Oprah Winfrey packed her Thursday night event with Vice President Kamala Harris with celebrities before the Democratic nominee even stepped onstage in Michigan.
Winfrey kicked-off the two-hour livestream event by announcing that a number of A-listers were joining the event via Zoom.
She then proceeded to introduce Bryan Cranston, Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Lopez, Tracy Ellis Ross, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep.
‘I am smiling from ear to ear Oprah,’ Breaking Bad’s Cranston said. ‘I have never felt this much joy and optimism in a campaign in a long time.’
‘I think she’s going to be terrific,’ Cranston added.
Oprah Winfrey (right) packed her Thursday night event with Vice President Kamala Harris (left) with Hollywood stars joining the conversation over Zoom
A-listers joining the two-hour event included Meryl Streep (left) and Jennifer Lopez (right)
Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts waves hi to the in-person and online crowd as Oprah hosts a large-scale event Thursday night for Vice President Kamala Harris
Ahead of the event, the Harris-Walz campaign said that nearly 200,000 people had signed up to watch the livestreamed event.
Winfrey took over a soundstage in Michigan for filming, inviting Michigan’s popular Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to rile up the crowd.
The longtime talk show host explained that the idea for the event came from the Zoom calls different groups took part in immediately after Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee – starting with ‘Win With Black Women.’
Winfrey said members of all sorts of groups were turning in Thursday night – including Swifties for Harris and even Train Lovers for Harris.
‘I didn’t know there were train lovers,’ Winfrey mused.
She said Republicans for Harris were part of the crowd.
‘Love that group even more,’ Winfrey commented.
The self-described independent first backed former President Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008. She endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016 but didn’t hit the campaign trail for her.
Winfrey has been super involved this cycle, first speaking at the Democratic National Convention and then hosting the event Thursday night.
She had Harris answer questions from her in-person and livestream audience – mainly focused on the economy.
They then moved on to a riveting portion of the program – with Winfrey having teen rape survivor Hadley Duvall and the mother of Amber Nicole Thurman, who died after not receiving an abortion in Georgia, speak.