Dr. Phil McGraw was an unexpected attendee, who took the stage to give Trump his endorsement.
They met when McGraw helped Winfrey in a libel trial against her in 1996.
Two years later, she invited the psychologist on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
He became a weekly guest before his own show launched in 2002, which Winfrey produced.
McGraw clearly has Winfrey to thank for a lot of his success.
After all, Winfrey endorsed Harris at the Democratic National Convention back in August.
This could have been enough to put McGraw and Winfrey at odds, but it goes a bit deeper.
In September, Winfrey hosted a livestream alongside Harris on behalf of her campaign.
Trump took this opportunity to take aim at Winfrey.
“Guess Dr Phil no longer agrees with Oprah,” one X, formerly known as Twitter-userwrote.
“I guess Dr Phil and Oprah are not best friends anymore…“saidanother.
“Boy Dr Phil just got taken off Oprah’s Christmas Card list.
Lol,” anotherjoked.
It’s time that we push back against intimidation tactics,” perDeadline.
In line with this, he acknowledged that he would receive backlash for his endorsement.
How is Winfrey feeling about it this morning?
We can only imagine.
