Oprah Winfrey has said she is not interested in running for US president, after rumours she could stand against Donald Trump in 2020.
In an in-depth interview with InStyle magazine given three weeks before her famed Golden Globes speech, the 63-year-old talk show host said the presidency was "not something that interests me".
"I actually saw a mug the other day," she told the magazine, when asked about the twitter trend #Oprah2020.
"I thought it was a cute mug. All you need is a mug and some campaign literature and a T-shirt.
"I've always felt very 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."
"Oprah for President"
Oprah Winfrey has been widely touted as a future Democratic contender for the 2020 elections after a rousing speech at the Golden Globes earlier this month.
Donald Trump, when asked about a possible run against Ms Winfrey in 2020, said it would be "fun", adding: "Yeah, I'll beat Oprah."
Oprah Winfrey was picking up the prestigious Cecil B deMille award for outstanding contribution to entertainment, at the Golden Globes in early January, when she made her now famous speech.
She spoke powerfully on themes of race, gender, power and the 'Me Too' campaign.
When she told "all the girls watching here... to know that a new day is on the horizon!", many took it to mean that she might consider a bid for the US presidency.
Winfrey campaigned for Barack Obama in 2008 and endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016. During Clinton's campaign, she discussed the prospect of a female president and said "America, it's about time that we made that decision."
She said it would be a "seminal moment for women." But the moment has yet to happen -- which is one of the reasons her speech stirred so much attention.
Winfrey has deep pockets, an even deeper well of charisma, and instant name recognition, thanks to decades on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
Reese Witherspoon alluded to her friend's superstar status while introducing her at the Globes: "There's only one person whose name is a verb, an adjective, and a feeling. And that is Oprah."
What she lacks is political experience.
In an interview with Winfrey on Bloomberg last March, interviewer David Rubenstein broached the possibility, saying "It's clear you don't need government experience to be elected president of the United States."
She indicated that the same thought had crossed her mind after Trump's election: "I thought, 'Oh gee, I don't have the experience, I don't know enough.' And now I'm thinking, 'Oh. Oh!'"
Winfrey laughed while the studio audience applauded.
More recently, when her best friend Gayle King brought up the idea on "CBS This Morning," Winfrey shot it down: "There will be no running for office of any kind for me."
Credit: Sky news