Kid Rock blasts Oprah as a 'fraud' after she endorses Fetterman over Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race - Fox News

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Multiplatinum creator Kid Rock slammed tv icon Oprah Winfrey connected Saturday and called her a "fraud" aft Winfrey endorsed the Pennsylvania Senate run of Democrat John Fetterman implicit his Republican opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, whom Winfrey has known and worked with for decades.

"Oprah helped Dr. Oz with his career," Kid Rock tweeted Saturday successful a station that was retweeted implicit 10,000 times. "I presume due to the fact that she vetted him and recovered him to beryllium a fantastic person. Now she is against him. Oprah is simply a fraud. -Kid Rock."

Winfrey, a Democrat, announced connected Thursday that she is supporting Fetterman’s Senate run contempt her agelong narration with Oz.

Oz archetypal came to prominence arsenic a wellness adept connected "The Oprah Winfrey Show" earlier helium got his ain speech amusement successful 2009, which was produced by Winfrey's institution Harpo. His amusement ended successful January. 

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(L) Oprah Winfrey (R) Kid Rock

(L) Oprah Winfrey (R) Kid Rock (Getty Images)

"I’ll archer you each this, if I lived successful Pennsylvania, I would person already formed my ballot for John Fetterman for galore reasons," Winfrey said during a virtual speech with assemblage leaders. 

Fetterman’s run said Winfrey’s enactment for the Democrat implicit Oz "speaks volumes." 

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Kid Rock performs astatine  the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Kid Rock performs astatine the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

"Oprah is wide regarded arsenic the idiosyncratic who helped motorboat Dr. Oz’s career, and knows him well," the run said.

Kid Rock, calved Robert Ritchie, has been a vocal professional of Winfrey’s successful the past, including an on-stage rant astatine his honky-tonk successful downtown Nashville, wherever helium told the assemblage "f*** Oprah Winfrey" and "f*** Joy Behar."

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"A drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts, I ain what I said," Kid Rock told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson connected an occurrence of Tucker Carlson Originals connected Fox Nation successful June.

Representatives for Winfrey did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.

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Oprah Winfrey speaks onstage during Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations astatine  PlayStation Theater successful  New York City.

Oprah Winfrey speaks onstage during Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations astatine PlayStation Theater successful New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for THR)

"Doctor Oz loves Oprah and respects the information that they person antithetic politics," Rachel Tripp, elder communications advisor for the Oz campaign, told Fox News Digital successful an emailed statement. "He believes we request much equilibrium and little extremism successful Washington."

Oz and Fetterman are presently locked successful a choky Senate contention successful the Keystone State that a recent poll shows Oz leads by a borderline of 1 percent point.

The hotly contested Senate contention could yet determine which enactment volition power the Senate aft Tuesday's midterm election.

Fox News’ Brie Stimson contributed to this report

Andrew Mark Miller is simply a writer astatine Fox News. Find him connected Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.

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