Fact check: Trump tells two false stories about Oprah Winfrey, including one he’s been repeating for 11 years
In a social media post late Saturday night, Trump wrote, “A long time ago, Oprah Winfrey asked me to do her last Network Television Show. The final week of her show was a big deal, and it was my honor, with my family, to do it.” He went on to criticize Harris and say that when he watched Winfrey’s event with her, “I couldn’t help but think this isn’t the real Oprah.”
Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. He did not appear on the last episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2011, nor even in the star-studded final week of the show. Rather, Trump appeared on the show about three-and-a-half months before it ended.
Winfrey’s show concluded on May 25, 2011. Trump and his family appeared in the episode that aired on February 7, 2011.
Trying to exaggerate his past importance to Winfrey, who has supported Trump’s Democratic opponents in each of the last three presidential elections, Trump falsely boasted at least four times during his presidency that he was on her popular show in its final week. CNN fact-checked the claim in October 2020 – and noted Trump had been making it since at least 2013.EDIT:
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