Oprah Winfrey is sparking a debate around weight, willpower and perception after the media mogul revealed her perceptions about “thin people” and what she called “food noise” while discussing taking a prescription weight loss drug on her podcast this week.

The media queen also confessed that she was reluctant to take a GLP-1 drug because she felt it was “the easy way out.” That changed after a special on weight loss with experts and clinicians that she taped in July 2023. The panel discussion left her with her “biggest aha moment” about the medication.