Oprah Winfrey was one of the first celebrities to embrace Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs, despite sitting on the board of and promoting the Weight Watchers program. Since revealing that she lost over 40 pounds using weight loss drugs, Oprah has been quite outspoken about her appreciation for the drugs, and while many fans are happy for the talk show host, some of things she’s been saying recently aren’t making much sense. Keep reading for more information.
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Oprah Thinks Obesity Makes You Overeat
Oprah, 71, recently appeared on an episode of The View to promote her new book about weight loss, titled, Enough: Your Health, Your Weight, and What It's Like to be Free. One of the comments, she made, though, raised a lot of eyebrows online.
"All these years," she began, "I thought I was overeating...because of me and my fault. Now I understand that if you carry the obesity gene...that is what makes you overeat. You don't overeat and become obese. Obesity causes you to overeat."
This, while it might be nice to believe, isn't true. Overeating can lead to obesity, and once you are obese, it does make regulating your appetite harder. Hunger hormones can be elevated, which will make you want to eat more, but one must first make choices that lead to obesity before this takes effect.
Social Media Reactions
Most viewers were quick to pick up on this falsehood, and began calling Oprah out on social media. "I'm trying to be this rich and clueless someday!" one person wrote on Instagram.
"Stop normalizing obesity!" another person commented.
"She must've gotten a big check from big pharma," one person suggested.
"Swing and a miss here," added the next.
"She is so delusional," one person commented.
"This is completely ridiculous," one person said. "The crazy thing is...some people are really going to believe this."
"Oprah is a clown," a final person posted. "No one should be taking advice from this woman."
