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Oprah recalls feeling “too fat” to attend Don Johnson’s Christmas party
The Jamie Kern Lima Show
Oprah Winfrey says she once didn’t go to a star-studded Christmas party because she felt “too fat” to show her face.
The media mogul opened up about her health journey on the premiere episode of “The Jamie Kern Lima Show” on Tuesday … and recalled the times she felt held back by public perception of her weight.
Oprah says she was invited in 1988 Don Johnson‘s Christmas party… a big deal for her at the time, as he was starring in the hit TV show ‘Miami Vice’.
She says the invitation came right as she was gaining back a lot of weight she’d lost on a liquid diet… and at 157 pounds, she felt “too fat” to mingle.
Oprah had lost 67 pounds and made a big deal about it on her show… famously riding in a wagon full of fat to illustrate how much weight she was shredding.
But she says that when she started eating solid foods again, the weight came back, and quickly.
O says she gained ten pounds in one week in 1988 and by December she felt too embarrassed to be seen at Hollywood events… like Don’s holiday party.
Oprah also recalled being the butt of fat jokes for 25 years… when she said one of the most hurtful things happened on “In Living Color.”
