You may have seen this week that Oprah was back on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oprah-insists-obesity-is-a-disease-in-new-doc-touting-ozempic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">primetime</a> television. 
She hosted a special on Monday called &#8220;Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution.&#8221; Really, it was more of an infomercial for drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, which millions of Americans are taking to lose weight.
Previously, I&#8217;ve <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshShow/status/1661507373851131909" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gone into</a> the various side-effects of these drugs. Ozempic, for example, can potentially <a href="https://www.ozempic.com/important-safety-information.html#:~:text=It%20is%20not%20known%20if%20Ozempic%C2%AE%20will%20cause%20thyroid,type%202%20(MEN%202)." target="_blank" rel="noopener">cause</a> thyroid tumors, cancer, and projectile vomiting. Maybe even more alarming is that we also don&#8217;t really understand how these drugs work. Ozempic essentially tricks the pancreas into releasing more insulin. In turn, Ozempic&#8217;s artificially created hormones, &#8220;appear to actually bind to receptors on neurons in several parts of the brain,&#8221; <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/05/ozempic-addictive-behavior-drinking-smoking/674098/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a biologists quoted last year by The Atlantic. What do these hormones do when they bind to receptors in the brain? Apparently, they reduce people&#8217;s urge not simply to eat, but also to shop, and to engage in a range of other compulsive behaviors. If that&#8217;s true, no scientist in the world has any idea why it&#8217;s happening, or what other modifications this drug might be making to the brain. 
As if to prove that point, as recently as this month, the Atlantic published a follow-up piece <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/03/ozempic-glp1-weight-loss-brain-gut/677645/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">entitled</a>, &#8220;The Science Behind Ozempic Was Wrong.&#8221;
It all sounds very much like an elixir, a wonder-drug that can magically solve all of your problems. But if you&#8217;re the cynical type — or if you just paid any attention at all to big pharma over the past few years — you might have some questions. These are the questions that Oprah&#8217;s infomercial on Monday was intended to address. And to be fair, some of the side effects did come up; one woman in the special said that she had to stop taking one of these weight-loss drugs due to the nausea symptoms, for example.
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But by and large, this was a puff-piece that centered on a lie. It&#8217;s a lie that Oprah repeated several times, and that every television medical expert in this country repeats as well. It&#8217;s the claim that obesity is a &#8220;disease,&#8221; rather than a symptom of poor life choices. Watch:
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Oprah uses this idea that obesity is a &#8220;disease&#8221; to justify &#8220;treating&#8221; it with drugs instead of diet and exercise. This is an idea that, if you listen to medical experts, is something you&#8217;re not supposed to question. As you just heard from that CBS doctor: &#8220;It&#8217;s a chronic disease! Go to the C.D.C. website! Everybody will tell you the same thing! It&#8217;s just like asthma or diabetes!&#8221; And then everyone nods around the desk.
Except, obesity is nothing like asthma or diabetes, actually. People with obesity can cure themselves. That&#8217;s true in literally every case of obesity. You can lock someone in a room and feed them 1,000 calories of fruit every day, and they will be cured with one-hundred percent certainty. All you have to do is eat a healthy diet, and you&#8217;re cured. You can&#8217;t say the same for everyone with asthma or diabetes (at least not Type 1 diabetes). And if obesity is a disease, you’d need to explain why almost nobody in the country had this “disease” in the 1930s. And why nobody in Ethiopia has it today.
There seems to be a very curious correlation here. The “disease” of obesity only takes hold in places where people eat a lot of food and don’t get a lot of exercise. 
They say correlation isn’t causation, but I think in this case the causation is pretty clear. This is such an obvious, self-evident point that it made me wonder: When exactly did medical experts suddenly decide that obesity is a &#8220;disease,&#8221; and why did they do it? What definition were they using, exactly?
It turns out that the esteemed medical journal The Lancet has already answered this question. Back in 2013, the American Medical Association simply decided to arbitrarily classify obesity as a disease, even though they admitted that it didn&#8217;t meet the scientific definition of a disease. 
As <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370%2823%2900139-6/fulltext" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Lancet</a> notes: 
<blockquote>A disease, by definition, needs to have characteristic symptoms and signs, and even though excess [body fat] is a characteristic sign, there are no symptoms that are unique to obesity. &#8230; The American Medical Association (AMA) applied a different approach to this conundrum in 2013. Instead of trying to determine whether obesity fits specific definitions of disease, the AMA used a utilitarian approach to determine whether the recognition of obesity as a disease would have a positive impact on the individual patient, the healthcare system, and the wider society.</blockquote>
