In September 2004, Diaz created some controversy after her appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
The show in question, concerned celebrities encouraging young people to vote in the upcoming Presidential election.
While Diaz was sitting next to her Charlie's Angels co-star Drew Barrymore, singer Christina Aguilera, and hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, Diaz warned "Women have so much to lose.
I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies.
We could lo--if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote. But if you think that you have a right to your body, and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote.
" Several conservative pundits like talk show host Laura Ingraham condemned this statement. In their view.
it suggested that if you didn't vote for Democratic challenger John Kerry, a victorious President George W. Bush may somehow try to ban the right to have a legal abortion -
a suggestion that they felt was ludicrous and an example of scare tactics.
The actress was vocal in her support for Al Gore in 2000. Diaz went so far as sporting a t-shirt that read "I won't vote for a son of a Bush!" while making publicity for Charlie's Angels."[18]
On April 15, 2008, her father, Emilio Diaz, died of pneumonia, aged 58.[19]
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