Oprah Winfrey Apologizes for Her Role in Diet Culture

Oprah Winfrey is expressing regret for being a “steadfast participant” in diet culture. Last year, Winfrey acknowledged that she was taking a weight loss drug. She dropped 40 pounds and quit the board of Weight Watchers. The former TV host says she is still embarrassed about that legendary TV moment when she wheeled out 67 pounds of fat on a little red wagon way back in 1988. Inside Edition’s Jim Moret has more.

[@johncontractors1385]

So you apologize about diets because you found Ozempic? The world is going crazy.

[@Alltimefox]

It’s a apologizing culture because of social media

[@honestcomments8053]

And she is still lying to people to make money!

[@SoraFan23]

OZEMPIC WAS SUPPOSE TO FOR PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM DIABETES!!

[@theamazinwong5038]

Oprah a damn hypocrite.

[@prooveditt4839]

Does anyone believe Oprah is capable of feeling regret? I don't. Evil

[@MrVariant]

Don't look up her and LeBron schools 😂. Not sure if worse than Harvey milk but spoiler alert: it's all distractions.

[@kidbrown2010]

Every billionaire is a sociopath.

[@NicNakBraun]

She's irrelevant,,Hawaii fires she should apologize for!!!

[@davejohn2895]

Looks like her PR team is working overtime after she was caught taking Ozempic and than denying it

[@AMmporter]

Oprah needs to just be quiet

[@romybrater1353]

She needs to apologize for a couple of other things too....

[@alicegauteng2358]

Like what?

[@user-bb3tk6fl7l]

Epstein island…. 😢 yeah……

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@alicegauteng2358 Like rejecting my book 📖

[@sallyvella7012]

Her biggest regret is that she only made $500 million off of diet culture.

[@jamesrideout123]

What a phony.

[@dustindavidson1437]

So she lied to everybody when she said she didn't use any medication to lose weight.

[@NekoNebula1313]

My mother was nearly 400 lb and was going to die if she didn't diet and lose weight . Every bit of her body including her female reproductive system has been negatively affected by being morbidly obese her entire life ... And you know what I used to help bathe my mother growing up. I would dress her and put her pantyhose on for her scrub her feet for her do her hair for her because she was too fat to reach for herself. Food addiction is a real issue

[@dawncarson2279]

I'm so sorry for what you've been through. It is a real disease and I don't think this apology means anything. I pray your mom got some relief and thank God she had you. ❤🙏

[@foxed9970]

I'm really sorry you had to sacrifice so much for your mother's addiction.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@foxed9970 Yeah, I had to pay for my mother's horrible choices too. She died a month ago and I was finally set free 🙌

[@foxed9970]

@@SUGAR_XYLER that's wonderful, I'm so happy for you 😊❤️

[@detectingrebel]

“You get a wagon of fat, you get a wagon of fat”

[@amangiseneviratne6017]

What a PR STUNT.

[@Alannameyers]

Doesn’t change anything. She still contributed to a toxic industry.

[@BombshElle_7]

Nobody cares, Oprah 🙄

[@tamara_diamonds422]

So why you here then

[@BombshElle_7]

@tamara_diamonds422 I thought she was going to say something substantial. Like explaining her controversial move from Weight Watchers to Ozempic. But no. She wants to talk about the past and act like she's saving lives by doing so. That's why I said, "Nobody cares." She's not fooling anyone.

[@toasty_candy_123_meow]

For real 💀

[@CyrusTheVirus187]

When will she apologize for taking yall kids and selling them ?

[@user-lj4fu8ep1u]

CAN'T STAND OPRAH! Who Cares

[@alexhdz1402]

Don’t forget Maui

[@anonnymous31]

Forgot to apologize for Hawaii and stealing their land.

[@lindahossler5539]

B💥💥 M

[@salvadormendoza5045]

Advicing people to diet is offensive now 🤔

[@DaveyJones1971]

Advice people to put on some love handles Ha

[@jackkenny4194]

Dieting is not using a drug 😂 dieting is eating less and healthier. She is just apologizing for her role in a drug focused weight loss culture that she helped make popular. It’s not that deep but the news is being the news

[@LusciouslyThugn]

​@@jackkenny4194 that's not true...she actually didn't disclose what drug she took upfront. She just kept saying drug induced weight loss. However, she wasn't the spokesperson for GLP-1 type weigh loss as she denied it for too long. People been on to this since before COVID. Just more medialized recently.

[@jackkenny4194]

@@LusciouslyThugn what did I say that wasn’t true? Never named a drug or said she was the exact cause.

[@annzeeg4217]

Actually you're both wrong. She's talking about her lifelong weight loss battle and the many fad diets that she tried and promoted on her show. You could've just read the article 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@imjusheresoiwontgetfired45]

You wasn't complaining when you was getting that check.......

