Yara Shahidi is on cloud nine, thanks to Oprah Winfrey.
ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with the 18-year-old actress at the Los
Angeles premiere of BlacKkKlansman on Wednesday, where she opened up
about the media mogul recently referring to her as "the future" -- and
declaring that she could be president if she wanted to.
"OK, coupled with the fact that I was in Barbados with my family, that
was a peak life moment," Shahidi confessed. "I guess, on a serious
note... I just live in a state of constant awe, where I'm like, 'How am I
where I am?' And I'm just grateful that there truly is a community of
people that are supporting me."
"I feel like when my parents helped me into this industry through
commercials and then through TV, we always, I guess, dissolved the idea
of competition especially amongst other women of color. And I feel like
everyday that I get to be here and like see everybody together, it just
proves that that is so right ,and that we are never in competition but
the power of uplifting one another," she continued. "I mean, that's what
all of I feel like September covers have been about, that's what
everything has been about. And I love seeing that love. And I love being
the recipient of it."
Shahidi graces the cover of The Hollywood Reporter, while Beyonce is on
the September issue of Vogue. Rihanna is on British Vogue, Tiffany
Haddish on Glamour, and Tracee Ellis Ross on Elle Canada. Shahidi has
definitely made a name for herself in entertainment -- but she's not
ruling out a career in politics.
"I definitely want to be in like, a politics-adjacent kind of position,"
she told ET. "I do want to be in a place in which I can implement that
level of change, president I don't quite know. I always think about how
strange it'll be that they'll be going back through my Instagram that I
had when I was 12."
"So that's a little eerie, but I definitely want to be [in Washington] D.C., yeah," Shahidi added.
The actress, who has deferred her studies at Harvard University, has
already made a big effort in using her star power to encourage her peers
to become participants in the politics. See more on Shahidi in the
video below.
BlacKkKlansman hits theaters on Friday.
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Aug 10, 2018

Yara Shahidi Says Oprah Calling Her the 'Future' Was a 'Peak Life Moment'
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