Oprah Winfrey has navigated challenging years marked by both triumphs and tribulations.
The media titan found herself embroiled in numerous controversies, from the intense criticism of her response to the Maui fires to her stance on Ozempic and her past associations with disgraced former film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein.
Yet, Oprah masterfully reshaped the narrative by leveraging her most incredible skill: delivering a compelling and inspiring speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Oprah’s words about Kamala Harris‘s background, parents, and fighting spirit inspired and moved liberals. However, those very same words angered Republicans, including the mightiest of them all, President Donald Trump.
The real estate mogul was angry that his former friend went to bat for the opposing team. Oprah’s speech and roaring endorsement failed to move the needle in Kamala Harris’s favor.
Regrettably, Oprah’s venture into the political arena ended in disappointment, leading her back to the realm that has brought her immense success.
The media personality used the most recent episode of The Oprah Podcast, to once more talk about weight loss drugs, during which she made jaw-dropping comments about skinny people.
Oprah explained that she has been taking GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss, such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Victoza, or Mounjaro, which led to her impressive body transformation.
During the chat with Yale University obesity medicine physician-scientist Dr. Ania Jastreboff and clinical psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldman, Oprah poked fun at people with the willpower to shed pounds naturally.
Oprah confessed: “One of the things that I realized the very first time I took a GLP-1 was that all these years I thought that thin people, those people just had more willpower. They ate better foods. They were able to stick to it longer. They never had a potato chip. And then I realized the very first time I took the GLP-1 that, oh, they’re not even thinking about it. They’re only eating when they’re hungry and they’re stopping when they’re full. Just because you’ve lost the weight, you haven’t solved the problem of obesity.”
Later in the interview, Oprah said people who deal with obesity will “always have to live with it.”
She claimed: “Just because you’ve lost the weight, you haven’t solved the problem of obesity. It’s something that I have to manage because of the food noise.”
Oprah was heavily criticized for her remarks, with one person sharing via Yahoo and The Blast:
“I beg to differ,. y experience is that while I may be thin… I do think about food, & I would love to snack at my time. Not immune to the cravings.”
Another stated: “Thin people also think about food all the time, but they work hard to manage their physical and mental needs in a healthy way, and not by taking medications.”
Oprah indirectly poked those who used willpower and natural means to maintain a healthy lifestyle and thin physique.
