Oprah Winfrey "Amused" She Was Considered for Open Senate Seat

Us Magazine - January 26, 2009 2:53 PM PST
Story photo: Oprah Winfrey : Oprah Winfrey arrives at The Hollywood Reporter's Annual Women In Entertainment Breakfast at Beverly Hills Hotel on December 5, 2008 in Beverly Hills, CA.Us Magazine
Will Oprah Winfrey trade her seat as a talk show host for one on the United States Senate?

"Absolutely not," she said Monday, after hearing that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich considered appointing her to President Barack Obama's now-vacant spot in the Senate.

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"I would have said, Where would I fit it in with my day job? My mid-day job, my night job, my radio job, my magazine job?'" Winfrey said to her friend Gayle King on King's Sirius radio show.

During a visit to ABC's Good Morning America to defend his innocence in connection with accusations he tried to auction off the open Senate seat, Blagojevich said he thought she would be a fitting replacement.

"She seemed to be someone who had helped Barack Obama in a significant way to become President," he said.

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Where was Winfrey when she heard the news?

"My plan was to get up and watch Good Morning America and work out and then I just thought, 'Let me just lay here another half hour.' If I had been watching, as I normally watch from the treadmill, I would have fallen off the treadmill," Winfrey said. "Im pretty amused by the whole thing."

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Although Winfrey has no plans to go into politics, she does think she's qualified.

"I think I could be Senator too," the talk show host said on The Gayle King Show. "Im just not interested."



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  • Scooby
    welp the fact still stands as much as u hate her jazzi_one and all the others that do....she still makes more money then you so tune her out all you want...not gonna make any kinda difference lol
    report abuseposted February 17, 2009 10:12 AM PST
  • Ron A
    COME OUT OF THE CLOSET OPRAH......
    report abuseposted February 16, 2009 8:25 AM PST
  • sylva p
    Oprah, I call her, The Queen of T.V with out a crown---/ The feeling for others gives her special glitter ---/ She elights every spirit who understand her---/ No one can hate her---? Accept who possess a jelous mind. Sylva Portoian, MD
    report abuseposted February 4, 2009 4:22 AM PST
  • K S
    rj - That was hilarious......lolllll and so damn true!
    report abuseposted February 3, 2009 8:23 AM PST
  • Taylor
    She's really duhbama's girlfriend. Seems to me he likes women that look like dudes.
    report abuseposted January 31, 2009 12:10 PM PST
  • Pamela G
    just another example of outrageous stupidity by a megalomaniac criminal who belongs in jail.
    report abuseposted January 28, 2009 7:29 PM PST
  • jl
    She could not accept the reduction in salary & influence :D
    report abuseposted January 28, 2009 1:15 PM PST
  • Taylor
    She has as much experience as duhbama. They are both full of smooth talk with no results. Let's keep printing money for your stimulus so you can provide for your Acorn, and family planning centers. Everyone you paid off for the election has their hand out. It's all coming to light. Especially the Clintons receiving 1-5 million from the Kuwaiti government for their foundation.
    report abuseposted January 28, 2009 4:25 AM PST
  • truthful
    people are dumping on her..their right...i have mine too. she didn't know what he considering doing u idiots. damn right i will defend them cuz the first thing you did was tear them down.
    report abuseposted January 27, 2009 8:02 PM PST
  • Yes, Oprah, please keep your huge, egotistical lard a$$ on tv where I can tune you out. Thanks!
    report abuseposted January 27, 2009 7:13 PM PST
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