In other words, they realized that obesity doesn&#8217;t meet the definition of a disease, because there are no unique symptoms that only obese people suffer from. But they just decided to call it a disease anyway, to raise awareness (otherwise known as, to sell more medications). That&#8217;s what one of the top medical journals in the world is admitting. And by the way, it wasn&#8217;t just the AMA that took this approach. The Lancet <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370%2823%2900139-6/fulltext" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continues</a>: 
<blockquote>In the U.K., the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) recognised obesity as a disease in 2019. The main argument of RCP and those in favour of this recognition is that, unless obesity is defined as a disease, the funding for effective treatment options will be inadequate to stop its increasing prevalence and the health and socioeconomic costs associated with it.</blockquote>
This is almost too absurd to be real. But it is real. Leading medical associations all over the world decided to lie about obesity being a &#8220;disease,&#8221; and they admitted it out loud, and everyone just went along with it. We&#8217;re still seeing this today, of course, with nonsense like &#8220;Long COVID.&#8221; But with obesity, they just came out and told us they were lying. And no one saw a problem with it.
Take for example this remarkable clip from 2013, which is the year the AMA decided to just invent the idea that obesity is a disease. Watch as Charlie Rose asks the medical expert about this. You can tell Rose is a little confused as to why the AMA has suddenly made this decision out of nowhere. What &#8220;science&#8221; changed all of a sudden, Rose wanted to know, that explains why the AMA abruptly decided to label obesity as a disease? 
Watch how the in-house medical expert responds:
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It&#8217;s just one non-answer and non-sequitur after another. &#8220;It&#8217;s a disease because it hurts your body!&#8221; exclaims the T.V. doctor. But that&#8217;s not what a disease is. Shooting yourself in the foot would hurt your body, too. That doesn&#8217;t mean that shooting yourself in the foot is a disease. 
Drowning yourself in the river will hurt your body. But when they pull your corpse out of the water they aren’t going to say, “Wow, it looks like he died from the drowning disease.” It doesn’t make sense. So when Charlie Rose puts some more mild pressure on this guy, he just says, well, the AMA overwhelmingly agrees with me. So shut up and accept the fact that obesity is a disease. Science commands it. You don&#8217;t get to ask questions.
It&#8217;s not hard to see what&#8217;s going on here. The point is to medicalize the human condition and remove human agency by turning all vice into an illness. And in the process, big pharma makes a lot of money. It&#8217;s less clear why exactly anyone should take Oprah seriously concerning this topic. Back in December, Oprah <a href="https://people.com/oprah-winfrey-reveals-weight-loss-medication-exclusive-8414552" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disclosed</a> that she has been taking a nonspecific weight-loss medication herself. More recently, just weeks before this primetime infomercial aired, Oprah <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/03/01/1235100405/after-nearly-a-decade-oprah-winfrey-is-set-to-depart-the-board-of-weightwatchers#:~:text=Oprah%20Winfrey%20plans%20on%20leaving,next%20shareholder%20meeting%20in%20May." target="_blank" rel="noopener">stepped aside</a> from her role on the board of Weight Watchers this month, claiming it could present a conflict of interest.
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In reality, the conflict is so obvious and so significant, that it completely undercuts the integrity of Oprah&#8217;s special, no matter what she does. Last year, Weight Watchers <a href="https://corporate.ww.com/news/news-details/2023/WW-International-Inc.-Completes-Acquisition-of-Sequence/default.aspx#:~:text=(NASDAQ%3A%20WW)%20(%E2%80%9C,specializing%20in%20chronic%20weight%20management." target="_blank" rel="noopener">purchased</a> a tele-health startup called Sequence that connects customers with doctors who are ready and willing to prescribe Ozempic. Weight Watchers realized that its model of preaching personal willpower and self-control was going out of style, so in a last-ditch effort to save the company, they started <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/14/business/weightwatchers-ozempic-weight-loss/index.html#:~:text=The%20support%20program%20is%20included,care%20physician%20if%20they%20prefer." target="_blank" rel="noopener">selling</a> $99-a-month subscriptions to connect their customers with these weight-loss drugs. Oprah was on the board of Weight Watchers during that period.
Given that background, it&#8217;s hard to be impressed with the fact that Oprah left Weight Watchers&#8217; board *right before* airing a special that stands to benefit both Weight Watchers and their new partners in big pharma. This would be a little like Hunter Biden suddenly leaving his extremely well-paying job on the board of a Ukrainian oil company, a few days before flying Joe Biden into Kiev on a private jet to fire the attorney general looking into the oil company. It doesn&#8217;t really look good, under any circumstances.
But the possibility that Oprah is a corrupt saleswoman isn&#8217;t really the story here. Everyone knew that already. The fact that virtually every medical expert in the country has been lying to you about obesity is the story. It&#8217;s not a disease. It&#8217;s not a chronic disorder that only some miracle drug can fix. That whole idea is a scam — one that the AMA deliberately started spreading more than a decade ago. And everything we&#8217;ve heard from the medical community since — including this transparent, cringeworthy Oprah infomercial this week — has been designed to perpetuate that scam. They want you to believe you don&#8217;t have any agency over your body or your life, so they can sell you a supply of drugs that cost $1,000 a month. Don&#8217;t fall for it.

