Wegovy and Ozempic have gained significant traction in the market, with numerous celebrities admitting to using these prescriptions to reduce their weight.
However, Oprah, who has recently been open about her weight fluctuations, defended the medicines as additional celebrities criticized them.
The 70-year-old acknowledged using a GLP-1 medicine but could not specify which one.
This type 2 diabetes drug suppresses a person’s appetite, allowing them to lose weight.
For Oprah, lost 50 pounds and nearly achieved her ideal weight of 160 pounds, and she is now supporting a person’s decision to utilize the medication.
“For 25 years, making fun of my weight was a national sport,” she stated on her show, referring to obesity as an ‘illness.'”.
“I come to this conversation with the hope that we can start releasing the stigma, the shame, and the judgment; stop shaming other people for being overweight or for how they choose to lose—or not lose—weight; and, most importantly, stop shaming ourselves.”
During her tour, she learned about ‘thin people.’
In the most recent episode of her podcast, she chatted with Dr. Ania Jastreboff about drug safety.
While discussing the subject, she stated that she had a misperception about what thin people believe, and she now realizes the distinction between herself and them.
She stated, “One of the things I discovered the first time I took a GLP-1 was that I had always assumed that slim individuals had more willpower.
“They ate healthier stuff. They were able to remain with it longer. They never ate a potato chip.
However, after taking the GLP-1, she recognized that it wasn’t ‘willpower’ at all, but rather the absence of invasive, hungry thoughts.
Oprah claimed that ‘the very first time I took the GLP-1,’ she discovered that slim individuals don’t even think about eating.
She clarified, “They’re eating when they’re hungry and stopping when they’re full.”
The anchor continued by saying that the media made fun of her problems, which she describes as a “sickness.”
“Every week, [I was] used by the tabloids, and if a comedian wanted to mock or make a joke about it, they did. And I took it because I felt I earned it,” she said.
Since reaching her goal weight, she has continued to use the medicine as a supplement, telling PEOPLE, “I now use it as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yoing.”
“The fact that there is a medically authorized prescription for weight management and being healthy in my lifetime seems like relief, redemption, and a blessing, rather than something to hide behind and be mocked for again.
“I’ve had enough of the humiliation from others, especially myself.”