The Chicago Tribune, the hometown newspaper of Oprah Winfrey, has criticized her for allowing her company to accept a $1 million payment from the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. The Washington Examiner reported earlier this month how Harris’s campaign had blown through a $1 billion budget.

The Chicago Tribune criticized Vice President Kamala Harris' failed presidential campaign for reportedly paying out campaign cash to Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities.

Oprah Winfrey has tried to tamp down the notion — which has gotten some traction on social media — that she was paid $1 million to endorse Kamala Harris.

Oprah Winfrey is speaking out on her involvement in Kamala Harris' presidential campaign after reports she was paid $1 million to host a rally.

Here's what we know about the claim that the vice president's campaign paid the television icon a sum of $1 million.

Despite the inaccurate reporting and speculation that Oprah Winfrey was personally paid by the Kamala Harris campaign to participate in the "Unite for America" livestream rally in September, Winfrey has once again confirmed that the $1 million spent by the campaign went directly to Harpo Prods.

Viral online posts suggest Harris paid Oprah for an endorsement. But Oprah says the payment to her production company was to cover the costs of hosting a town hall.