Oprah Winfrey packed her Thursday night event with Vice President Kamala Harris with celebrities before the Democratic nominee even took the stage in Michigan.
Winfrey kicked off the two-hour livestreamed event by announcing that several celebrities would be joining the event via Zoom.
He then proceeded to introduce Bryan Cranston, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Lopez, Tracy Ellis Ross, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep.
“I’m smiling from ear to ear, Oprah,” said Breaking Bad’s Cranston. “I’ve never felt so much joy and optimism in a campaign in a long time.”
“I think it’s going to be great,” Cranston added.
Oprah Winfrey (right) packed her Thursday night event with Vice President Kamala Harris (left) and Hollywood stars joining the conversation via Zoom
Celebrities who joined the two-hour event included Meryl Streep (left) and Jennifer Lopez (right).
Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts waves to the crowd in person and online as Oprah hosts a large-scale event Thursday night for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Ahead of the event, the Harris-Walz campaign said nearly 200,000 people had registered to watch the livestreamed event.
Winfrey took over a soundstage in Michigan to film and invited Michigan’s popular Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, to fire up the crowd.
The veteran talk show host explained that the idea for the event came from Zoom calls involving different groups immediately after Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee, starting with “Win With Black Women.”
Winfrey said members of all kinds of groups were performing Thursday night, including Swifties for Harris and even Train Lovers for Harris.
“I didn’t know there were train lovers,” Winfrey mused.
He said Republicans for Harris were part of the crowd.
“I love that group even more,” Winfrey said.
The self-described independent first endorsed former President Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008.
