Comments on: Shut Up, Oprah

By: dora

dora — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:01:07 +0000

I am so glad that someone else noticed ……….
Your WEIGHT is all about ‘How you respect yourself’
Self CONTROL
Self LOVE
Ms. O, is all about Power, Greed & Control over others. I hate it, when I see someone or something suffering, and she asks for donations.
READ Kitty Kelly’s bio. prostitution, cocaine, ONLY IN AMERICA.

By: BoDiva

BoDiva — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:44:04 +0000

The only weight loss I long for for Oprah is the loss of the weight of those horrible false eyelashes. Girl, you’ve got to stop! You’ve got giant centipedes attached to your eyelids.

I’d like her to accept herself and wear clothes that fit. And AMEN! on the bra size issue.

By: kab

kab — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:38:52 +0000

Preach it, Chantal! Reminds me of the time I was with a group of skinny bitches all talking about how “I used to be soooo fat! I was like, 20 pounds overweight!” Yeah, thanks, ladies. My 200-pound ass thanks you for that.

On top of all the Photoshopping on both images in that magazine cover (totally with ya there, Tara), does anyone else think it looks like Fat O is cupping Skinny O’s breast? I’m totally getting a Diana Ross/Lil Kim vibe there. Just me? Ok.

By: kate h

kate h — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:38:28 +0000

See, Oprah lost me when she described losing weight as the single greatest thing she had ever accomplished. I mean…really? Better than building the media empire? Better than maintaining those lifelong friendships? Better than your pretty damn good job in “The Color Purple”? It’s just kind of sad. I’m all for healthy, but it seems like she’s not particlarly emotionally healthy about weight. Maybe it’s just because, like you said, it’s the one thing she can’t seem to get her hands around, but still…that she thinks of modifying her appearance as her greatest accomplishment bums me out.

I’m going to go have a sandwich with extra mayo, now. I’m doing it *for the Oprah*.

By: Bunting

Bunting — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:08:52 +0000

The number is kind of meaningless, generally, anyway; it doesn’t account for muscle, or height (the same 140 that makes a five-feet-even woman look hefty isn’t enough meat for my five-ten bones).

My issue is that, while she should certainly try to drop some weight if it’s a health issue, I think she looks better not quite as thin as in the 2005 picture. Super-skinny doesn’t suit her face.

I don’t want her getting diabetes just to prove me right, but nor do I think she looks bad. That may be a triumph of super-rich-lady attire and grooming, but still.

By: Chantal

Chantal — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:25:45 +0000

As a woman who’s in the same weight range as Oprah, I’m actually sort of offended that she’s effectively saying that weighing 200 lbs makes her this disgusting, worthless slob. I mean, I get it that she’s unhappy with herself – we all have the right to be unhappy with ourselves and to want to improve our health and fitness. (I struggle with my weight every day and don’t love the number that stares back at me from the scale either.) But by throwing out the actual number and touting the horror of it, she’s sort of dissing all us larger women and men who are in the same range. I think she could have kept the number to herself and just said, “I’m still on the journey. I wish I had this thing whipped, but I don’t yet. I’m getting back to business and invite you to join me.” That would have been helpful instead of insulting to me…