A TikTok creator who appeared in Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris last week condemned the unauthorized use of her video, mocked Harris and vowed she would not vote for her in November.
“So I got my four seconds of fame on the Oprah Winfrey Show and invited her as a guest. Let me show you who it was,” a TikTok creator behind the account Blaire_Allison said in a video posted on Saturday.
The TikTok then showed a clip of Winfrey’s town hall-style interview with Harris, which aired Thursday night, in which various people describe how the cost of living is crushing the average American’s wallet, including a video by Blaire Allison posted in November 2023.
“I don’t understand how people can afford to live right now,” Allison said in the featured clip.
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The TikTok creator contradicted the aired clip by imitating Harris, emphasizing that she does not support the Democratic vice president’s candidacy for the Oval Office.
“To my fellow Americans, let me make one thing very clear, OK? I do not support Harris for president,” she said, mocking and imitating Harris’ often awkward way of speaking. “OK? I do not want to be burdened by the person who has been in the White House for the last three and a half years. OK? As I stand here on this stage today, today, the day after yesterday, on this stage, I just want you to know, OK, my stance and my stance today is that I do not support Harris for president.”
The TikTok criticism of Harris has garnered more than 2 million views on X, and over 100,000 views on the original TikTok as of Sunday morning.
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In a subsequent TikTok, the content creator explained that Winfrey’s team did not seek permission to show her original video, noting that she “had no idea the clip would be shared while she was interviewing Kamala Harris.”
“I have made it very clear that I do not support Kamala Harris at all,” she added.
The author told Fox News Digital via email on Sunday that she is a “very patriotic American and I do not believe Harris puts Americans first or has presented a plan to improve the lives of Americans.” For that reason, she will not vote for Harris in November.
Oprah Winfrey takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 21, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
“I was disappointed that a talk show as well-known as Oprah Winfrey didn’t even inform me that they were using my clip. So I didn’t have time to watch the footage until people in my community brought it to my attention,” she added.
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Blaire Allison’s original November video, shown at the town hall meeting, focused on how the cost of living affects people on average incomes, including teachers and minimum wage earners. The TikTok creator said inflation and cost concerns “really make her angry.”
“How can people afford to live right now? How do people cope with this cost of living on an average American salary? I just watched a TikTok of a teacher making a teacher’s salary. I don’t know what state she lives in, so I don’t know how much she makes. But her one-bedroom apartment costs $2,000, and when she spends $2,000 on that one-bedroom apartment, it doesn’t even include a washer and dryer, so every time she wants to use the washer and dryer, she has to pay an extra $2,” she said in the video posted to her TikTok account on November 6, 2023.
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Social media commenters shared the TikTok creator’s response to the Winfrey interview posted over the weekend, celebrating her “scathing” attack on Harris and adding that her reaction to Harris was “hysterical.”
Harris spoke with Winfrey at Thursday’s Unite for America Rally, a livestreamed event featuring several celebrities and questions and stories from citizens across the country.
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Harris has largely avoided the media since announcing her candidacy for the White House after President Biden dropped out of the race in July amid growing concerns about his mental health and age. As of Sunday, Harris has not held an official press conference as the presumptive and now official Democratic presidential nominee for 63 days.
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After weeks of pressure to give an interview, Harris ended her interview drought last month in Georgia, when she was joined by her running mate Tim Walz for a pre-taped segment with CNN’s Dana Bash. She has since given more interviews, including this week with the National Association of Black Journalists and on Thursday with Winfrey.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign and the group that organized the Unite for America Rally regarding the TikTok creator’s counter video, but did not receive a response.
Brian Flood and Jeffrey Clark of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
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