Oprah Is Looking Slimmer Than Ever Before In A Bedazzled Purple Coat Amid Revelation That She’s Taking Weight Loss Drugs

Oprah Admits To Using Weight Loss Drugs

Back in September, Oprah sat down with a panel of experts to talk about weight loss, obesity, and body image. She said to the crowd that she's never used weight loss drugs: "I've got to do this on my own, because if I take the drug, that's the easy way out."

It appears, though, that she wasn't being entirely honest with her fans, because this week, she told People that she has in fact been using weight loss drugs. She explained that her weight fluctuations over the years "occupied five decades of space in my brain, yo-yoing and feeling like why can't I just conquer this thing, believing willpower was my failing."

"I had an awareness of [weight loss] medications," she continued. "But felt I had to prove I had the willpower to do it. I now no longer feel that way."

"I realized I'd been blaming myself all these years for being overweight, and I have a predisposition that no amount of willpower is going to control. Obesity is a disease. It's not about willpower—it's about the brain."

Once Oprah made this realization, she was ready to turn to weight loss drugs for a solution. "I now use it as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yoing. The fact that there's a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for. I'm absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself."