Oprah is SLAMMED for controversial comments about 'thin people' amid Ozempic weight loss
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Oprah Winfrey has been slammed for her controversial comments about 'thin people' while discussing her use of weight loss drugs to shed nearly 50lbs. In 2023, the media mogul, 70, finally admitted to using an undisclosed GLP-1 — a type 2 diabetes medication that can also aid in weight loss such as Ozempic or Wegovy — to drop weight after decades of yo-yo dieting.
![[In 2023, the media mogul (left in 2023 and right in 2019), 70, finally admitted to using an undisclosed GLP-1 — a type 2 diabetes medication that can also aid in weight loss — to shed nearly 50 pounds after decades of yo-yo dieting. The admission came as a shock to fans as Oprah initially denied using weight-loss meds to slim down and even went as far as to slam the method as an 'easy way out']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/00/78924357-14315339-Last_year_the_media_mogul_finally_admitted_to_using_an_undisclos-a-12_1737592848288.jpg)
Discussing the function and safety of these types of drugs with Dr. Ania Jastreboff on the latest episode of her podcast, Winfrey said: 'One of the things that I realized the very first time I took a GLP-1 was that all these years I thought that thin people had more willpower. They ate better foods. They were able to stick to it longer. They never had a potato chip.'.
![[Discussing the drugs on her podcast , Winfrey said: 'One of the things that I realized the very first time I took a GLP-1 was that all these years I thought that thin people had more willpower. But once she started on a GLP-1, Winfrey realized that what she initially perceived as 'willpower' was actually an absence of intrusive hunger]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/00/94415033-14315339-She_did_so_while_discussing_the_function_and_safety_of_these_typ-a-5_1737592847531.jpg)
But once she started on a GLP-1, Winfrey realized that what she initially perceived as 'willpower' was actually an absence of intrusive hunger thoughts — often referred to as 'food noise.'. 'And then I realized the very first time I took the GLP-1 that, they're not even thinking about it. They're eating when they're hungry and they're stopping when they're full.'.
![[Followers took to her Instagram comment section to lambast Winfrey for 'supporting widespread use of the drugs' and for lumping all 'thin people' into the same category]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/19/94448873-0-image-m-8_1737660123737.jpg)
Winfrey explained that that way of eating 'doesn't work' if you struggle with obesity, which is a disease. Oprah Winfrey has been slammed for her controversial comments about 'thin people' while discussing her use of weight loss drugs to shed nearly 50lbs; seen in December 2024.
In 2023, the media mogul (left in 2023 and right in 2019), 70, finally admitted to using an undisclosed GLP-1 — a type 2 diabetes medication that can also aid in weight loss — to shed nearly 50 pounds after decades of yo-yo dieting. The admission came as a shock to fans as Oprah initially denied using weight-loss meds to slim down and even went as far as to slam the method as an 'easy way out'.
