Winfrey says Palin didn't want chat

Published: Dec. 5, 2008 at 10:07 AM
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Oprah Winfrey arrives for the opening night gala of the 50th Anniversary of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company at City Center in New York on December 3, 2008.   (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)
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CHICAGO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Oprah Winfrey says she would have liked to have interviewed Sarah Palin after the election, but the former U.S. vice presidential candidate wasn't interested.

"I said I would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin when the election was over … I went and tried to talk to Sarah Palin and instead she talked to Greta (Van Susteren). She talked to Matt (Lauer). She talked to Larry (King). But she didn't talk to me," Winfrey told TV's "Extra" entertainment news program.

CNN said Winfrey made the remarks in response to reports she declined to invite Palin, Alaska's governor who is a Republican, on her talk show.

Winfrey, who is a vocal supporter of Democratic President-elect Barack Obama, announced this week she plans to take "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to Washington for the week of Obama's inauguration.


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