Oprah goes into damage control after praising Obama-Trump meeting

Oprah Winfrey went into damage control Sunday after telling her followers who protested the election of Donald Trump to "take a deep breath."

"Everybody take a deep breath. #HopeLives," Winfrey tweeted Thursday after seeing the president-elect's cordial meeting with President Barack Obama, whom she supported in 2008.

Everybody take a deep breath! #HopeLives! pic.twitter.com/YqNJSUab3a

— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) November 10, 2016

But social media users, from celebrities to black-rights activists, weren't happy with the queen of daytime TV's post.

To my friends who are POC, i thought I got it, but I didn't. Now that I know better, i will do better. I see you, I get it. I'm with you.

— Heather Matarazzo (@HeatherMatarazz) November 13, 2016

I... but... no... https://t.co/hBXaYROQwm

— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) November 12, 2016

I used to have great respect for Oprah. (past tense) https://t.co/Z1hke2rFfL

— Scott Weinberg (@scottEweinberg) November 12, 2016

DON'T YOU DARE OPRAH https://t.co/meue7QsfDR

— John Early (@bejohnce) November 11, 2016

My first time seeing this.

I'm stumped honestly. Want to assume she means something deep that doesn't come through well on Twitter. https://t.co/eNUM2MxCcz

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 12, 2016

On Sunday, Winfrey attempted to clarify her comments, calling what she said on Thursday a "mistake."

“When I saw them [Obama and Trump] sitting together and I actually took a picture of the screen, it said, ‘President-elect Trump: ‘Honored To Meet Obama.’ And President Obama was being so gracious. I heard Donald Trump say, ‘He’s a good man.’ I heard Donald Trump say, ‘I’m going to be seeking his counsel.’ I literally went, ‘I can breathe now,'" Winfrey told filmmaker Ava DuVernay Sunday at a Hollywood Q&A.

Winfrey said her "mistake" was speaking for everyone else and not just herself.

"What I should have said was, ‘I just took a breath.’ What I said was, ‘Everybody take a breath #HopeLives.’" Winfrey said, adding that her original "take a deep breath" comment was only referring to the peaceful transfer of power and not the entirety of the Trump presidency.