LOS ANGELES: Following President Donald Trump’s blunt attack on TV and entertainment icon Oprah Winfrey in a tweet, celebrity TV host Ellen Degeneres called him out in a clipping from her show, captioning it, “You mess with Oprah, you mess with me, Mr. President.”
Earlier, during an appearance on CBC’S episode of 60 Minutes, Winfrey quizzed a group of Michigan voters. Half of the people from the group voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election as compared to the other half who did not.
“One year into Donald Trump’s presidency, Americans remain divided, often unwilling to listen to what the other side has to say,” Winfrey said.
Hours after the episode was aired, an angry Trump tweeted, “Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at one point I knew very well, interview a panel of people on 60 Minutes.”
“The questions were biased and slanted, the facts incorrect. Hope Oprah runs so she can be exposed and defeated just like all of the others!” he further added.
Not taking the president’s tweet lightly at all, Degeneres took to her show on Thursday, saying, “President Trump, it’s time for an a-ha moment. You’re not just some guy on Twitter anymore – you are the president for all of us. It is your job to unite people, and you don’t do it by attacking people, especially Oprah.”