Oprah Winfrey admits she weighs 200 pounds

For those who haven't noticed (read: don't have eyes, or TV sets), Oprah Winfrey is on the downswing of her latest yo-yo diet, packing on 40 pounds in the last two years. Don't take our word for it -- she says so herself in the January issue of O magazine.

"I'm mad at myself," Winfrey writes. "I'm embarrassed. I can't believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I'm still talking about my weight. I look at my thinner self and think, 'How did I let this happen again?' "

It seems the 54-year-old's problem is an out-of-balance thyroid, that, for some reason, gave Winfrey "a fear of working out." It didn't curb her appetite, though, since she ballooned up from 160 pounds.

"Yes, you're adding correctly; that means the dreaded 2-0-0," she writes. "I was so frustrated I started eating whatever I wanted -- and that's never good. ... "I felt like a fat cow. I wanted to disappear."

The most powerful woman in entertainment now says that her goal is not to be thin, but be strong, healthy and fit. Buy her mag and follow her latest journey to not-fatness today!

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[Jon]

And anyone with two eyes cannot see this????

[Bob Guccione]

PETA, if Oprah wants to wear fur, LET HER!

I don't need her pulling a Chloe Kardashian on us, and posing nude for a anti-fur ad.

[Barack]

Two places you SURE don't want to be:

1) Underneath Oprah when she trips and falls

2) Behind her at the buffet line!

[Michael Moore]

In the picture, Oprah is giving the thumbs up to my question:

"Do you want me to supersize that?"

The fatty loves a patty....or three.

[Michael Jercoff]

If I could somehow put both of Oprah's thighs together on the Mexican border, illegal immigration would stop immediately.

But, I like big butts and I cannot lie!

[Joellen]

Talk about scarry, when Oprah got ol' Barack in a choker hold with her THIGHS! I didn't think he was going to make it. Whewwwwww!

[Joyce]

Thee Hogwoman speaketh!!!!!!

[paddy]

YUMMY! That's a lot of chocolate lovin'
Oprah can be my chocolate bunny!

[Tina Fey]

Funniest thing I have read in a long, long time!

Oprah Winfrey, a cannibal's wet dream.

Posted by: Dr. Phil | December 11, 2008 at 10:13 AM

[Sarah P.]

Wow, the boyfriend is definitely gay, he's well known in the Lincoln Park and near north side gay bars. He's quite the hotty in those places.
Oprah is just a "front".

[Sarah P.]

I bet when she bends over a lets her rip, she could level several square blocks. Now we know why they call it the windy city!

[John McCain]

If SHE got on top, you wouldn't even see Barack, except for those howdy doody ears.

[Graham]

Watching her eat is amazing, you just need to make sure that your fingers and toes aren't near her mouth when she's wolfing down a rack of ribs or a side of beef.

[Rod Blagojevich]

My best friend who's name is Barack, told me that for a fat girl, she's pretty hot in the sack, its kind of like tag team wrestling, first you're on top, then you're on bottom, then you're on top and then...............

[Dr. Phil]

Oprah Winfrey, a cannibal's wet dream.

[Patti Blagojevich]

200 pounds my foot. one cheek of her arce weighs 200 lbs. She's closing in on 250 or better. PS: I heard that she was arrested for carrying 100 pounds of crack LOL

[Rod B.]

You'd better be good or she'll sit on you!

[Guilty]

Hey-I'm headed to jail for 90 days and wondered if I could get any phone numbers to talk to in jail? My family feels I don't deserve human friends while in jail.

[Mary]

Vincent - is the guy in the picture? If so, he must be behind her! LOL

[Vincent]

What's the deal with that wimpy looking boyfriend, is he gay or what. He just always seems to be along for the ride in the background. Maybe he's the "token" male.

[M]

Kent and Victor/Victoria: Remember she's up his bu**, too. Man that's really gotta going to hurt.hehehe

[Victor/Victoria]

I hope she doesn't crush Barack when she AND Michele get on top, hi-o-silver....up..up..and away.......!

[Jack]

Those high heels are creaking with agony trying to carry that load, wow.

[Graham Stedman]

THUNDER THIGHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joe B.]

FFFFFFAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

[Mary]

BBUUURRRPPPPP!

[Jessica]

We have children and families being killed and starved all around the world as well as in the US...and there is a story published regarding the weight of a woman who could feed an entire country with one paycheck? I don't care what size pants she wears. I care that many do not even have a coat this winter. Maybe it's just me...

[Kent]

I hope she doesn't crush Barack when she gets on top!!

[Kent]

I hope she doesn't crush Barack when she gets on top!!

[Jay]

Her loud mouth is still the biggest part of her body.

[Joe B.]

THE BIG WOMAN FROM ILLINOIS. CHICAGO IS REALLY MAKING A NAME FOR ITSELF, OPRAH, BLAGOJEVICH (WHO WILL SING LIKE A CANARY BEFORE ITS OVER), OBLAMA (WHO IS PROBABLY AS NERVOUS AS A HO IN CHURCH), REZKO (ANOTHER SINGER), AND ON AND ON AND ON.....................

[Jason]

This big fat ignorant pig is a joke!

[Joann]

This uneducated, ignorant woman is a waste of airtime and also print space in any newspaper. She has sold herself to millions of gullible people that she is an authority on just about everything. Wrong! She is an authority on one thing, eating like a hog!

[voxy]

I think it's terrible that oprah calls herself a fat cow leading our opinion to comfor with anyon over 120 pounds it's okay if YOU FEEL LIKE A COW?
That's sick.

Maybe she's just a large. People come in small medium and large.
Stop creating eating problems for a MILLION women oprah.

Interesting the timing of this with corruption in Illinois BURSTINGOUT ALL OVER DA PLACE.

Hush and let women BE, opah> Some of us genuinely like our GORGEOUS bodies just the way they are.

[EMily]

Oprah is great. I think she really shoes that all women can have struggle and it is nice for her to share her real opinions and how she feels. Addiction is hard to overcome.

[EMily]

Oprah is great. I think she really shoes that all women can have struggle and it is nice for her to share her real opinions and how she feels. Addiction is hard to overcome.

[EMily]

Oprah is great. I think she really shoes that all women can have struggle and it is nice for her to share her real opinions and how she feels. Addiction is hard to overcome.

[Steve]

Since when is this news. Who cares what this selfish pig does or thinks?