No Oprah in 2020 ��� who’s next? Semi-modest proposals for our next celebrity president

Kanye West; Meryl Streep (Credit: AP/Star Max/Getty/Justin Tallis)

Oprah Winfrey set the internet on fire when she appeared to be��toying with the idea of running for president. After her rousing��Cecil��B. DeMille Award acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this month, rumors about a possible Oprah 2020 run spread uncontrollably.��Her closest friends were even telling major publications that��an Oprah campaign��was a��possibility at some point.

Yesterday we found out that the 63-year mogul isn���t running, according to an interview she did for the March edition of InStyle Magazine.

���I���ve always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not. And so, it���s not something that interests me. I don���t have the DNA for it,��� Winfrey told the magazine. ���I met with someone the other day who said that they would help me with a campaign. That���s not for me.���

This was devastating to those of us who believe��Oprah��is one of the few celebrities��who could beat��Trump in popularity, money and support. But there���s no need to cry over spilled milk. If we want to��draft a celebrity to beat Trump in 2020,��why not keep dreaming big, Hollywood-style?

Here are some A-listers who could give Trump a run for his money:

Meryl Streep

Award-winning, brilliant, gifted and arguably one of the greatest actresses to ever grace a screen.��Streep can play anyone, and I mean anyone. If Streep was cast to play Michael Jordan in��his biopic, I���d go see it. With��that level of acting skill and versatility, she���d��make an amazing president,��able to engage other world leaders like Obama did while also capturing the hearts of working-class Americans, Kennedy-style. Plus, she already has beef with Trump ��� he called her ���over-rated.��� Beating him in the general election��would be an epic��opportunity to make him eat his words.

Snoop Dogg

Snoop is America���s official weed ambassador. He smokes, he shares, he chills ��� and he���d do��the same for our country. I covered a Trump rally back in 2016 and smelled a hint of weed coming from a group of people entering the venue. That���s when I realized that marijuana is the only thing that can unite the right wing, the Clinton liberals and the progressives. Snoop Dogg can make this happen.

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen��is Oprah’s heir ��� the current queen of the daytime TV talk throne.��She’s funny, smart and has a heart of gold, and she��consistently gives to the less fortunate. Ellen would���ve��made a great running mate��for Oprah,��but if Oprah isn���t running, now is the time for Ellen to step up and claim what���s hers.��I’d vote for her in a second. She’ll proudly represent the LGBTQIA community. And I’d��love to��see her bust those pre-show dance moves as Trump and Melania are escorted out of the White House.

Rihanna

I know Rihanna, who was born and raised in Barbados, can’t be president.��But let’s dream for a second.��Rihanna represents everything that America needs now. Trump was supposed to mix things up by being anti-government ��� the big disruptor ��� but he���s just a 71-year-old rich white dude who only cares about other rich white people and tax cuts for the most wealthy Americans. What���s so new about that? Rihanna is cool,��brilliant,��a successful businesswoman��and artist, and the opposite of what the D.C. power structure looks like. She could spice things up and redefine us in a powerful way. Yes, I���d work on that campaign ��� for free.

Kanye West

If I wanted Kanye for President, I wouldn’t want��the new Kanye, but the old Kanye from “The College Dropout.” If��you see that Kanye, let me know. But for now, never mind.