Oprah Winfrey’s fans praised her Golden Globes speech accepting the Cecil B DeMille award, calling ‘it one of the greatest American speeches’ and even dubbing her the future president.
Twitter users went wild, declaring that the former talk show host should make a run in 2020 – but her longtime partner said it could be real possibility.
‘It’s up to the people,’ Stedman Graham, told The Los Angeles Times. ‘She would absolutely do it.’
Gayle King, Winfrey’s best friend , echoed Graham’s sentiments, telling the newspaper: ‘I thought that speech was incredible. I got goosebumps,’ she also told The Times.
Oprah Winfrey’s fans praised her Golden Globes speech accepting the Cecil B DeMille award, calling ‘it one of the greatest American speeches’ and even dubbing her the future president
Several Twitter users quickly determined that Oprah needed to make a run for the Oval Office
Winffrey began her speech by saying she hopes by accepting the award, the first black women to do so, has an impact on young girls.
‘At this moment, there are some little girls watching as I become the first black woman to be given this award,’ Winfrey said Sunday.
‘I want all the girls watching to know: A new day is on the horizon. When that new day finally dawns, it will be because of the magnificent women and many of them are in this room tonight.’
Winfrey closed her speech with a call for unity: ‘I want all the girls watching to know a new day is on the horizon.
‘And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure they are the leaders to take us to the time where nobody has to say ‘me too’ again.’
Several Twitter users quickly determined that Oprah needed to make a run for the Oval Office.
‘Did I just watch @Oprah first campaign speech?! #GoldenGlobes’ wrote one person.
NBC joked about Oprah making a run against Donald Trump in 2020
Another tweeted: ‘I mean, it’s been fun to joke about Oprah running for president, but that speech really was presidential. That was phenomenal, even by her standards.’
NBC even joked about Oprah running against President Donald Trump, writing: ‘Nothing but respect for OUR president.’