It was a speech that inspired the fantasies of Democrats across America, all of them centered on a single question: Will she run for president in 2020?
Now, less than two weeks after she raised those hopes, Oprah Winfrey, the billionaire media magnate, is ready to dash them.
In an interview for the March issue of InStyle, the beauty and fashion magazine, the former talk show host was asked how she felt about the prospect of what would have been a historic campaign to put a black woman in the White House.
“I’ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not,” she said. “And so it’s not something that interests me. I don’t have the DNA for it.”
Ms. Winfrey, a television icon, film producer and actress, sparked questions about a potential run when she delivered a booming acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes earlier this month.
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