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Oprah Explains Her Controversial Comment Following Donald Trump’s Win

<p>Recently Oprah faced some backlash after a comment she made on Twitter regarding Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The media mogul took to Twitter to share her thoughts on Trump’s recent sit down with President Obama&period; She posted a photo with the caption&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Everybody take a deep breath&comma; &num;HopeLives&excl;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; her comment didn’t sit too well with many people as they decided to voice their opinions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;news&sol;oprah-winfrey-explains-controversial-donald-trump-white-house-tweet-946962">Hollywood Reporter<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; during a recent Q&amp&semi;A in Los Angeles&comma; Oprah addressed that tweet and explained her thought process behind it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I couldn’t breathe after the election&period; So when I saw Trump and Obama sitting together&comma; I actually took a picture of the screen that said &OpenCurlyQuote;President-elect Trump honored to meet Obama&period;’ And President Obama was being so gracious&comma; and I heard Donald Trump say&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;He’s a good man&period;’”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My mistake&comma; and this is what I know to be true&colon; you can never talk about &&num;8216&semi;everybody&period;&&num;8217&semi; Even in your arguments with your husband and your children&period; Don’t talk about what you should do&comma; what you ought to do&period; You can only speak for yourself&period; So what I should have said was&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;I just took a breath&period;’ What I said was&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Everybody take a breath – &num;HopeLives&period;’”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates do you think the backlash towards Oprah was justified&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; 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