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Virtually Every Medical Expert Is Lying To You About Obesity. Here’s The Proof.

Virtually Every Medical Expert Is Lying To You About Obesity. Here's The Proof.

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Matt Walsh

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Overweight

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TV host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oprah-winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> is fully on board with Ozempic, insisting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/obesity">obesity</a> is a disease and should be treated as such.
The 70-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">celebrity</a> has talked about her struggle with weight for decades and served on the board of Weight Watchers for nearly 10 years. Earlier this year, Winfrey admitted to using semaglutide injections for weight loss and expressed her desire to reduce the stigma associated with them.
On Monday night, the ABC special “An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution” further defended the use of medication such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound to aid with weight loss, per <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oprah-remarks-weight-loss_n_65f9c06ce4b0947e42005230">HuffPost</a>.
During the special, Winfrey said people should “stop the shaming and blaming” of individuals and themselves for weight gain because they could be battling a food addiction “disease” much like alcoholism. 
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“The number one thing I hope people come away with is knowing that [obesity] is a disease, and it’s in the brain,” Winfrey said.
The talk show host also discussed her past struggle with maintaining a healthy weight, saying, “I have to say that I took on the shame that the world gave to me. For 25 years, making fun of my weight was national sport.”
She brought up the infamous moment in 1988 when she showed off 67 pounds of animal fat on camera to portray the amount of weight she had lost. But now Winfrey says she didn’t take weight off in a healthy way at the time, but rather opted to “starve” herself.
“After losing 67 pounds on liquid diet, the next day, the very next day, I started to gain it back,” she said. 
During the special, Winfrey interviews individuals who have used semaglutide drugs for weight loss. She also speaks with doctors to assess the safety of taking the drugs long-term.
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“All these years, I thought all of the people who never had to diet were just using their willpower, and they were for some reason stronger than me,” Winfrey said during the special, per <a href="https://time.com/6958224/oprah-weight-loss-special-ozempic/">Time</a>. She said taking these types of drugs had made her stop obsessing about food all the time. While Winfrey admits to taking the medication, she has not publicly revealed the specific brand she uses. 
This type of medication, which is usually prescribed to treat Type II diabetes, has exploded in popularity as it slows gastric emptying, leading to users feeling fuller for longer. Many users report a long-lasting feeling of satiety which curbs their appetite significantly, leading to weight loss results.
There are also reports of unpleasant side effects from taking the medication, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doctors-sound-alarm-over-latest-ozempic-risk">including</a> a potential risk of thyroid tumors and cancer associated with Ozempic, according to studies done with rodents. More common side effects include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, and constipation, while more severe side effects of Ozempic and other similar drugs include gastroparesis, allergic reactions, changes in vision, and pancreatitis.
Some doctors may prescribe Ozempic to help individuals without diabetes lose weight, but this use is considered “off-label” because the drug is not FDA-approved for weight management. Also, studies show that users who stop using the drug regain the weight they lost in three to five years.
Winfrey closed the special by saying semaglutide drugs are not for everyone. She said, “for the people who think that this could be the relief and support and freedom…that you’ve been looking for your whole life… bless you.”

