After years of being “exploited” by the tabloids for her weight, Oprah said she turned to an Ozempic-like medication to trim her waistline.
The talk show host, 71, hasn’t specified the brand of the GLP-1 medication she used but said it helped her almost hit her goal weight of 160 pounds (72 kg).
“Every week [I was] exploited by the tabloids; anytime any comedian wanted to make fun or make a joke about it, they would make a joke about it,” she said on her podcast last month.
“And I accepted it because I thought I deserved it,” she added.
Oprah previously said she didn’t want to take medication for weight loss because she felt it was “the easy way out.” But eventually, she released her “own shame about it” and consulted her doctor, who prescribed a weight loss medication.
“I now use it as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yo-ing,” she told People in 2023.
The talk show host, 71, hasn’t specified the brand of the GLP-1 medication she used but said it helped her almost hit her goal weight of 160 pounds (72 kg).
“Every week [I was] exploited by the tabloids; anytime any comedian wanted to make fun or make a joke about it, they would make a joke about it,” she said on her podcast last month.
“And I accepted it because I thought I deserved it,” she added.
Oprah previously said she didn’t want to take medication for weight loss because she felt it was “the easy way out.” But eventually, she released her “own shame about it” and consulted her doctor, who prescribed a weight loss medication.
“I now use it as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yo-ing,” she told People in 2023.