“Oprah Winfrey denies that she’s running for president, but she almost seems to be doing opposition research in her current gig as a correspondent for ’60 Minutes,'” said Katie Pavlich on Monday night on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” during a fill-in stint for host Laura Ingraham.

Pavlich was referring to an obviously slanted interview Winfrey conducted with a panel of 14 people on Sunday, in which she loaded her questions against the current president.

Winfrey, for example, said the world’s opinion of the United States has deteriorated under President Donald Trump and then asked the people in front of her if they cared what the world thought of the United States.

She also asked the audience if they believed Trump’s “s***hole” countries remark — seeming to steer them in a certain direction on Trump and foreign policy.

President Trump was not a fan of the interview, as one might imagine, and even specifically asked her to run for president in 2020 after watching it.

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Trump’s tweet resparked the debate: Will Oprah run for president? Although the media mogul said she was not running earlier this month, the election is still a few years away. That said, Pavlich delved further into the topic with Fox News contributor Monica Crowley and with liberal Julie Alvin, Time Inc.’s digital director of lifestyle content.

Crowley said she agreed with Trump the interview was certainly biased and that despite Winfrey’s presidential criticism, the run still might be a long shot.

“She was trying to put the Trump voters on the defensive and almost say they regret their vote, and she didn’t do that for the people who voted for Mrs. Clinton,” Crowley said. “I think Oprah has a beautiful life and in the end, I don’t think that she’s going to make her run for this.”

She added, “She also has a more important problem: Her image is built on forgiveness and supposed spirituality, living your best life. Those things are not congruent with being a political figure and having to take hard stances on political issues. I don’t think she wants to end up mudding her brand.”

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Although she is on the Left of the political spectrum, Alvin said she believes Winfrey is more effective as an endorsement politically than she would be as a Democratic candidate.

“I’d like to move the realm of presidency outside of celebrity,” Alvin said. “I’d like to see someone with experience governing with legislation and getting things done in Washington, something that our current president has not had experience with.”

Alvin added, “That said, if I had to pick between Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey, I’d pick Winfrey for a variety of reasons. She’s a brilliant businesswoman who has a net worth who has exceeded Donald Trump’s without the lawsuits or bankruptcy filings.”

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Pavlich then had to ask, “She’s already achieved so much, why not run for president?” After all — if the Left thinks Winfrey is a better candidate, why would they not want her to run?

Alvin responded by saying Oprah likely wants to focus on her charity work instead. Crowley had another idea, however.

“I think she likes having people who want to court her,” Crowley said. “I think she likes having the attention placed on her in this context because she has achieved so much in the entertainment world. But you really have to have a hunger for this. That’s what set Donald Trump apart from others who have toyed with this idea.”

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“In the end, I don’t think she ends up doing this because it’s not possible to be both Jesus and Caesar,” added Crowley. “I think she likes having this exalted position in American pop culture.”

Surely, Winfrey appears to be cozying up to the anti-Trump crowd — as are many other Hollywood celebs. One speech at the Golden Globes, however, isn’t likely  enough to win her a presidency.

Yet because of her influence, her name will likely be used in speculation over the next couple of years.

Tom Joyce is a freelance writer from the South Shore of Massachusetts. He covers sports, pop culture, and politics and has contributed to The Federalist, Newsday, ESPN, and other outlets.