Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, 70, made a stylish entrance in New York City on Tuesday, September 10. Fans voiced worry over her dress, which she wore while arriving at “Good Morning America,” as it accentuated her sleek frame and narrow waist. The co-author of “What Happened to You?” wore beige-colored slacks with a belt and a purple pullover for her outing. Winfrey accessorized her look with jewelry, tan heels, and a stylish pair of black sunglasses, accessorizing her hair in loose waves. Additionally, she was seen with a copy of Elizabeth Strout’s “Tell Me Everything,” the businesswoman’s most recent book club selection.
Internet users expressed their opinion that Winfrey has gone too far with her weight loss after seeing her appearance in pictures that were posted online. Someone commented, “[She] is excessively skinny for her age, looks unwell,” on a Daily Mail piece about her outing. “She has dropped too much weight,” said a second person. In response to reports that Winfrey shed forty pounds in 2023, another person wrote, “I wonder how many times she has dropped 40lbs?
Not in good health. “Has she completely lost her weight? 
,” wondered one more concerned onlooker. Nevertheless, someone commented on social media, saying, “She is always done drastic fad [short-term] diets.”
Months after the “The Color Purple” actress acknowledged using weight loss medicine to assist control her weight, Winfrey made her public debut in New York. In a December 2023 interview with People magazine, Winfrey revealed that she believes she is in better control of keeping a healthy weight. She talked about incorporating weight-loss medicine into her program using a holistic approach. In addition to consistent exercise, she makes a number of lifestyle changes, such as eating her final meal of the day at 4 p.m. and drinking a gallon of water every day. Being in the public glare and being watched closely all the time, Winfrey is accustomed to people criticizing her appearance. But she also disclosed how, for fifty years, her weight fluctuations would consume her thoughts nonstop.
She said, “thinking willpower was my failing,” and that these ideas would leave her perplexed as to why she could not immediately achieve her weight loss goals. The People report claims that Winfrey’s weight loss progress was steadily accelerated throughout her knee replacement surgical recuperation in 2021. The adored talk show host revealed how, following knee surgery, she took up hiking. Over time, she was able to hike three to five miles every day, having set new distance targets each week.
The Hollywood celebrity said, “I felt stronger, more fit, and more alive than I would felt in years,” in reference to her fitness achievements. Even though Winfrey was aware of the existence of weight-loss medications at this point, she still believed that she needed to demonstrate her strength of character and resolve. She made it apparent, though, that she no longer felt that way. Winfrey claims that the panel discussion that was recorded marked her decision to attempt weight loss medication.