Oprah Insists Obesity Is A ‘Disease’ In New Doc Touting Ozempic

Oprah Insists Obesity Is A 'Disease' In The Brain In New Doc Touting Ozempic

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oprah-defends-her-use-of-weight-loss-medication-obesity-is-a-disease" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oprah Winfrey</a> will host an ABC special focusing on the popularity of Ozempic as a weight loss drug, which she has called a &#8220;personal topic&#8221; for her.
The 69-year-old billionaire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">TV personality</a> — who has been open in the past about her weight loss struggles and has defended using the medication (which is intended as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes) to lose weight — will host &#8220;An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution&#8221; in front of a live studio audience, <a href="https://www.accessonline.com/articles/oprah-winfrey-to-host-tv-special-on-ozempic-weight-loss-drugs-personal-topic-for-me">Access Hollywood</a> reported.
&#8220;It is a very personal topic for me and for the hundreds of millions of people impacted around the globe who have for years struggled with weight and obesity,&#8221; Winfrey said in a statement.
&#8220;This special will bring together medical experts, leaders in the space and people in the day-to-day struggle to talk about health equity and obesity with the intention to ultimately release the shame, judgment and stigma surrounding weight,&#8221; she added.
According to a press release from ABC,  the event will gather together &#8220;leading medical experts and everyday people&#8221; to discuss the &#8220;prevailing questions and concerns surrounding the impact on our health care, economy, lifestyle and culture.&#8221;
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Disney Television Group president Craig Erwich said in a statement, &#8220;We are thrilled to work with Oprah and the voices she has assembled to open a dialogue that destigmatizes and educates viewers on the important and polarizing topic of weight loss.&#8221;
&#8220;I can think of no one better to lead this meaningful conversation about such a critical issue that touches all of our lives,&#8221; his statement added.
Winfrey recently opened up about her decades-long weight loss struggle and said she&#8217;s done with &#8220;shaming&#8221; and blaming herself, <a href="https://people.com/oprah-winfrey-reveals-weight-loss-medication-exclusive-8414552">People magazine</a> reported.
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&#8220;It was public sport to make fun of me for 25 years,&#8221; the media mogul said of the media&#8217;s reporting on her fluctuating weight over the years. &#8220;I have been blamed and shamed, and I blamed and shamed myself.&#8221;
&#8220;I now use it [Ozempic] as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yoing,&#8221; she added. &#8220;The fact that there&#8217;s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself,&#8221; Winfrey continued. 
The primetime special will air Monday, March 18 at 8 PM on ABC and premiere on Hulu the following day, the outlet noted.

‘Personal Topic For Me’: Oprah Winfrey Hosting Special About Popularity Of Using Ozempic For Weight Loss

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oprah-winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> defended her use of weight loss medication on occasion, saying “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/obesity">obesity</a> is a disease” and is not due to a person’s lack of willpower.
The 69-year-old billionaire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">TV personality</a> has publicly discussed her weight loss struggles for decades. She most recently shared her thoughts during an interview with <a href="https://people.com/oprah-winfrey-reveals-weight-loss-medication-exclusive-8414552">People</a> that was published Wednesday.
&#8220;It was public sport to make fun of me for 25 years,&#8221; she said of the media’s fixation on her fluctuating weight over the years. &#8220;I have been blamed and shamed, and I blamed and shamed myself.&#8221;
Winfrey said that after “five decades” of obsessing over losing weight and “believing willpower” was her “failing,” she experienced a turning point after undergoing knee surgery in 2021.
&#8220;After knee surgery, I started hiking and setting new distance goals each week. I could eventually hike three to five miles every day and a 10-mile straight-up hike on weekends,&#8221; the TV talk show host told People. &#8220;I felt stronger, more fit and more alive than I’d felt in years.&#8221;
Of her eating habits these days, Winfrey said, &#8220;I eat my last meal at 4 o’clock, drink a gallon of water a day, and use the WeightWatchers principles of counting points. I had an awareness of [weight-loss] medications, but felt I had to prove I had the willpower to do it. I now no longer feel that way.&#8221;
&#8220;I was actually recommending [the medication] to people long before I was on it myself,” she added.
Winfrey said she changed her thinking about the use of weight loss medication during a panel discussion called “The State of Weight,” which is part of Oprah Daily’s “Life You Want” series.
&#8220;I had the biggest aha along with many people in that audience,&#8221; she said of doing the panel in July. &#8220;I realized I’d been blaming myself all these years for being overweight, and I have a predisposition that no amount of willpower is going to control.&#8221;
&#8220;Obesity is a disease. It’s not about willpower — it&#8217;s about the brain,&#8221; Winfrey told People. 
As for using weight loss medication herself, the media mogul said she let go of “shame” when she started using it. She also didn’t disclose which specific one she’s been using. 
&#8220;I now use it as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yoing,&#8221; Winfrey told the outlet. 
&#8220;The fact that there&#8217;s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for. I’m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself.&#8221;
She explained how she utilized the medication ahead of Thanksgiving, for example. &#8220;Because I knew I was going to have two solid weeks of eating,&#8221; Winfrey said, adding that &#8220;instead of gaining eight pounds like I did last year, I gained half a pound.&#8221;
&#8220;It quiets the food noise,&#8221; she said.

