Oprah does not ‘have the DNA’ to stand as a candidate for president

Oprah Winfrey has said she is not interested in running for US president and that she does not “have the DNA” for it.

The talk show host and actress sparked speculation that she could be in line for the job following her rousing speech at the Golden Globes earlier in January, with many high-profile figures backing her for the post.

But Winfrey, 63, has now said she has no desire to put herself forward as a Democratic candidate for 2020.

She told US magazine Instyle: “I’ve always felt very 0 Oprah Winfrey no interest in running for president secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not.

“And so it’s not something that interests me. I don’t have the DNA for it.”

Referring to her best friend, Gayle King, CBS News anchor for This Morning, Winfrey said: “Gayle – who knows me as well as I know myself practically – has been calling me regularly and texting me things, like a woman in the airport saying, ‘When’s Oprah going to run?’.

“So Gayle sends me these things, and then she’ll go, ‘I know, I know, I know! It wouldn’t be good for you – it would be good for everyone else’.”

She added: “I met with someone the other day who said that they would help me with a campaign. That’s not for me.”