After admitting to losing 40lbs on Ozempic Oprah Winfrey, 70, flaunts her trim physique in a denim jumpsuit in LA
Oprah Winfrey arrived at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on Tuesday for the Jimmy Kimmel Live! taping looking confident.
The 70-year-old talk show icon showed off her trim body in a chic denim jumpsuit after she disclosed that she used Ozempic to lose 40 pounds.
Her jumpsuit’s buttons were left undone to accentuate her sleek décolletage, and a matching denim belt snugly fitted her waist. Oprah, who recently attended a star-studded LA premiere, accessorized her ensemble with white lace-up sneakers for a sporty touch and carried a gray leather purse.
Her makeup was impeccable, and her brunette hair was styled in loose curls. She wore fancy sunglasses and dangling silver earrings as accessories.
A big security team took the millionaire to the back entrance of the theater.She went through the stage doors after waving amiably to those who were waiting in the wings.
Oprah first denied utilizing diet pills, but in December 2023 she finally acknowledged that she had used them to lose up to 40 pounds and declared that she was «done with the shaming.»
She used the medications and activity, which included trekking, to lose the weight.
Following a conversation with WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani, Oprah revealed that she would not take Ozempic or other similar weight-loss meds because she saw them as a «easy way out.»
She did not identify the drug she takes, but told PEOPLE that she now uses it because she feels she needs it as a tool to handle not yo-yoing.
«I feel relief, redemption, and gratitude that there is a medically approved prescription for weight management and maintaining health in my lifetime. It’s not something to hide behind and face mockery for,» the patient said.
She continued, saying, «I’m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself.» Prior to choosing to use the weight loss medication herself, she had actively encouraged others to use it.
The actress said she took the medicine before Thanksgiving because she knew she would have «two solid weeks of eating.» She attributes her weight gain to the prescription, saying it «quiets the noise of food» and helped her gain only half a pound instead of eight.
Winfrey stated that she is currently seven pounds short of her target weight of 160 pounds, but she insisted that «numbers don’t matter.»
Oprah has previously disclosed that at her heaviest, she weighed 237 pounds (107.5 kg).
She claimed that having knee surgery in 2021 was the beginning of her quest to become healthier and lead a «more vital and vibrant life.»
The television icon claimed that in addition to regularly going on walks, she now follows WeightWatchers’ point-counting methodology, consumes a gallon of water daily, and eats her last meal at 4 p.m.
She went on to note that maintaining her weight loss depends heavily on her exercise and wellness regimen, calling it «everything.» I worked so darn hard, even though I know everyone believed I was on it. I’m aware that it won’t work for me if I’m not also exercising and paying attention to everything else.
«I knew about [weight-loss] pills, but I felt like I had to show that I could stick with it,» the woman stated. I don’t feel that way anymore.
Following the July filmed panel discussion with weight loss specialists and clinicians, Winfrey claimed she was encouraged to use medical weight loss medications—her «biggest aha moment.» In the September internet video interview, Winfrey vehemently denied that she would ever use diet pills.
«I realized I’d been blaming myself for being overweight all these years, and no amount of willpower is going to control my predisposition,» the woman stated. Being obese is an illness. It has to do with the brain, not willpower.
Amid the debate, the specialists maintained that obesity is a metabolic condition where certain individuals are’more inclined to accumulating more fat’, or adipose tissue.
‘For those of us that are adipose storers, no matter how many times… You’ve all watched me diet and diet and diet, it’s a repeating thing because my body always seems to want to go back to a certain weight,’ Oprah stated openly.
«I would be two pounds heavier in the morning if I ate an apple pie at eleven o’clock at night,» she continued. After a certain period, I can’t eat.
The TV personality then remarked, «This is a world that has shamed people for being overweight forever and all of us who have lived it know that people just treat you differently.» Earlier, she had claimed to have «yo-yoed her whole life.» They simply act.
And because I am Oprah Winfrey, I am aware of all the responsibilities that go along with it. I also know that being 200 pounds or more will affect how I am regarded. «There is a smugness.» A stigma exists.
The important thing, according to Oprah, was to surround yourself with people who supported you and «rejoiced in your victory.»
‘Shouldn’t we all simply be more accepting of whatever body you choose to be in?’ the media mogul added after delving deeper into a discussion of the various weight-loss medications now on the market, such as Ozempic and Wegovy. You ought to make that decision.
One of the things I felt so ashamed about was that, even when I first learned about weight-loss medications, I was having knee surgery, so I thought, «I have to do this on my own because taking the medication is the easy way out.»
A part of me believes, as I believe many people do who have had bariatric surgery, that in order to succeed, I must continue to struggle, climb mountains, and do it the hard way because, if I don’t, I will have somehow tricked myself.
«I am just sick of it as a person who has been shamed about my weight for so many years,» she said in closing.
Following their conversation, the celebrity claimed, she let go of her «own shame» and saw her doctor, who recommended the medicine for weight loss.
Last week, when asked what she did to get results, she said to Entertainment Tonight, «It’s not one thing, it’s everything.» I plan to maintain it that way.
She took aim at those who stigmatize those who use weight-loss medications in the TV documentary An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame, and the Weight Loss Revolution, which was released earlier this year.
