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Oprah Winfrey made $12m out of one tweet!

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ANI Washington D.C

Oprah Winfrey's tweet can surely earn bread as the media mogul made some serious cash from just one post!

According to Market Watch, 'Journey to Beloved' writer racked in a whopping 12 million dollar for merely writing about how the 61-year-old media proprietor was able to lose weight and still eat bread, reports E! Online.

Winfrey's post, included a 30-second video clip, which was to promote her journey with Weight Watchers, and captioned it, "Eat bread. Lose weight. Whaaatttt? #ComeJoinMe."

An hour after her story was sent into the Twitterverse, Weight Watchers' shares climbed slightly over two dollar a share and since Winfrey owns roughly six million shares, the surge in share prices made the celeb 12 million dollar just like that.

 

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First Published: Jan 27 2016 | 12:02 PM IST

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