Oprah Defends Her Use Of Weight Loss Medication: ‘Obesity Is A Disease’

Oprah Defends Her Use Of Weight Loss Medication: 'Obesity Is A Disease'

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drew-barrymore-axed-as-awards-ceremony-host-after-her-talk-show-returns-amid-hollywood-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drew Barrymore</a> went viral on Tuesday after clips surfaced on X of the &#8220;cringe&#8221; interview she did with Oprah Winfrey.
During the &#8220;The Drew Barrymore Show,&#8221; the 48-year-old host sat down with Winfrey as the two discussed the necessity of a live studio audience for daytime talk shows. Barrymore then reached out to hold Winfrey&#8217;s hand and held it close to her face as they continued talking. At one point, while she was holding Winfrey&#8217;s hand, Barrymore also started stroking Winfrey&#8217;s arm.
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When the clips <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/drew-barrymores-extremely-touchy-feely-oprah-interview-goes-viral-fans-complain-cringe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surfaced on X</a> and Instagram, fans commented that Oprah appeared to be trying to move her hand away and shift her body, calling it &#8220;difficult to watch&#8221; and &#8220;cringe.&#8221;
&#8220;You need to dial the touchy-feely neediness back like 10-fold,&#8221; one account posted.
&#8220;Drew is holding on too much,&#8221; another added. &#8220;Oprah is trying to release her hand from Drew&#8217;s grip. Drew is just too creepy and needy.&#8221;
While another said, &#8220;Oprah is clearly like &#8216;Girl, give me my hand.'&#8221;
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What is Drew Barrymore’s deal?? And why is she sitting here stroking Oprah on her talk show!?
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One account on X asked, &#8220;What is Drew Barrymore&#8217;s deal?? And why is she sitting here stroking Oprah on her talk show!?&#8221;
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<a href="https://x.com/TMZ/status/1734621500131655891?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a> caught up with Winfrey following the Barrymore interview and asked the former TV host about the hand-holding and caressing.
Winfrey said she wasn&#8217;t uncomfortable with it, adding that she was &#8220;actually comforted by the stroking of the arm.&#8221; She then joked that she told her longtime partner, Stedman Graham, he needed to start stroking her arm that way.
Winfrey said she&#8217;d never seen Barrymore do that before but thought it was an &#8220;endearing&#8221; action.
Barrymore has been criticized in the past for her interviewing style. In March, the talk show host faced a backlash when she got down on her knees and knelt with trans-identifying male influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

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Drew Barrymore Goes Viral For ‘Cringe’ Oprah Interview

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A publisher halted sales for a tell-all book after the identity of the royal who made a &#8220;racist&#8221; comment about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/south-park-rips-harry-and-meghan-fake-privacy-tour-scores-new-fans-across-the-pond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prince Harry</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-markle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Markle&#8217;s</a> first born was accidentally reportedly revealed in a foreign copy of Omid Scobie&#8217;s book.
Xander Publishers told the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12800721/Endgame-omid-scobie-meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-racist.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> on Tuesday that a request to halt sales in Holland of Scobie’s biography, &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=endgame+omid+scobie&amp;hvadid=646881366906&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9031857&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvrand=14355421833746168803&amp;hvtargid=kwd-1943763126403&amp;hydadcr=22098_13323293&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;ref=pd_sl_25609aq0v9_e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy&#8217;s Fight for Survival,</a>&#8221; had been approved after the identity of the royal who had &#8220;concerns&#8221; about Archie&#8217;s skin color had gotten through an editing process.
&#8220;I can&#8217;t talk about the details,&#8221; a spokesperson for the publishing house told the outlet. &#8220;We have, however, received a request to put the title on hold, and that is what we have done. We are awaiting further instructions. I do not know how long this will be.&#8221;
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In the final edition, Scobie doesn&#8217;t name the royal due to libel laws. However, an earlier copy sent to Dutch journalists did reportedly appear to reveal the person&#8217;s identity in the translation, according to the Daily Mail, who chose to redact it.
It is reportedly in a section of the book referencing letters written between King Charles III and Markle about the alleged conversation, &#8220;But in those private letters [the identity] was confirmed: ….&#8221; it read.
In the 2021 Oprah Winfrey tell-all interview, the Duchess of Sussex claimed there had been &#8220;several&#8221; conversations &#8220;about how dark his [Archie&#8217;s] skin might be when he&#8217;s born,&#8221; as previously reported.
&#8220;Potentially and what that would mean or look like,&#8221; Markle added.
Harry confirmed the alleged incident to Oprah, saying, &#8220;That conversation I&#8217;m never going to share. But at the time, it was awkward, I was a bit shocked. I&#8217;m not comfortable sharing it.&#8221;
In 2018, Markle and Harry tied the knot in a royal celebration at St. George&#8217;s Chapel in Windsor Castle.  Two years later, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down from their royal roles, and eventually ended up leaving the United Kingdom, moving to Southern California where they raise their two children.
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Sales Halted For Tell-All Book After Identity Of Royal Who Made ‘Racist’ Comment About Markle And Prince Harry’s Child Accidentally Revealed: Report

