposed to run, you gotta tell me, and it has to be so clear that not even I can miss it.’
The former talk-show host also recounted how she lost her son after giving birth at the age of 14. He died in the hospital a few weeks after she gave birth, but she said she has moved on from the traumatic experience and chooses not to think about it.
‘I actually saw someone the other day and they said how old they were — 45 — and I was thinking, well, how old would my son have been? I’m 64 — so he would have been 50. But I don’t think about it.
‘Considering the fact I’ve interviewed so many people who were haunted by [the death of a child], and who got stuck and never moved on, yes, I feel very liberated by it.’
