Comments on: Oprah My God

By: Allen Donikowski

Allen Donikowski — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:08:05 +0000

On TV you are a public podium. Maybe what you need to do is be realistic and offer the real side of the coin…..common failures in life.
Money has no feelings of the heart, no sensitivity to daily stress in a love life.
The world see’s you as “Wow this is Oprah”
They simply forget that you are a black woman that has lived her life in stress…..now the stress is wealth, and everyone is watching! Black is now gone……look at your audience.
No more free giveaway shows, commonplace goals for the everyday family are whats needed.
The world does not need to see your wealth, but your genuine self (not all on tv please)
Wishing you wealth and the simple life I live.
I have lost over $700K in the last 6 months.
I lost my wife of 32 years to cancer in 2005.
No show to speak of my life….God Bless my country.
Allen

By: Liza

Liza — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:08:06 +0000

My take on the whole thing.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:31:30 +0000

This whole thing with Oprah’s weight, reminds me of how when I watch Discovery Health there’s a mention of a patient who’s 100 pounds overweight.

I feel like, “Oh no, these doctors actually will have to put in extra effort for a patient! We can’t have that, so we’ll call them the lazy ones!” It’s simple, don’t become a doctor, if all you’re going to do is stand around and whine about how a patient with a not-up-to-your-standards body is making you have to actually do your job.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:25:51 +0000

Why all the Oprah hate? She’s the confessional poet of daytime television — her own evolution as a person has always been part of her appeal.

She’s not perfect — but she’s a very generous person.

And while some of her book club choices, especially early on, were more middlebrow, who else on the planet is going to be more successful in getting people to read Faulkner, Elie Wiesel, Tolstoy, Toni Morrison, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez?

By: The Disordered Times » Blog Archive » When its not about the food

The Disordered Times » Blog Archive » When its not about the food — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:30:43 +0000

[...] Much has been written in the Blogosphere about Oprah’s recent ‘fessing up to her obvious weight (re)gain. But Huffington Post contributor Deborah King’s take on it is perhaps the best I’ve read yet. [...]

By: More on Oprah’s weight gain tell-all » The-F-Word.org

More on Oprah’s weight gain tell-all » The-F-Word.org — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:11:36 +0000

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:59:47 +0000

If she’s really a food addict I wonder if she has tried the 12 steps. If she’s trying to overcome an addiction through willpower she can’t succeed, however she’s defining success.

By: butterfly

butterfly — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:33:43 +0000

Meowser: HEH!!

I wanted to rant about that oh-so-annoying factoid about The Secret but your comment nailed it!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:01:23 +0000

There’s a lesson in there somewhere for her, she’ll keep beating her head against the wall and blaming it on weight until she figures it out.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:55:15 +0000

I would think that she of all people could find something more inspiring, current and relevant to talk about… who the fuck cares that she’s gained 200 lbs… get over it ~ your body clearly wants to be bigger… lord knows her but does! she needs to find a wider vision…