Kid Rock called Oprah Winfrey a โ€œfr*udโ€ after the television icon endorsed…see full details

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Kid Rock has called Oprah Winfrey a โ€œfraudโ€ after the television icon endorsed the Pennsylvania Senate campaign of Democrat John Fetterman over his Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Oprah helped Dr. Oz with his career,โ€ the outspoken conservative rocker tweeted Saturday in a post that was retweeted over 12,000 times. โ€œI assume because she vetted him and found him to be a wonderful person. Now she is against him. Oprah is a fraud. -Kid Rock.โ€

 

Winfrey announced on Thursday that she was supporting Fettermanโ€™s Senate campaign despite her long relationship with Oz.

Oz, a celebrity doctor, regularly appeared on Winfreyโ€™s talk show as a guest before he launched โ€œThe Dr. Oz Showโ€.

โ€œI said it was up to the citizens of Pennsylvania and, of course, but I will tell you all this, if I lived in Pennsylvania, I would have already cast my vote for John Fetterman for many reasons,โ€ Winfrey said at a virtual get-out-the-vote event.

Fettermanโ€™s campaign told Fox News Winfreyโ€™s support for the Democrat over Oz โ€œspeaks volumes.โ€

Oprah is widely regarded as the person who helped launch Dr. Ozโ€™s career, and knows him well,โ€ the campaign said.

Rachel Tripp, senior communications adviser for the Oz campaign, told Fox News: โ€œDoctor Oz loves Oprah and respects the fact that they have different politics. He believes we need more balance and less extremism in Washington.โ€

Kidโ€™s latest comments come just five months after he refused to apologize for a drunken rant in which he attacked Oprah and Joy Behar by name at a Tennessee bar.