Printed: 4:25 PM PDT, March 17, 2024Oprah Winfrey is about to carry the dialog concerning the unconventional impression of prescription weight-loss drugs to TV with a brand new particular, and the beloved media mogul is trying ahead to shedding a lightweight on the stigma, controversy and discomfort surrounding the subject.Winfrey, 70, spoke in regards to the forthcoming TV particular with ET’s Kevin Frazier backstage on the fifty fifth Annual NAACP Picture Awards, held on the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Saturday.”I’m so enthusiastic about this present that I’m doing… on disgrace and blame and the load loss revolution,” Winfrey shared. “I’m so enthusiastic about it as a result of, as you understand, I’ve spent years on this enterprise and been shamed myself. And I simply need folks to be liberated, and know that, for therefore many individuals on this nation who’re affected by weight and weight problems, it is actually not your fault — it is your mind.””So as soon as you work that out, you may start to get assist that can assist you handle it, nevertheless you select to try this,” Winfrey added. “So I would like folks to cease being blamed for the alternatives that they make about their well being.”Earlier this month, ABC introduced that the media mogul will host a primetime particular occasion that includes sit-down conversations across the impression of prescription weight-loss drugs.Premiering on March 18, An Oprah Particular: Disgrace, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution goals to “delve into the prevailing questions and considerations surrounding the impression [of weight-loss medications] on our well being care, financial system, life-style and tradition.”Winfrey will converse in entrance of a reside studio viewers as she gathers the nation’s main medical consultants and on a regular basis folks “who’re within the battle of one of many largest healthcare crises the world has ever identified.””We needed to break it down,” Winfrey instructed ET about having medical consultants weigh in on the dialog concerning the drugs. “They’ve had these drugs for the previous 20 years. I did not know that. They have been having this remedy for 20 years and we’re simply now listening to about it.”Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesThe particular comes shortly after Winfrey stepped again from serving on the Weight Watchers board of administrators for a decade after she disclosed her current use of weight-loss remedy — which has had a outstanding impression on her personal well being and determine.”I am actually enthusiastic about it,” Winfrey mentioned of the provision of drugs designed to deal with weight problems and promote elevated weight reduction. “As a result of I’ve suffered for therefore lengthy and struggled a lot and did all of the issues.”Speaking with ET again in December, Winfrey addressed her current bodily transformation when requested what she’s been doing to get outcomes.”It is not one factor, it is the whole lot,” she mentioned. Winfrey emphasised simply how a lot she’s needed to change and do to look unbelievable, including, “I intend to maintain it that means.”She continued, “I used to be on that treadmill at present.” An Oprah Particular: Disgrace, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution airs March 18 on ABC and the following day on Hulu.RELATED CONTENT: