Oprah Winfrey isn't everyone's cup of tea but this week she faced backlash on social media after making a bold claim about “thin people” in light of her admission of taking a weight loss drug to lose weight.
“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 — those people — just had more willpower,” the former talk show host said during a conversation with Dr. Ania Jastreboff on “The Oprah Podcast” Tuesday.
“They ate better foods. They were able to stick to it longer. They never had a potato chip.”
“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 — those people — just had more willpower,” Winfrey said on her podcast.YouTube/Oprah
“And then I realized the very first time I took the GLP-1 that, oh, they’re not even thinking about it. They’re only eating when they’re hungry and they’re stopping when they’re full.”
After the brief clip of the conversation was shared via Instagram, many people sounded off with their disapproval in the comments.
“Thin people also think about food all the time, but they work hard to manage their physical and mental needs in a healthy way, and not by taking medication,” one user wrote.
Another echoed, “I think about it constantly but just don’t eat it.”
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If you're interested, here is the entire podcast from which her comments come:
In this episode of The Oprah Podcast, Oprah sits down with Dr. Ania Jastreboff, an endocrinologist and associate professor at the Yale School of Medicine, to talk about the new GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound. Dr. Ania, who has been on the forefront of GLP-1 medication research for the past 20 years, will talk through why it is biologically difficult for some people to lose weight, maintain weight loss, and why obesity is a disease. She explains how the new GLP-1 medications work, how they can facilitate weight loss, and if they are safe. Dr. Ania answers questions from people around the country who are taking the GLP-medications and have lost a significant amount of weight. We will also share an update from Amy Kane who told her story of losing 160 pounds on weight loss medications last year on Oprah’s ABC Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution.