Oprah Winfrey says ‘there is no American dream’ without women’s rights.

The television icon made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention in her hometown of Chicago last night, where she urged Democrats and independent voters to “choose common sense over nonsense.”

She said, “Let us choose truth, let us choose honor, let us choose joy. Because that is the best of America.” Her comments came before Tim Walz’s speech to formally accept the party’s nomination for vice-president.

“The bottom line for me is that decency and respect are on the ballot. And that’s why I was willing to do it. And let me just tell you the big risk was when I don’t have anything to lose. Now, I don’t have a show … It’s not what, what is it gonna cost me other than knowing that I had to do whatever I could to speak,” she added.