Oprah Winfey’s Election Tweet Doesn’t ‘Go Over Well’ With Fans

Oprah Winfey’s Election Tweet Doesn’t ‘Go Over Well’ With Fans
Oprah Winfrey arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Lee Daniels' The Butler" at the Regal Cinemas L.A. Live Stadium 14 on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP
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“I was expecting tension, awkwardness, and strain. So, when I saw them sitting together, and I actually took a picture of the screen that said ‘President-elect Trump honored to meet Obama,’” she told ABC. “And President Obama was being so gracious, and I heard Donald Trump say, ‘He’s a good man.’ I heard Donald Trump say, ‘I’m going to be seeking his counsel.’ I literally went ... I can breathe now.”

“My mistake, and what I know to be true, you can never talk about everybody,” Winfrey said. “Even in your arguments with your husband and your children. Don’t talk about what you should do, what you outta do, what everybody else should do, only speak for yourself.”

She added that the tweet was mainly about the “transition of power” and not “everything.” The tweet, she noted, was about her own reaction.