Oprah: 'I Was Paid Nothing, Ever' by Harris Campaign… So What Was That Million Dollars?

PJ MEDIA ^ | 11/12/24 | Stephen Green

[SeekAndFind]

Well, this is awkward.

After Federal Election Commission filings showed that the Harris-Walz campaign paid a cool million to Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions company for the town hall where Oprah endorsed Harris, Oprah denied it.

Caught on a backstreet by one of those TMZ video crews and asked if it was true that "they paid you a million dollars for the endorsement for Kamala," Oprah replied, "Not true. I was paid nothing, ever."

“The campaign paid for the production costs of ‘Unite for America,’ a live-streaming event that took place Sept. 19 outside Detroit, Mich.,” a spokesperson for Harpo said, trying to clear things up. “Oprah Winfrey was at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo.”

Technically, that's the truth. But only technically.

It was Winfrey's production company that received the seven-figure check. But Harpo is owned by Winfrey. For all intents and purposes, Harpo IS Oprah.

The FEC paperwork shows that Harpo was paid for "EVENT PRODUCTION," not for Winfrey's endorsement. But does 94 minutes of unscripted, live television, produced on a small set, really cost a million dollars to produce? Or was Oprah's "personal fee" just part of the overhead?

“ As a legal matter," the Federalist's Sean Davis asked on Monday, "how are secret bought-and-paid-for endorsements even legal? If you can’t run a paid ad without a clear disclosure, how on earth can you run a paid endorsement without disclosure?"

Maybe that's something the Trump DOJ should look into. But right here, right now, we can look into where the money went.

Github user Gaiaus uploaded the Harris campaign's official FEC spending filing last week for all to see, and it showed a last-minute, pop-up campaign that very quickly ramped up into a spending behemoth.

[mewzilla]

Who’s the blonde young lady?

[Liz]

FEC paperwork shows that Harpo was paid for "EVENT PRODUCTION."

But does 94 minutes of unscripted, live television, produced on a small set,
really cost a $million to produce?

Or was Oprah's "personal fee" just part of the overhead?

[TomGuy]

"Not true. I was paid nothing, ever."

Sort of sounds like some nuancing -- I didn't receive it but Harpo did.

[Danie_2023]

“It was Winfrey’s production company that received the seven-figure check. But Harpo is owned by Winfrey. For all intents and purposes, Harpo IS Oprah.”

So... let me get this straight. Oprah, as the typical Democrat supporting leftie and beloved by so many SOS liberals, is not being honest about this? Instead, she is being a slyly deceitful person... about which some might even call her an outright liar? I’m shocked, I tells ya. Shocked!

[Responsibility2nd]

Poor Thing. I wonder who schlonged her the hardest?

[mom.mom]

Ask for a refund.

[Yo-Yo]

It didn’t cost $1 million to produce that livestream Town Hall.

At minimum, Harpo Productions bilked the Harris campaign.

At worse (and most likely) the Harris campaign purposely overpaid Harpo Productions in order to get Oprah’s endorsement.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

No it was business income.

The check did not say “Pay to the Order of ‘Oprah Winfrey’”

The check did say “Pay to the Order of ‘Harpo Productions’”

Harpo is Oprah spelled backwards. According to Wikipedia Oprah Winfrey is the sole owner. The company had 78 employees in 2022 and $16 Million in revenue.

[Truthsearcher]

She wasn’t paid a personal fee, but her production company was paid $1 million, we all know why the business went to her production company.

[Tuxedo]

Did the Big Guy get 10%?

[1Old Pro]

According to Wikipedia Oprah Winfrey is the sole owner.

Oprah trying to be too cute by half.

[No name given]

Obviously.

[jonrick46]

I wonder what portion of Oprah’s income is through money laundering?

To protect myself from the Leftnick scumbags, the above is a sincere question and not an accusation.

[chiller]

DOWN GOES OPRAH !

DOWN GOES OPRAH !

[No name given]

That’s what I’d like to know too.

[metmom]

You mean a democrat doesn’t have integrity in business dealings?

I’m so shocked.........

[bigbob]

Oh THAT million dollars...

[1Old Pro]

For all intents and purposes, Harpo IS Oprah

Spelled backwards, just like her thinking.

[SMARTY]

Have you seen the pics of her WITH Diddy? Very cozy, they were...ewwwww

[Mastador1]

Uh huh, and just who owns that production company and how do you justify a million dollars for the production?

Once a whore always a whore.