Oprah Says Trump’s Tweet ‘Make Me Think For A Second’
When Donald Trump tweeted out that Oprah was “insecure,” the queen of media apparently got introspective.
“Let me say this about being recently attacked on Twitter. When people say things about you that are unkind or not true, it’s hurtful. It’s no different for me than anybody else,” she told Vanity Fair. “Some people may try to fix the situation head-on and say something back, but it only escalates. I believe if you put out negativity into the world, it comes back, so I don’t respond to anybody saying something that is negative. But, when the president of the United States criticizes you, it did make me think for a second, ‘Was he right? Was there anything valid there?’ I went back and looked at the tape and I didn’t feel there was.”
She also told Jimmy Kimmel later after he asked if she considered retweeting: “Not a second,” she said. “You don’t win by meeting any kind of negativity head-on. You just have to say, ‘Well, I don’t know what that was, but alright. I wasn’t in the room when he did that so I don’t know.’”