Mehmet Oz
"One of the great things about our democracy is that every citizen can decide to run for public office," Winfrey said. "Mehmet Oz has made that decision."
Oz, who spent years promoting potentially dangerous and questionable practices on “The Dr. Oz Show," announced his candidacy for Senate in November.
The celebrity surgeon and Senate hopeful has vowed to take on drug and medical device companies — which have paid him handsomely over the years.
The show replacing “Dr. Oz” will be co-hosted by his daughter Daphne.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Stations in Philadelphia, New York City and Cleveland have pulled the show to avoid “equal time” rules that give rival candidates the ability to request matching air time.
"The Republican Party is the party of washed up celebrities running for office they have zero qualifications to hold," one person noted.
After the celebrity doctor was selected as guest host, many urged the show to choose actor LeVar Burton instead.
The "Grey's Anatomy" star has a zero tolerance policy for pundits preaching "stupid selfish s**t" during the coronavirus outbreak.
The TV star has been making some wild claims about the pandemic on Fox News, which one epidemiologist calls "shortsighted and unhelpful."
Dr. Mehmet Oz said the thousands of lives that could be lost by reopening schools are a “trade-off,” one that’s possibly worth the benefit to communities.