Oprah Winfrey Again insisting that he “wasn’t paid a penny” by Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign — saying that her production company collected a pay check for her work in a star-studded virtual town hall.
The billionaire talk show host attempted to dismiss reports that he was “paid a personal fee” to host the “Unite for America” event in September, after it emerged that his production company Harpo Productions had produced the event. Had earned 1 million dollars from.
“Normally I am reluctant to react to rumors, but these days I have realized that if you don’t stop a lie, it becomes even bigger. I was not given even a single penny. My time and energy was my way of supporting the campaign,” said Winfrey, 70. commented on an instagram post,
“For the live-streaming event in September, my production company Harpo was asked to bring set design, lights, cameras, microphones, crew, producers and all other necessary items (including the benches and chairs we sat on) . A live production,” she said.
“I did not take any personal charges. However the people working on that production needed to be paid. And there were. End of story,” he concluded.
The Washington Examiner reported On Friday, the Harris campaign paid Winfrey’s production company $1 million on October 15.
Harpo Productions told Variety that Harris’ team covered production costs for the “Unite for America” event outside Detroit — but claimed that Winfrey, who has a net worth of $3 billion, “was not paid a personal fee at any time during the campaign nor did he receive any fee from Harpo.”
Harpo did not disclose the cost of his production work for the virtual town hall, which featured a number of big-name celebrities including Meryl Streep, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jennifer Lopez and Julia Roberts.
Winfrey, who has endorsed Democratic candidates for decades, told a TMZ reporter on Monday that she was “not paid anything” and called Tester’s claims “not true.”
She later joined Harris at her final campaign event in Philadelphia the night before Election Day.
Staffers told The Post that the lavish concerts were a disaster for the campaign finances.
According to the Washington Examiner, His campaign spent more than $15 million on production fees for the events, as well as more than $654 million on advertising between July 22 and November 5.
The report said Harris’ campaign spent $1 billion in just four months during her disastrous re-election bid and outraised Trump by a wide margin.
Despite her massive fundraising, the VP failed to unseat Trump and still managed to end her campaign $20 million in debt.
Election-eve concert, featuring Jon Bon Jovi, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, His campaign alone cost $20 million – And now employees and vendors fear they won’t be paid.
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