Oprah Winfrey shared candid thoughts about her fluctuating weight and the weight loss “miracle” drug that’s so popular among celebrities.
The 69-year-old talk show host and media proprietor made the remarks while hosting a panel called “The Life You Want Class: The State of Weight.”
“You all know I’ve been on this journey for most of my life. My highest weight was 237 lbs. I don’t know if there is another public person whose weight struggle has been exploited as much as mine over the years,” Winfrey told the audience, per People.
“You all have watched me diet and diet and diet,” she went on, insisting she struggles to maintain because her body “always seems to want to go back to a certain weight.”
The billionaire also said she was treated differently in stores depending on how much she weighed, saying, “This is a world that has shamed people for being overweight forever.”
She continued, “It’s that thing where people are like, ‘Let me show you the gloves. Would you like to look at the handbags? Because we know that there’s nothing in here for you.’ There is a condescension. There is stigma.”
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Winfrey also talked about being “shamed” in the tabloids for not having the “willpower” to lose weight. She discussed the potential of taking Ozempic, a semaglutide approved for treating type II diabetes that’s become extremely popular for its effectiveness with weight loss.
“Shouldn’t we all just be more accepting of whatever body you choose to be in? That should be your choice,” Winfrey said. “Even when I first started hearing about the weight loss drugs, at the same time I was going through knee surgery, and I felt, ‘I’ve got to do this on my own. Because if I take the drug, that’s the easy way out,’” she continued.
Oprah has been a vocal proponent of the popular Weight Watchers diet plan since August 2015. She said in a January 2016 issue of O Magazine, “I was fed up with my lose-and-gain again routine. I had enough of no-carb regimens. Some people can live without bread and pasta, but it just doesn’t make sense to me.”
Despite being an ambassador for Weight Watchers, Winfrey has been struggling with maintaining her weight in recent years.