Oprah Exits Weight Watchers Board After Admitting She Took Weight Loss Meds, Stock Tumbling

Oprah has been getting away with some fucked up shit for a while

Fuck Oprah.

Her sanctimonious bullshit brought us Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, and Jenny McCarthy.

Her 'listening platform' has probably lead directly to the deaths of tens of thousands of people.

Oprah is a bullshit artist. She has always been a bullshit artist and she got rich peddling bullshit. Her efficiency promoting pseudoscience throughout her career makes her a blight on society, forever deserving scorn for the people she helped to hurt. We are collectively dumber because of her efforts, and she gets to live her life lavished by luxury and adulation as a result.

Oprah is the Joe Rogan of her generation.

What was that Oprah said about these younger generations not wanting to work for something ?

"My frustration with young women + young men is that they think success is supposed to happen like - That!"

that's her. what a fraud. i take that back. she left the board. i hope that she finds some peace with her body.

As someone who is loosing weight it's basically calories in and calories out without eating over your daily calory budget

loseit is a good app and will calculate your calory budget for you and can track the foods you eat and add them up

I feel sorry for you americans though that don't have the per 100g on your nutritional labels though because serving sizes can be deceptive

Never forget that Oprah platformed grifters like Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil

In a world of constant unjustified hyperbole, Oprah is genuinely the nexus of SOOO much evil through Oz, Phil, John of God, etc.

What a fucking suck on humanity.

Am I missing something? When WW itself has added medications to its offerings, why would this result in Oprah leaving the board? Or are those two things unrelated?

https://www.theonion.com/oprah-celebrates-20-000th-pound-lost-1819567605

Why is this surprising or even controversial? Weight Watchers bought Sequence whose whole purpose was to fast track access to Wegovy. Seems a little ridiculous to point towards that as the reason for the stock falling. Most likely it was simply because she left the board.

Never been a big fan of Oprah, or anyone who bases their entire career around "Look how generous and righteous I am", while earning huge profits for doing it. It will never not rub me the wrong way.

These people may inject some good into the world for a few people, but building your fame and fortune around it is a bit morally fucked.

First read this as “Oprah Exists”.

And I’m like yeah no shit.

She's a terrible spokesperson for WW anyway due to her trademark weight fluctuations over a period of 3-4 decades. Oprah gets fat, she "goes on WW", writes a book about her experience which is basically a glorified WW commercial. Rinse and repeat. Capitalist scum.

I wonder if she sold any stock or took short positions before she tanked the stock.

A decade ago I lost weight on weight watchers. All it took was self control. The less calories I ate, the less I weighed. I'm still within 5 pounds of that weight.

I'm betting those weight loss meds are laxatives, because Oprah is full of shit.

Huh - a billionaire that lies?

Whoda thunk?

How much stock did she dump before this announcement? If Martha Stewart was convicted, how much more inside info is this? The SEC should be investigating the fraud that is Oprah.

of course she did. it’s the only way she’s gonna be able to do it. we need to stop focusing on people’s bodies and get on with fixing the climate.

Very good article by the wonderful Cathy O'Neil (mathbabe) about Wegovy (she has lost 60 lb by using it): https://mathbabe.org/2024/02/04/why-people-hate-wegovy/

Tldr: it makes it harder to shame fat people.

I loathe this woman...evil all around

I mean yeah, Ozempic is the death knell of weight watchers.

so she shorted the stock right?

Weird framing in the headline. Like taking weight loss drugs is some kind of scandal?

"I hear the sound of marching feet down Sunset Boulevard To Crescent Heights and there at Pandora’s Box We are confronted with a vast quantity of plastic people"

I always knew she was full of it, "dr"Phil proved it, dr.oz sealed it down.

If WW actually worked, they would be out of business.
Success happens with nutritional education and constant physical activity.
No one needs an extreme diet, or kooky rules to follow. That is called failure.

It's not hard to learn that a portion is the size of your fist.
Read the ingredients on the Back of the product.
Eat more fiber and tons of vegetables.
You don't need a portion of protein at every meal throughout the day. All foods except Oil contain protein. You will not die if you don't eat a steak at all 3 meals.
Go for a walk after dinner, or lunch, or BOTH.
Have more sex with your partner to burn those calories and up your breathing.
You lose weight by breathing.

And finally, no one needs to be rail thin to be "healthy" or "beautiful". Burn the magazines and delete Insta.
Love and Respect yourself.