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-oprah-winfrey-takes-scary-tumble-on-stage-in-middle-of-speech-about-balance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oprah Winfrey</a> hit back at a recent claim made by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) in a new biography, &#8220;Romney: A Reckoning&#8221; — namely that she had wanted to run for president in 2020.
The 69-year-old talk show host said through a spokesperson that she &#8220;never considered running&#8221; for the top office after Romney told the author of the bio that he got a call from the actress (who&#8217;s a Democrat) suggesting that they should run together &#8220;to save the country,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/oprah-winfrey-disputes-mitt-romney-claim-2020-election-ticket-1235620134/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
&#8220;In November 2019, Ms. Winfrey called Senator Romney to encourage him to run on an Independent ticket,&#8221; the spokesperson told the outlet. &#8220;She was not calling to be part of the ticket and was never considering running herself.&#8221;
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— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href="https://twitter.com/THR/status/1714096865174794395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
The comments came after <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/10/16/oprah-mitt-romney-trump-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a> reported that the author of the book, veteran political journalist McKay Coppins, said Romney told her that he got a call from Winfrey that the two should form a unity ticket to stop former President Donald Trump&#8217;s reelection.
Romney told Coppins that he dismissed the idea, believing that their joining forces would ultimately help Trump, the outlet noted.
Despite Winfrey&#8217;s recent claims, she has never shied away from politics, even publicly endorsing former President Barack Obama in 2008, the outlet noted.
In October 2019, Winfrey made it clear she wanted to see Disney CEO Bob Iger run for president and said she would go door-to-door to make it happen, following then-former Vice President Joe Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-2020-announcement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> in April 2019 that he would run, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oprah-winfrey-jennifer-garner-push-disney-ceo-bob-iger-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Speaking at the Save the Children Centennial Celebration: Once in a Lifetime gala in Los Angeles, the former TV host presented Iger with the Centennial Award.
While presenting the honor, Winfrey told Iger that she &#8220;was hoping that by this time in early fall, I would be knocking on doors in Des Moines, wearing an &#8216;Iger 2020&#8217; t-shirt. Because I really do believe that Bob Iger&#8217;s guidance and decency is exactly what the country needs right now.&#8221;
&#8220;But since my canvassing Iger strategy doesn&#8217;t seem to be in the cards, I&#8217;m happy to be here with all of you to honor a man who has devoted himself to actually lifting the spirits of children all over the world,&#8221; she added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oprah-winfrey-sparks-online-debate-after-suggesting-gift-that-costs-like-a-hundred-and-some-dollars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oprah Winfrey Sparks Online Debate After Suggesting Gift That Costs &#8216;Like A Hundred And Some Dollars&#8217;</a>

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Oprah Winfrey Hits Back At Romney Claim That She Wanted To Run For President

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dwayne-johnson">Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson</a> weighed in on the controversy related to the People’s Fund for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maui">Maui</a>, which he created with Oprah Winfrey to help aid victims of the devastating wildfires which ravaged the island in August 2023.
The 51-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">actor</a> teamed up with Oprah to launch the fund by pledging a combined $10 million to kick things off. But many followers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oprah-responds-to-vitriol-over-maui-wildfire-fundraising-campaign-whoa-what-happened-here">criticized the move</a>, accusing the wealthy celebrities of not contributing enough themselves, plus of being presumptuous that people who are struggling with inflation could afford to contribute at all. 
“When we first launched the fund, there was some backlash that came with launching the fund, and I want to address that backlash,” Johnson said in a video he posted to Instagram. “I get it, and I completely understand, and I could have been better. And next time, I will be better.”
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The “Black Adam” actor went on to say how he understands that “money ain’t falling out of the sky, and it’s not growing on trees,” and that many Americans are &#8220;living paycheck to paycheck&#8221; in the current economy.
&#8220;I get it. I know what it&#8217;s like. I&#8217;ve lived paycheck to paycheck,&#8221; Johnson continued. &#8220;When you are living paycheck to paycheck&#8230; the last thing you want to hear is someone asking you for money, especially when the person asking you for money already has a lot of money.&#8221;
The actor admitted he could have handled launching the campaign differently and promised to learn from this experience.
Johnson expanded on this in the caption, writing, “Our connection is everything because we only know how to be REAL with each other. You always tell me the truth — good or bad — I’ll always appreciate and protect that straight talk between us — you have my word to always listen, learn, grow and do better.”
&#8220;I’ve never launched a fund before —but I’m a quick study and learn my lessons fast,” he added. “I totally get it and I appreciate you.”
The “Fast X” star concluded by telling fans that “thousands and thousands of survivors, the families, have now, over the past couple of weeks, started to receive their first round of funds. They&#8217;re receiving their money, and I gotta tell you, it&#8217;s been the most gratifying and moving thing.&#8221;

