Oprah Winfrey is among the richest individuals in Hollywood, and he or she earned each penny.
She created a landmark TV discuss present within the ’80s, segued to film stardom and later constructed a media empire. She’s the American dream in daring, vivid technicolor.
And, when Vice President Kamala Harris requested her to assist her presidential marketing campaign, Winfrey didn’t hesitate.
Sure, she mentioned, including, “pay up.”
The Harris marketing campaign paid $1 million to Winfrey’s firm on October 15, in keeping with a report within the Washington Examiner [by Gabe Kaminsky], coming after a star-studded city corridor that Winfrey hosted for the vp in September.
That payment apparently lined two Winfrey appearances. One is the aforementioned city corridor.
The second? A really late marketing campaign look alongside the candidate. Not unhealthy work if you may get it. Winfrey denied the declare to a TMZ reporter, however the receipts communicate for themselves.
It’s a narrative conservative media retailers are masking for superb causes.
- It’s information
- It’s illuminating
- It casts the failed Harris marketing campaign in a brand new, unflattering gentle
- It suggests Winfrey wasn’t a Harris devotee and wanted to be satisfied to throw her clout the marketing campaign’s approach
You received’t discover this story at Selection, Deadline, The Wrap or The Hollywood Reporter. These retailers routinely bury information that hurts Democrats.
Like this one.
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The story remains to be reaching the lots, the most recent instance of the company media’s implosion and rise of recent media.
The merchandise suggests one thing else. Did different celebrities receives a commission to endorse Harris? We now know a deliberate look by ’90s mainstay Alanis Morissette obtained scrapped attributable to inadequate funds.
What concerning the delight of the MCU?
The cinematic Avengers assembled for Group Harris late within the election cycle. Stars Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey, Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Danai Gurira and Paul Bettany starred in a cheeky video supporting Harris’ marketing campaign.
Lots of the stars did the identical in 2016 to stop Donald Trump from defeating Hillary Clinton. This time, the messaging proved extra comedian, much less indignant.
Neither labored. Did the celebs get a payday from their collective endorsements? It’s a good query to ask given Harris’ donation to Winfrey’s Harpo Productions.
It’s hardly out of the norm for a marketing campaign to select up the journey/lodge bills for a star endorsement. 5 for Preventing’s John Ondrasik, whose activism consists of supporting Israel and American patriots, mentioned as a lot on his X account.
One of many sickest issues about this marketing campaign cycle is celebs getting paid multi million greenback charges to look in “assist” of their most well-liked candidates. Within the few political occasions I’ve accomplished, no performers have been paid past bills. It’s an insult to voters. Oprah!? https://t.co/1gnt5XDMiW
— John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) November 9, 2024
Will extra receipts stream from the failed Harris marketing campaign?
The assembled Avengers appeared to file their segments from wherever they have been on the time. Lo-fi barely describes the hassle concerned, to not point out the yuk-free traces. As compared, Winfrey needed to assemble an interview set and crew to file her fawning city corridor look.
Huge distinction.
Nonetheless, the fiscal revelations forged doubt on the position stars play in nationwide elections and the way a lot their hearts are really in it.