The media mogul dazzled on the red carpet at the world premiere of ‘The Color Purple’ in Los Angeles on Wednesday
Oprah Winfrey touches on the work that went into her recent weight loss.
The media mogul — who glowed in a tight purple long-sleeved dress as he posed on the red carpet in Purple world premiere on Wednesday — discussed her skinny transformation.
“It’s not one thing, it’s everything,” Winfrey, 69, said Party tonight at the Los Angeles Film Academy Museum.
According to the outlet, Winfrey also emphasized how much she had to do to achieve her new look. “I intend to continue like that”, she said and added “I was on that lane today”.
Oprah Winfrey at the world premiere of ‘The Color Purple’ in Los Angeles.
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The TV personality accessorized her all-purple red carpet ensemble with a sparkly purple purse and purple heels with silver embellishments. Meanwhile, her hair was styled into curls and she wore dangling silver earrings.
Winfrey is a producer on the upcoming movie musical, and also played the character of Sofia in the original 1985 film, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
The new film, due in theaters on December 25, is based on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker and is an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production.
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Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey at the world premiere of ‘The Color Purple’ in Los Angeles.
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Winfrey hosted a panel in September, Oprah Daily“The Life You Want Lecture: The State of Weight,” where she discussed the obesity crisis and addressed her own weight.
“You all know that I have been on this path for most of my life,” she told the audience. “My heaviest weight was 237 lbs. I don’t know if there is another public figure whose weight struggle has been exploited as much as mine has been over the years.”
“You’ve all been watching me diet and diet and diet,” she continued, before noting that it’s “recurring because my body always seems to want to get back to a certain weight.”
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Oprah Winfrey at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Winfrey went on to describe how people would treat her differently if she weighed over 200 pounds. “This is a world that has forever shamed people for being overweight. And all of us who have lived through it know that people treat you differently, just like that,” she said.
The former talk show host then explained that she discovered that she faced this stigma the most when she was shopping for clothes.
“It’s that thing when people say, ‘Let me show you the gloves. Do you want to look at the purses? Because we know there’s nothing here for you,'” she said. “There is condescension. There is stigma.”‘
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The actress and philanthropist also opened up about following WeightWatchers to lose weight. (Winfrey is an investor in WW and has been on the company’s board since 2015)
In 2020, she shared that she is seen sticking to the program for life. “I don’t feel like I’m on a diet that I’m ever going to come off again,” Winfrey said during a call for WeightWatchers members. “I feel like I’ll be counting points for the rest of my life.”
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