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Dwayne Johnson Addresses Maui Relief Fund Backlash: ‘I Completely Understand’

Dwayne Johnson Addresses Maui Relief Fund Backlash: 'I Completely Understand'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oprah-winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> shared candid thoughts about her fluctuating <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/obesity">weight</a> and the weight loss “miracle” drug that’s so popular among <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">celebrities</a>. 
The 69-year-old talk show host and media proprietor made the remarks while hosting a panel called &#8220;The Life You Want Class: The State of Weight.”
&#8220;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,&#8221; Winfrey told the audience, per <a href="https://people.com/oprah-winfrey-treated-differently-shopping-over-200-lbs-8285815">People</a>. 
&#8220;You all have watched me diet and diet and diet,&#8221; she went on, insisting she struggles to maintain because her body “always seems to want to go back to a certain weight.&#8221;
The billionaire also said she was treated differently in stores depending on how much she weighed, saying, &#8220;This is a world that has shamed people for being overweight forever.&#8221;
She continued, &#8220;It’s that thing where people are like, &#8216;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.&#8217; There is a condescension. There is stigma.&#8221;
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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&#8217;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&#8217;ve got to do this on my own. Because if I take the drug, that&#8217;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 <a href="https://www.oprah.com/app/o-magazine.html">O Magazine</a>, &#8220;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&#8217;t make sense to me.&#8221;
Despite being an ambassador for Weight Watchers, Winfrey has been struggling with maintaining her weight in recent years.

Oprah Weighs In On Weight Loss Drug Ozempic: ‘That’s The Easy Way Out’

Oprah Weighs In On Weight Loss Drug Ozempic: 'That's The Easy Way Out'

Model <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supermodel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cindy Crawford</a> said she once felt like “chattel” during an interview with Oprah early on in her modeling career.
The 57-year-old celebrity made the revelation on the new AppleTV+ <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">docuseries</a>, “The Super Models.” The limited series also explores the lives and careers of Crawford’s contemporaries, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington.
A snippet from the newest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode</a> shows Oprah introducing Crawford as her guest during a 1986 episode of her talk show, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12537015/Cindy-Crawford-blasts-Oprah-CHATTEL-body-fame.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>. The young model appeared with famed Elite Modeling Agency rep John Casablancas. 
“Did she always have this body? Stand up just a moment, now this is what I call a body,” Oprah says in the clip.
Crawford complies with the talk show host’s request and stands with a smile. In the present day, the model reflects on how she feels about the incident. 
“I was like the chattel or a child, be seen and not heard,” the model says. “When you look at it through today&#8217;s eyes, Oprah&#8217;s like, &#8216;Stand up and show me your body. Show us why you&#8217;re worthy of being here.’&#8221;
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Crawford added, “In the moment I didn&#8217;t recognize it and watching it back I was like, &#8216;Oh my gosh, that was so not okay really.&#8217; Especially from Oprah!”
The mom of two also talked about her early days of modeling in the series, including when her father didn’t believe it was a real job.
“I never even thought about modeling,” Crawford said in one clip, as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cindy-crawford-said-her-father-thought-modeling-was-another-name-for-prostitution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“I didn’t even know it was a real job. I didn’t know how I would get from DeKalb, Illinois, to a magazine,” the celeb continued. “My dad really didn’t understand that modeling was a real career. He thought modeling was like another name for prostitution. So they came with me to my very first modeling appointment.”
A press release issued by “The Super Models” says it “travels back to the 1980s, when four women from different corners of the world united in New York. Already forces in their own right, the gravitas they achieved by coming together transcended the industry itself.”

