Oprah to leave WeightWatchers board amid use of weight loss drug

Oprah Winfrey has decided to step down from the board of WeightWatchers after nine years, sending the stock plummeting. She leaves the company after revealing she has been taking a weight loss drug and amid a revolution within the weight loss drug industry. NBC’s Christine Romans reports for TODAY.

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[Jeff-crur]

Wow, just wow! Has anyone considered telling the truth here?? Which is that she cannot represent weight watchers because she is NOT losing weight naturally by exercise and diet. she is taking a drug! That’s why. And a drug that is suppose to be used by diabetics first and foremost. She should actually be ashamed of herself when there is such a shortage of the drug and the people who truly need it can’t get it!

[siva]

Next she will be on the board of Ozempic and make a bunch of money :)

[boombasett]

She is a fake. Why not just come out and tell the truth from the beginning ?!!!

[sunshine]

there is no way all these celebs lost so much weight by dieting and exercising.

[Antonetish]

The side effects don't sound good on this one !!

[Ela-cwfi]

I have struggled with obesity for literally DECADES. Unless you have been in her or my shoes - DO NOT JUDGE.

Being obese, overweight, fat - whatever you want to call is so painful - physically and emotionally.

My life would have been so different had I been able to lose and maintain my weight loss. I have been on so many diets over the years all while going to the gym - 5-6 days a week - sometimes twice a day. Yea, I was thin when I was doing that but its just not sustainable. Financially, it was also taxing. The cost of a gym membership, weighing out your food, etc. Its exhausting. All while others were eating far more than me but never had to fight this battle.

I lacked any real self esteem, did not date, get married nor had children because I didn't feel "human" enough to put myself out there. I lost weight but could not keep it off - and its not because i'm a pig, glutton, undisciplined or whatever else you're thinking. As I type this note, I hope some of you will look at fat people differently.

Its hard enough in this world to be Black - add the weight, age, and all the other attacks - its just impossible to please ANYONE!!

Lastly, everyone deserves to be seen and heard. You're literally INVISIBLE when you're overweight.

[shanastrange]

Why is she stepping down because she used medication (ozempic) when Weight Watchers had a weight loss plan you could do that included the ozempic type medication??

[wcarlosw]

She needs to pay Taraji P. Henson right is what she needs to do. And she needs to apologize publicly to Monique.

[rachellebrown]

I've already seen lawyer ads regarding the horrible effects of ozempic. Just a few months into the ozempic spike

[zsazsafabian]

It’s her dishonesty that bothers me here not the fact she chose the drug!

[Slaybeee]

She was dishonest for years. Lied for years and people talk about how heroic she is. 😂

[somerset]

I never lost weight on Weight Watchers, despite following it to the letter.

[misskitty]

She is not a diabetic, pre diabetes is not diabetic yet here we have this privileged women being able to access a drug designed to save someone else’s life

[lolacookie]

She’s donating her stake in the company as a PR move 😂

[serena]

Its so crazy that i have a niece that is obese and diabetic with loads of health problems and the doctors have not put her on this drug? I have a friend who is on her way to being diabetic and can't loose weight. She has tried for over 20 years to be at a healthy body weight.Tons of health problems She asked for the drug and dotors put her in a weight loss clinic? It failed and she is still not on the drug while headed full steam to diabeties. You have to understand that people like Oprah and all these celebrities are getting it while creating a shortage for those that need it in order to live longer and the health industry is letting it happen.

[giuseppinasanger]

I think it's great that there's a drug to help the obese population, but it's starting to feel dangerous that SO many rich celebrities are SO SO skinny now, as these are the images that young girls grow up seeing. I feel like this is going to be a huge step backward by spurring eating disorders among adolescents.

[reneeraw]

The Irony is that she is seen as one of the most successful people in the world. And yet, she can’t accept and love herself unless she is thin. All that money and power never bought her happiness. It’ll never end with her thin obsession. I think despite appearances, internally she’s an unhappy person.

[javiruiz]

Obviously she was on ozempic like everyone in Hollywood that finally lost weight

[ThatBearHasMoxie]

Nope! Nope! Anything Oprah advertises is a fad except Weight Watchers. She's on Ozempic and I have a feeling it's going to end badly.

[le]

Dont care how she looses the weigh. But I have never respected her because of her dishonesty, this is just one more thing. She made everyone believe she lost the weight because she was following the ww program. She should have left the same time she started taking the pills. She chose i different path when she did so and should have been honest about it.