The President of the United states, Donald Trump, has come out to say Oprah Winfrey was in Love with him until he decided to run for office.
Donald Trump, on Friday, during a campaign rally in Lake Charles, Louisiana, directed his anger towards media mogul Oprah Winfrey. this was after shading Jay-Z, Beyonce and “little”Bruce Springsteen.
According to Deadline news, Trump began by bashing former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. Last year Oprah Winfrey supported the Democrats, who ultimately lost to Republican Brian Kemp.
Trump said,“She used to go to Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said at a rally in Louisiana Friday. “She loved me until I decided to run for office. “
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Trump added Winfrey and her friends, former president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama, had supported Democratic candidate Stacey Adams in the Georgia governor’s race last year. Despite the star power, Trump noted that Abrams lost to Brian Kemp, the candidate he supported.
Trump told supporters Winfrey was a frequent guest at his Florida golf course and enjoyed the food there.
“She loved the key lime pie,” he said to laughter. “No. So do I.”
Trump and his family appeared on Winfrey’s talk show in 2011, before their apparent friendship soured.
Despite their political differences, Trump and Winfrey enjoyed a close friendship in the past, with Trump famously declaring in 1999 that if he ever ran for president, he’d want Winfrey as his running mate.
“I love Oprah,” Trump told CNN’s Larry King. “Oprah would always be my first choice. … I’ll tell ya, she’s really a great woman, though. She is a terrific woman. She’s somebody that’s very special.”