Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg Share Personal Weight Loss Journeys, Advocating for Compassion

In a revealing ABC special, Oprah Winfrey discusses the challenges and stigma of weight loss, while Whoopi Goldberg shares her own experience with weight loss medication.

Oprah Winfrey opens up about her weight-loss journey, revealing she once starved herself due to shame over her looks and the public mockery of her weight.
Winfrey's new ABC special, 'Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution,' explores the use of obesity drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, and discusses obesity as a disease.
The special also highlights Winfrey's decision to leave the board of Weight Watchers to avoid a conflict of interest and to donate her shares to the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
Whoopi Goldberg shares her weight loss experience on 'The View,' revealing she used the drug Mounjaro to slim down after a health scare.
Both Winfrey and Goldberg advocate for a more compassionate understanding of weight loss, emphasizing the importance of not shaming individuals for their weight or how they choose to manage it.