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Oprah Winfrey not running for president: ‘It would kill me’

By  Miriam Di Nunzio
   
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Oprah Winfrey talked about the presidential bid in an interview with British Vogue, set to hit newsstands July 6. | AP file photo

Oprah Winfrey has made it crystal clear: She is NOT running for president in 2020.

Winfrey talked about the presidential bid in an interview with British Vogue, set to hit newsstands July 6.

“In that political structure – all the non-truths, the bull—, the crap, the nastiness, the backhanded backroom stuff that goes on – I feel like I could not exist,” Winfrey tells the magazine. “I would not be able to do it. It’s not a clean business. It would kill me.”

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The August issue of British Vogue features a rare interview with Oprah Winfrey. | <a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.vogue.co.uk</a>

The August issue of British Vogue features a rare interview with Oprah Winfrey. | http://www.vogue.co.uk

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