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Cindy Crawford Said Oprah Treated Her Like ‘Chattel’ During First Interview In 1986

Cindy Crawford Said Oprah Treated Her Like 'Chattel' During First Interview In 1986

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oprah-winfrey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oprah Winfrey</a> addressed the intense backlash she faced for creating a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fund</a> which was meant to help the victims of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maui" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maui</a> wildfire.
The billionaire TV personality appeared Tuesday on CBS Mornings to promote her new book, “Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier.” The topic of conversation shifted to some of the criticism she and fellow Hawaiian property owner Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have received for starting the People’s Fund of Maui, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12511983/Oprah-Winfrey-responds-criticism-Dwayne-Johnson-Maui-fires.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a>.
Winfrey and Johnson each contributed $5 million to kick off fundraising efforts and petitioned followers to donate as well. This led to a lot of negative comments from people who believed Oprah and Johnson should have given more because they are so wealthy.
Oprah connected the situation back to some concepts she explores in the book, saying, “Well, this is a really great point about being happier in the midst of an onslaught of being terrorized and vilified online. I will say this: I came out of this experience with so much more compassion for young kids, because I was thinking, what if I didn&#8217;t really know who I am? It will take you out.”
“So all of the online attacks, lies, conspiracy theories, really took the focus off of what was the most important thing, which is the people of Maui,” Oprah said. “So this idea came about because I was on the ground, talking to lots of people, trying to figure out how I can best help.”
She mentioned how she started out by donating “material things” such as generators and towels to the victims of the fire. But then the talk show host decided it would be better to give money to the victims directly. 
“Then I started talking to people and people really wanted their own agency,” she said. Oprah mentioned how she tried to mimic Dolly Parton’s method of providing aid to victims of the 2017 Gatlinburg, Tennessee, fires. Parton did a benefit concert and handed out the proceeds herself, The Daily Mail noted. 
“I thought, &#8216;Whoa! That’s the idea. Getting the money into the hands, directly into the hands of the people; set up the infrastructure for that,&#8217;” Oprah explained. “[Johnson and I] thought, because both of us have given to charities our whole lives, that starting the fund with $10 million would be a great idea. We&#8217;ll do what Dolly did, get other people to give money and then we&#8217;ll put it directly into people&#8217;s bank accounts,” she went on.
“I was so excited. I was so excited about it, and then I got up the next morning, and I saw all of this vitriol, and I was, like, ‘Whoa, what happened here?’”Oprah said. 
“This is what I want to say. I want to say that, in the beginning, so many people were calling, asking, ‘Where do we give our money to?’ So I thought, I&#8217;m going to give people a place to give it,” she went on.
Oprah also mentioned how the fund is a success despite that backlash and that 2,200 people will be getting money from the fund deposited into their accounts. 
She said it’s “sad that we&#8217;re in this state in our country,” referring to the online criticism.

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Oprah Responds To ‘Vitriol’ Over Maui Wildfire Fundraising Campaign: ‘Whoa, What Happened Here?’

Oprah Responds To 'Vitriol' Over Maui Wildfire Fundraising Campaign: 'Whoa, What Happened Here?'

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Television personality <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oprah-winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> and actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dwayne-johnson">Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson</a> are creating a fund for victims of the Maui wildfires that ravaged the island earlier this month and cost at least 115 people their lives.
The two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">celebrities</a> announced on Thursday that they were launching the People&#8217;s Fund of Maui by donating a combined $10 million to kick things off.
The <a href="https://www.eifoundation.org/peoples-fund-of-maui/">fund</a> promises to &#8220;distribute cash directly to those who were displaced and affected by the fire,&#8221; pledging &#8220;all net proceeds&#8221; from donations &#8220;will go to those directly impacted in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maui">Maui</a>.&#8221;
“I have been meeting with people throughout the community that were impacted by the fires over the last few weeks, asking what they most needed and how I could be of service,” said Winfrey. “The main thing I’ve been hearing is their concern about how to move forward under the immense financial burden.&#8221;
&#8220;The community has come together in so many wonderful ways, and my intention is to support those impacted as they determine what rebuilding looks like for them,&#8221; she continued.
Johnson added, &#8220;As people around the world watched the catastrophic loss and devastation caused by the Maui wildfires, they also witnessed the great spirit and resilience of our Polynesian culture and the tremendous strength of the people of Maui. Even in the most difficult of times, the people of Maui come together, and we rise — that’s what makes us stronger.&#8221;
Winfrey and Johnson shared a joint video on Instagram announcing the fund and explaining more details about how it will work to help residents. 
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&#8220;Every adult resident who lives in the affected area and was displaced by the wildfires in Lahaina and Kula is eligible to receive $1200 per month to help them through this period of recovery,&#8221; the caption said in part. &#8220;All you have to do is go to PeoplesFundofMaui.org to apply.&#8221;
Government officials in Maui are blaming mismanagement by the utility company for the fire that devastated the community of Lahaina on August 8. Maui County filed a lawsuit against the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) on August 24, accusing it of “intentional and malicious” mismanagement of power lines. 
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The fires are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maui-county-sues-hawaiian-electric-alleges-intentional-and-malicious-mismanagement-led-to-fires">estimated</a> to have cost Maui County $5.5 billion in damages.

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