[@Here1965]

She wants to apologize. Does she want to get back all the money she made off of it? No I don't think so.😢

[@LusciouslyThugn]

So now that she got what she needed and didn't use her own companies standards and ways she chucking up the duces? I never been an Oprah fan EVER. She always wasn't with the culture.

[@cronicbear5311]

Now apologies for your involvement in child s3x rings

[@yanderefangirl8317]

I’m all for dieting, especially since it’s important to take care of your health, but you shouldn’t use a medication that is meant for people with another health problem in order to lose weight.

[@reyscoins9967]

Evil lady

[@Under_Sky_Third_Gaia]

Very

[@Darkcap222]

First it was George soros then diddy now Oprah? Stop with the cancel culture

[@nsearchofself1980]

Absolutely laughable

[@P.90.603]

People need to stop shaming each other over weight and mind their own business.

[@premlatamenon6081]

Absolutely 👍👍👍

[@PureLightHealer]

"We've been told that unless we meet a certain standard of size we didn't deserve to be accepted (...) What I know is that I am done with it" - No, Oprah, you simply lost all the weight and now fit the standard of size.

[@AtomicGirlNYC-fu9xy]

She wants to apologize for diet culture so we don't ask her to apologize for Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz.

[@XTR02]

Oprah should apologize for her role in society.

[@EMVelez]

Asian lady in the back had her head almost fell off agreeing with her.

[@UCONN_HUSKIES]

I need 10 million Oprah. I will forgive 😂

[@cdubb8827]

She needs to apologize for a few other things while she’s at it!

[@ajanay1200]

I just can't stand Oprah at all anymore she has hundreds of things she needs to apologize and take accountability for like the whole Monique situation.

[@DaveyJones1971]

I hope she's not going to try to profit from her apology !....

[@dawncarson2279]

Oh she will. She stepped down from the board of weight watchers but will continue to work with them? She's not doing it for free. She's just apologizing for her part in killing people over weight for shaming them. It's terrible. I think she should have been honest and kept her weight loss journey a private issue and supported people struggling. Body shaming is terrible! Sorry for the rant but yes she will profit from this ridiculous apology.

[@Lyralikesit]

Deflection... it's not diet culture... it's ozempic culture

[@saturdayschild7835]

Well put!

[@jessicabeltran1202]

I’ve lost 40 pounds and nowhere do I look skinny like she does. Ozempic or surgery 🤔

[@furbabiesaremyjam-]

This is a lesson about listening to the recommendations of celebrities. Every time Oprah went on one of her new fad diets, she got paid to promote it! She lost credibility with the public a long time ago.

[@JetseTurner]

So trying to lose weight and eat healthy is wrong. Lol

[@CocoAvalon]

It's only wrong if you do it through dieting, but losing weight through Ozempic is fine I guess (according to Oprah).

[@annzeeg4217]

Why don't y'all actually read the articles and listen before you comment

[@journeymansmitty8283]

There's a lot of atrocities she has done behind closed doors we probably don't even know about and she feels sorry about this😂😂😂😂😂

[@deadeyes4626]

“The big ahha”you mean big outcry,pffft.. *Partly* what about when she shamed the Olson Twins in the mitts of an eating disorder👯‍♀️

[@coopercentralaveune]

Overeating is a huge addiction. The key to healthy weight is portion size, exercise and everything in moderation.

[@user-io7nf3kp1z]

She made her money off the despair of others. And now she feel justify toward clearing the slate off of decades of misinformation. She betrayed countless women and still lives a rich style. Beware of your idols.

[@samyoung3592]

who is that bobblehead behind her

[@saturdayschild7835]

She needs ro apologize for taking medication meant for diabetics who cannot acquire them because of her.

[@madmanjay2458]

Eating healthy and wisely suggesting it to others is offensive now..?

[@annzeeg4217]

Why don't y'all actually read the articles and listen before you comment

[@dan020350]

the sponsorship ended -.-

[@lauranolastnamegiven3385]

...and Inside Edition follows this story (on the tv version, & posting to this channel) with a 'Mommy Makeover' story about a woman with a 'less-than-perfect' body (*because she's had children*), getting surgery to improve the way she looks (which included a poochy tummy, which made it look like she's fat)

[@hpb19]

Fat shaming is a totally separate issue from why someone is obese or what constitutes a healthy way to change that.

[@Denice340]

I was once a huge, diehard fan, but her paying pennies to the Color Purple actresses showed her true colors. Then tried to atone for it. Too late. Billionaire too bad you can’t take it with you.

[@godislove4540]

She should also apologize for her role for poisoning the public with Apeel/Edipeel.

[@marilynh.]

I remember that season, (1988( that reveal, and her Medifast liquid diet in which she used to temporarily lose that weight. Her ultimate goal was to fit into those size 10 Calvin Klein jeans she was wearing when she came out on stage with that 60 lbs of fat in that red wagon. It all came back as quickly as she lost it. I wish she and Gail would just go away.

