The A++ lister and the producer go way back.

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The best friend of the permanent A++ list celebrity was of course on board to be the conduit for the disgraced producer’s story to get out.

I mean, the A++ lister and the producer go way back.

Gayle King

Oprah Winfrey

Harvey Weinstein

Did Oprah pal around with Harvey Weinstein? 5 potential problematic issues

Since everyone’s suddenly talking about Oprah 2020, let’s talk about what her campaign might look like — or more specifically, what her opponents might do to it.

There’s no reason to think politics will become any less brutal in the next two years. And there’s every reason to expect that opposition researchers would happily dig through Oprah Winfrey’s storied history as a talk-show host, cultural icon, fake book promoter, advocate of mystical healing powers, fearer of hamburgers and apparent chum of Harvey Weinstein.

Not to mention the child sex abuse scandal.

Here’s a sampling of the awkward and potentially problematic issues that Winfrey might have to explain on the campaign trail.
Oprah palled around with Harvey Weinstein

Speaking of “The Butler,” it was coproduced by Harvey Weinstein, the movie mogul now accused of serial sexual assault. His fall from grace last year helped expose a culture of predation on women in Hollywood, and inspired Winfrey’s Golden Globes speech, which may in turn launch her presidential campaign.

But Weinstein’s behavior was reportedly an open secret in the industry, which might make all the photos of Winfrey schmoozing around with him a political problem.

Conservatives are already gleefully cataloging the pictures.

Unlike with Frey, Winfrey at least never publicly defended Weinstein after the accusations went public. Rather, she condemned his “hideous behavior.”

But her spokesperson had to deny a TMZ report that Winfrey urged Weinstein to defend himself against the scandal.

And in November, actress Kadian Noble told reporters that Weinstein had seduced her, in part, by introducing her to Winfrey and Naomi Campbell.

This led to a headline on Page Six: “Weinstein used Oprah and Naomi to seduce me.”

Fair or not, that’s the stuff attack ads are made of.
Oprah and the child sex abuse scandal

Remember the headache the defunct Trump University became for its namesake during his campaign? Some might prefer to forget the cascading disasters of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls.

Winfrey called the sprawling, $40-million complex her “gift” to poor South African girls when it opened in 2007 — complete with a yoga studio and beauty salon. She initially had to defend the luxurious complex against accusations that it looked elitist in a country wracked by poverty.- Read more here