December 8, 2008
Posted: 06:07 PM ET
Palin didn't snub Oprah, a spokesman said.
(CNN) – Sarah Palin's camp is denying claims she's is snubbing talk show host Oprah Winfrey, telling CNN Monday the decision was "nothing personal" — the Alaska governor has just been flooded with so many media requests she simply hasn't had the time to sit down with the daytime talk show icon. “The governor was invited to appear. She was also invited to appear on Letterman, Leno, Stephanopoulos, The Daily Show. She passed on a vast majority of these requests," Bill McAllister, Palin's communications director and press secretary. "We’re up to about 250 requests for interviews and appearances and so on. It’s worldwide, there’s still a tremendous amount of interest. It’s nothing personal about Oprah, it’s just that she turned down the vast majority of these requests." A Palin appearance at a later date is still possible, said McAllister: “I’m not aware that it’s been ruled out.” Winfrey — the popular daytime talk show host and strong Barack Obama supporter — seemed to suggest last week that Palin was deliberately avoiding her show. "I said I would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin when the election was over…" she said in an interview with the entertainment show Extra. "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’s comments came in response to rumors she'd refused to offer an invitation to the former vice presidential candidate. Filed under: Sarah Palin |
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