[@iluvcamaros1912]

I'm very much an "eat the rich" sort of person, but you rarely hear billionaires do anything except sing their own praises. Yeah she's full of herself and out of touch. But, doing anything close to admitting making a mistake is more than most of them do.

[@sisleyboy]

She Just gets on whatever train (trend) is passing and she can benefit from... Smh

[@djeto2525]

A little too late, you still promote drugs thats for dietetic patients to lose weight

[@0riginal_panda_child249]

Ozempic is a living cheat code

[@genev3358]

So she’s just promoting keeping yourself on permanent drugs to be thin?

[@samt5026]

What a tangled web we weave, meanwhile Oprah looking hot.

[@LobsterRoc]

And that was just her rear end

[@julieunderwood525]

Ozempic Queen You should be ashamed !!!!

[@coolskyangel6263]

As usual, trying to find the way to be relevant, and playing the victim through a guilty complex….. Attention seeker😒

[@emilyi771]

We can't help it when we were victims as well when we were participating in diet culture. You didn't know.

[@kennethhargrove2480]

To late for apology, you took all that money from business and now she wants to apologies...

[@AliSakurai]

Please tell me we're not entering an era where telling people to lose weight to save their lives is considered offensive and bullying.

[@evereadyc9916]

She should’ve said this before she got caught pay your actors Oprah give me a free car. I’m looking at my chair now. She will continue to work with us, but won’t use our product, because it doesn’t work.

[@missverino2329]

Watch out people, she'll do commercials and visits drugs companies to push the waves of ozempic accross the world. It's all about business !

[@hustle2muscle]

Oprah handing out apologies “and you get one, and you get one, and you get one”

[@carlw9009]

She’s a money grabbing liar!!

[@livefromplanetearth]

guilt is a mf lol

[@NatureSouldierSC]

She's been obsessed with her weight for decades so not important at all. I'd rather know more details into the diddy connection.

[@williamblake827]

That not all that woman should apologize for. You’ve made her a million -aire. On your dime.

[@MamboKing215]

Fasting, not starvation, does wonders for weight loss.

[@danivi4435]

We’ll see what she says when she has to stop taking the drug. Can’t stay on it forever if you’re not diabetic.

[@ninja.widagun2145]

She said obesity is a disease?

[@Kat.n.that_]

She finally found something that stuck.

[@forbiddensilhouette5824]

F.O.W. Damn, there was another headline about a tiktoker dying and when the headlines blurred together in my head, i got a little excited....

[@gamathis]

She has lost any credibility I thought she ever had, just look at backlash with Maui Fires.

[@mustafawilliams7597]

Whatever Oprah!”

[@UndertakerFromWWE]

Oprah needs to be sued for this

[@henryjetplane9067]

So she is apologizing about being healthy?

[@meteorheartofficial]

Yeah ask her to give the money she made back.

[@hpb19]

She has no business giving medical advice.

[@loveforeignaccents]

Why would she have to apologize? Obesity needs to be dealt with for health reasons, and that usually is through diet. Dieting has been around long before Ozempic -- I mean Oprah.

[@mikemann1638]

Then return all the money you made from it girl

[@loveforeignaccents]

LOL. For real!!!

[@j2323j]

Oprah gave me some hush money 💰 🤐 She was like Lemmy lone mista 😆

[@ems901]

Can’t stand Oprah. Never have.

[@ducatixclutch008]

Helping people get heathy is terrible! I’m really glad she apologized and is sticking to the evil liberal agenda.

[@rheahinlo]

Sorry for diet culture - just take. _________

[@flyingjew2994]

So she's apologizing for taking a weight loss drug? There's nothing wrong with people dieting.

[@jolyfrye1871]

Can't figure out why anyone would hate Oprah..... She is only human.

[@Asteriskz12]

wtf is going on with Oprah? Apologize about her dieting message back when and then takes drugs to loose weight?! Mental health?

[@41yearoldnewdriver]

Miss Oprah is innocent. I lost weight on my own when I became vegetarian. I lost sixty six pounds and look better. I am 43 but I have been told I look good for my age!

[@thefamily512]

It's OK to be fat and have heart disease. 😂

[@nachc6459]

We have a fat country

[@mopthermopther]

Ozempic

[@posted-11minutes-ago]

Too late to apologize now Oprah. Got all them billions & now you’re sorry 👀 Stop it 🤦‍♂️

[@jlandonirwin]

What about teaming with Dwayne to skim off Maui victims? No shame for that? Zero payouts. Zero. Choke on that. Oh wait, new house in Cabo tho. Well played

[@woozie___]

Most people see her for how evil she is now. These people want to push drugs now rather than just staying active and eating healthy and then they want you to believe they have your best interest in mind - no one believes these wicked celebrities anymore, thank god

[@AI_Taylor]

Fat shaming is good because being fat is bad