--- title: Hillary Clinton Gets Oprah's Endorsement for President description: "What this says is, there is no ceiling, that ceiling just went boom!" Oprah said of her Hillary Clinton endorsement canonical: https://time.com/4371370/oprah-winfrey-hillary-clinton-endorse/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-16T14:20:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:02.698Z article:section: Politics og:title: Oprah Endorses Hillary Clinton for President: 'It's About Time' og:description: "What this says is, there is no ceiling, that ceiling just went boom!" og:url: https://time.com/4371370/oprah-winfrey-hillary-clinton-endorse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte56db8fb5808ca20/6988981f0b72e3a3c46e9d5c/gettyimages-540660808.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: Premiere Of OWN's "Greenleaf" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oprah Endorses Hillary Clinton for President: 'It's About Time' twitter:description: "What this says is, there is no ceiling, that ceiling just went boom!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte56db8fb5808ca20/6988981f0b72e3a3c46e9d5c/gettyimages-540660808.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Oprah Endorses Hillary Clinton for President: 'It's About Time' > Sponsored content. 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Producer / TV Personality Oprah Winfrey attends the premiere of OWN's "Greenleaf" at The Lot on June 15, 2016 in West Hollywood, California.Paul Archuleta—FilmMagic by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jun 16, 2016 2:20 PM UTC [Oprah](http://time.com/4079102/oprah-weight-watchers-profit) has spoken. The talk show host told [_Entertainment Tonight_](http://www.etonline.com/news/191164%5Foprah%5Fwinfrey%5Fendorses%5Fhillary%5Fclinton%5Fupcoming%5Felection%5Fit%5Fa%5Fseminal%5Fmoment%5Ffor%5Fwomen/) on Wednesday that she is supporting [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4355797/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-foreign-policy-speech-transcript/) for president. “Regardless of your politics, it’s a seminal moment for women,” Winfrey said. “What this says is, there is no ceiling, that ceiling just went boom! It says anything is possible when you can be leader of the free world.” “I really believe it’s going to happen,” Oprah added. “It’s about time that we make that decision.” Winfrey was a high-profile backer of then-Sen. Barack Obama in his 2007-2008 primary run, first voicing her support for him in 2006 and appearing on the campaign trail with him as he faced then-Sen. Clinton in late 2007\. 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