Oprah wants people to be “liberated” through a weight loss program

Oprah Winfrey wants to “liberate” people along with her prime-time ABC show about weight loss and the growing use of medicine to fight obesity.

The billionaire media mogul is gearing up for a March 18 premiere and says the special will tackle the “shame and guilt” surrounding obesity, weight loss and the growing use of weight-loss injections reminiscent of Ozempic, Wegovy and Semaglutide.

“I’m very enthusiastic about this because, as you realize, I spent years on this business and I felt embarrassed. I just want people to be liberated and to know that for thus many people on this country who’re obese and obese, it’s actually not your fault – it is your brain.” -Winfrey he said on the fifty fifth NAACP Image Awards.

“Once you understand this, you can start to seek help to help you deal with it, however you choose to do it. So I want people to stop being blamed for the choices they make about their health.”

In the special, announced by ABC earlier this month, Winfrey will return to television for an in-depth discussion with experts and patients concerning the effects of prescription weight-loss drugs. Aimed at examining how weight-loss drugs impact “our health care, economy, lifestyle and culture,” the veteran talk show host will speak in front of a live studio audience to experts and bizarre people with first-hand knowledge of “certainly one of the largest health care crisis the world has ever seen.”

“They have had these drugs for 20 years. I did not know that. They have been using this drug for 20 years and we are just now hearing about it,” she said.

Winfrey has openly struggled along with her weight throughout her 40-year profession. By remaining transparent about her weight loss journey, the OWN founder is extending her passion for health to the LGBTQ+ community, which harvested received the Vanguard Award for LGBTQ Ally on the GLAAD Media Awards on March 14.

During an emotional speech, Winfrey paid tribute to her late brother Jeffrey Lee, who died of AIDS in 1989 on the age of 29.

“Growing up in our community at that time, we didn’t have the language to understand or talk about sexuality and gender in the way we do now,” Winfrey said.

“At the time, I actually didn’t understand how deeply my brother had internalized the shame he felt about being gay. I wish he could have lived to see these liberated times and be here with me tonight.

She then declared her support for producing “projects centering LGBTQ stories” and “hiring queer and trans filmmakers to bring authentic characters to the screen.”

“When we can see each other, really see each other, when we are open to supporting the truth about each other, it gives us all full, rich and vibrant lives,” she said. “That’s what I want my brother Jeffrey to experience – a world that could see him for who he is and appreciate him for what he brought to this world.”