Oprah insists she did not take a $1 million ‘personal fee’ from Kamala Harris campaign: ‘I was not paid a dime’.
Oprah Winfrey again insisted she wasn’t “paid a dime” by Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign — saying her production company collected the paycheck for its work on the star-studded virtual town hall.
The billionaire talk show host attempted to swat down reports that she was “paid a personal fee” for hosting the “Unite for America” event in September after it emerged that her production company Harpo Productions netted $1 million from the gig.
“Usually I am reluctant to respond to rumors in general, but these days I realize that if you don’t stop a lie, it just gets bigger.
I was not paid a dime. My time and energy was my way of supporting the campaign,” Winfrey, 70, commented on an Instagram post.
“I did not take any personal fee. However the people who worked on that production needed to be paid. And were. End of story,” she concluded.
The Washington Examiner reported Friday that the Harris campaign paid $1 million to Winfrey’s production company on Oct. 15.