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Oprah Winfrey has been targeted by online trolls for quite some time now, most especially in the wake of fallen Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein‘s recent legal trouble. Those same trolls spread a false rumor that the media mogul’s home was raided in connection to sex trafficking claims and for being diagnosed with COVID-19, which has her name trending on Twitter.
To try and connect all the swirling rumors as everyone has immediately believed what was said without even a hint of a police report, some Twitter users have been saying since March 15 that Winfrey’s home was raided, that she was stricken with coronavirus, and that another home was seized. Other sources state that this implausible and stupid story was drummed up by QAnon followers, many of whom have it out for liberal celebrities and are ardent supporters of President Donald Trump.
This inspired many of the 66-year-old billionaire’s detractors to ramp up the rumor train and made mention of the Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland which painted the late entertainer in an unflattering light. Winfrey’s connection to Weinstein was also mentioned in high number by the online trolls who couldn’t wait to pounce on anything resembling a loss of credibility or assumed criminal activity.
Winfrey posted a tweet in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (March 18) to state that none of the chatter on social media is anything connected to the truth and that she’s been keeping herself quarantined and minding her business.
“Just got a phone call that my name is trending. And being trolled for some awful FAKE thing. It’s NOT TRUE. Haven’t been raided, or arrested. Just sanitizing and self distancing with the rest of the world. Stay safe everybody,” Winfrey posted.
Ava DuVernay blasted the online trolls for egging this nonsense on with a tweet of her own.
“Trolls + bots began this disgusting rumor. Mean-spirited minds kept it going. #Oprah has worked for decades on behalf of others. Given hundreds of millions to individuals + causes in need. Shared her own abuse as a child to help folks heal. Shame on all who participated in this,” the famed director tweeted.
Check out some of the unhinged responses from the trolls and bots that DuVernay mentioned below, which largely drowns out the sensible people who saw through this mess.
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Online Trolls Spread False News That Oprah Winfrey’s Home Raided, Linked Her To Sex Trafficking was originally published on hiphopwired.com
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#Oprah is trending because of rumors of sex trafficking?!?! Great conspiracy theories floating around because she posted a tweet on a desktop instead of her iPhone. Someone explain this to me...
— Ryan Wrecker (@RyanWrecker) March 18, 2020
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Trump is going to tweet about #oprah, isn’t he??? pic.twitter.com/UyXa0Uiq6q
— JON (@TeamMitchMoscow) March 18, 2020
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#Oprah
— Rocksfire (@Rocksfire1) March 18, 2020
if people actually took the time to read the "post" you will find that ALL of the names listed are democrats and not a single republican is listed.
the post also said Trump will win....which makes it clear that the person who wrote it is a Trump supporter. 1/3
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Mother of all conspiracy theories #Oprah pic.twitter.com/y1XGG1CDm0
— Brian🇰🇪 (@Briankemz) March 18, 2020
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#oprah did what
— Kyoko (@_KyokoYT) March 18, 2020
Me tryna find out what: pic.twitter.com/3xpy1Qtq6R
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#Oprah : “step inside the van sugarcakes”
— arjelly (@arjellyyy) March 18, 2020
kid: “no”
oprah: pic.twitter.com/s0nNXxHjFW
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The #Oprah is trending today about being arrested for sex trafficking, I don't know if this is true or not, but what is obvious is her friendship with many people that have commited crimes against humanity.
— Dr. Dawn Michael💗 (@SexCounseling) March 18, 2020
Like John of God, Weinstein, Epstein and others slowly coming out.
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#Oprah this morning opening Twitter... pic.twitter.com/tJsyVYuUOj
— Alex Feuz (@AlexFeuz) March 18, 2020
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oprah opening twitter like #Oprah pic.twitter.com/a1i43EnbAL
— Cat Piss (@CatxPiss) March 18, 2020
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Well known that #Oprah sourced young girls for Harvey Weinstein who were looking for their ‘big break’ in Hollywood. How much info would Harvey have on Oprah to reduce his sentence?
— Matt Kirk (@mattkirk264) March 18, 2020
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never thought i'd see #Oprah and sex trafficking in the same sentence but 2020 hasn't failed me yet pic.twitter.com/IREfSPJz29
— loser! (@naughtybynah) March 18, 2020
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Me checking CNN, FOX, and all social media platforms to see if this shit is true #oprah #opraharrested pic.twitter.com/GRqbbY7kAV
— ★Verified Account★ (@Watch_Tv_NotMe) March 18, 2020
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Monique : Something ain't right about #Oprah
— Cee-Note (@_216cephus) March 18, 2020
US : Mo you tweaking
TMZ : Feds raid #Oprah's mansion
US : You was right Mo
Monique : pic.twitter.com/QsKRZzBhq0