A TikTok creator featured in
Oprah Winfrey's recent town hall with US vice president
Kamala Harris publicly criticised the use of her video without permission, expressing her discontent and vowing not to vote for Harris in the upcoming election.
TikTok creator Blaire Allison shared her frustrations in a video posted on Saturday, “So I got my four seconds of fame on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and of all people to be her guest, let me show you who it was,” she said, showing a clip from the town hall that aired last Thursday.
In the segment, various individuals discussed the financial problems faced by average Americans and Allison's original comments from November 2023 about the cost of living.
In her mocking imitation of Harris, Allison made it clear that she does not support the vice president’s presidential ambitions. “To my Americans: Let me make something perfectly clear, OK? I do not support Harris for president,” she said, imitating Harris. “As I stand here today, on this stage, standing on this stage today, the day after yesterday, I just want you to know, OK, how I stand and how I stand today is that I do not support Harris for president.”
Allison quickly gained traction, amassing over 2 million views on X and over 100,000 views on TikTok. In a follow-up video, she clarified that Winfrey’s team had not secured her permission to use her original clip. “I have made it very clear that I don’t support Kamala Harris, at all,” she said.
In an email to Fox News Digital, Allison expressed her disappointment and said, “I was disappointed that such a well-known talk show such as Oprah Winfrey didn't even notify me they were using my clip,” she noted.
Allison's original TikTok portrayed the struggles of individuals coping with rising living costs, particularly teachers and minimum wage workers. “How are people affording life right now?” she questioned in her video.
Social media users shared the TikTok creator’s rebuttal to the Winfrey interview on X, commenting how she "savages" Harris and her response to Harris was "hysterical."