• Facebook
• Twitter
• Threads
• Flipboard
• Comments
• Print
• Email
• Add Fox News on Google

Oprah Winfrey reveals she felt she deserved ridicule over weight, accepted being butt of the joke

Oprah Winfrey told "The View" on Wednesday that she felt she deserved the ridicule and mockery she received over her weight because she felt those who made fun of her were right. 

Oprah Winfrey told the co-hosts of "The View" on Wednesday that she accepted being the subject of comedians' jokes about her weight over the years because she believed she deserved it.

Winfrey joined the co-hosts alongside Dr. Ania M. Jastreboff. Jastreboff and Winfrey co-wrote a book called "Enough," which is about Winfrey's weight-loss journey.

"The reason why I’ve done this book with Dr. Ania is because what I felt all those years — the shame and the blame I gave to myself — I felt it because it was my fault. I felt it was my fault I was overweight, and so when comedians made fun of me, I felt like, ‘Well, it’s OK for me to be the butt of their jokes because I should be losing the weight,’" Winfrey said.

She told "The View" that she believed she should have been able to keep the weight off and felt embarrassed each time she gained it back.

WHAT ARE GLP-3S? MEET THE NEW GENERATION OF WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS WITH THREE KEY INGREDIENTS

Oprah Winfrey greets the audience during the opening of "Oprah in Conversation" at ICC Sydney Theatre on Dec. 4, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Don Arnold/Getty Images)

"I accepted it because I thought they were right," Winfrey said.

"That horrible moment that I had on 'The Tonight Show,' when I was so excited to be there for the first time and I bought these new shoes and I spent my entire paycheck on the Stuart Weitzman shoes and Joan Rivers said to me, 'Shame, shame, on you for not losing the weight, how did you gain the weight? How did you gain the weight? How did you gain the weight?'"

"And I remember leaving feeling embarrassed, but that she said I could come back if I lost 15 pounds, so I wasn’t even, like, upset with her. I thought, I got to get on it. I got to lose those 15 pounds," Winfrey added.

Co-host Joy Behar told Winfrey she was not alone.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG ADDRESSES 'PHONY WEIGHT LOSS AD' DEPICTING HER ON INSTAGRAM

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey during an interview with guest host Joan Rivers on "The Tonight Show," Jan. 27, 1986. (Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Winfrey said she grew to accept the ridicule she received in the tabloids "as a way of being."

Winfrey began taking a GLP-1 medication in 2023 but attempted to quit just six months in to see if she could lose weight without it. Regardless of her diet and exercise routines, the media mogul said she still gained back 20 pounds after stopping the drug.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE

Oprah Winfrey at the American Ballet Theatre Fall Gala held at the David H. Koch Theater on Oct. 22, 2025, in New York City. (Lanna Apisukh/WWD via Getty Images)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

"It's going to be a lifetime thing," she told People magazine. "I'm on high blood pressure medication, and if I go off the high blood pressuremedication, my blood pressure is going to go up. The same thing is true now, I realize, with these medications. I’ve proven to myself [that] I need it."

• ·国产虚幻5MMO《诡秘之主》新PV 首测招募开启
• ·Lan tỏa trên mạng xã hội: Nữ sinh viên viết thư tay cảm ơn các ân nhân
• ·东部战区发布联合演训区公告及示意图
• ·东部战区发布联合演训区公告及示意图
• ·扔好垃圾就是分类？这件小事远没有那么简单
• ·绝区零周本几级开 绝区零周本开启方法
• ·自动接物垃圾桶小发明，或将改变人们扔垃圾方式
• ·Lời gửi gắm của bà ngoại trong đám hỏi của cháu
• ·รู้จักพรรคประชาชน ก่อนเข้าคูหาเลือกตั้ง 2569
• ·净水厂宛若江南园林 MBR技术助推地下式污水处理厂发展
• ·游戏市场已成红海 开发者回归刊行商模式
• ·法法组合怎么在战斗其他组合
• ·《回音：飞艇传说》全新定档1月27日，稳定体验伴你共启云端征途
• ·东部战区开展“正义使命
• ·2025 in Review: A tumultuous year for Paramount and CBS News
• ·燕云十六声祁氏家驯任务怎么做 燕云十六声祁氏家驯任务攻略流程