Oprah Winfrey talks about the discovery she had about “skinny people”.
In the episode of January 14 The Oprah Podcastthe former talk show host spoke with Yale University obesity medicine doctor Dr. Anija Jastreboff and clinical psychologist dr. Rachel Goldman on obesity and weight loss drugs.
Winfrey (70) admitted that her opinion changed after she used weight loss drugs herself.
“One of the things I realized when I first took GLP-1 is that all these years I thought that skinny people, those people just had more willpower,” she said. “They ate better food. They could have stuck with it longer. They never ate chips.”
“And then I realized when I first took GLP-1 that, oh, they don’t even think about it,” she continued. “They only eat when they are hungry and stop when they are full.”
Winfrey said that way of thinking just “doesn’t work” if you’re obese. She also discussed her struggles with food cravings later in the conversation, which aired on the Jan. 21 episode. The multi-hyphenated star said that those struggling with obesity “will always have to live with it”, even after losing weight with the help of diet pills.
“Just because you’ve lost weight, you haven’t solved obesity,” she said, noting that it’s something that has to be managed because of food noise.
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Oprah Winfrey was ‘blamed and shamed’ for 25 years because of her weight: ‘It never happened to me that I could be angry’ (exclusive)
Winfrey revealed a year ago that she used the weight loss drug after years of struggling with her health.
“I realized that all these years I’ve been blaming myself for being overweight, and I have a predisposition that no amount of willpower can control,” she told PEOPLE in December 2023. “Fatness is a disease. It’s not about willpower — it’s about the brain.”
After coming to terms with the science, Winfrey said she “let go of my own shame about it” and consulted her doctor, who prescribed a weight-loss drug. “Now I use it as I feel I need it, as a management tool, not a yo-yo,” she said, choosing not to name the specific drug she takes.
“The fact that there is a medically approved prescription for weight control and health maintenance, in my life, I feel like a relief, like a redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and make fun of again,” she said at the time. “I’m absolutely done with being shamed by other people, especially myself.”
Winfrey is aware of the buzz surrounding her body size, especially as the use of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro has become increasingly popular. But she emphasized that it is not a magic bullet or a one-size-fits-all solution.
“That’s it,” she said of her comprehensive health and fitness routine. “I know everyone thought I was on it, but I’ve been working so damn hard. I know if I don’t work out and take care of all the other things, it doesn’t work for me.”
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