You can say no to “60 Minutes,” but not to Oprah Winfrey.

Oprah Winfrey in 2014. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
Oprah Winfrey in 2014. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
The CBS News Sunday show has a new special contributor — capable of landing interviews with the most powerful people in the world.

Jeff Fager, the show’s executive producer, called Winfrey, 63, a “remarkable and talented woman with a level of integrity that sets her apart and makes her a perfect fit for ’60 Minutes.’”

Her first appearance will be this fall.

CBS News quoted Winfrey as saying: “I’ve been a big admirer of ’60 Minutes’ since my days as a young reporter. I’m so excited and proud to join forces with this historic news program, which for me represents the bastion of journalistic storytelling.

“At a time when people are so divided, my intention is to bring relevant insight and perspective, to look at what separates us, and help facilitate real conversations between people from different backgrounds.”

Winfrey’s talk show “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” which lasted 25 years, was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history, CBS noted.

She’s been the subject of “60 Minutes” reports herself, and has worked with CBS News — most recently for an “exit interview” with Michelle Obama.

In 1986, legendary “60 Minutes” interrogator Mike Wallace asked Winfrey her opinion of President Clinton.

“I won’t say because I might get that interview, too,” she said.

Wallace responded: “In other words, you would not say what you really believe about Bill Clinton because, who knows, he might wind up on ‘Oprah’?

“That’s one reason,” the New York Daily News recalled her saying.

“And the other reason?”

Winfrey replies: “I won’t say.”

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