Oprah Winfrey is sharing her experience with weight stigma.
13.09.2023 - 20:31 / nypost.com
affected by the Maui wildfires — despite having a combined net worth of more than $2.8 billion.During an interview on “CBS Mornings,” Oprah, 69, opened up about the matter while speaking with best friend Gayle King. “I was so excited about it, and then I got up the next morning, and I saw all of this vitriol, and I was, like, ‘Whoa, what happened here?’” she said on Tuesday.
“It made me sad that we are at this state in our country.” Winfrey revealed that she was inspired by Dolly Parton, who organized a support fund to aid victims from wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in 2017. Winfrey and Johnson, 51, collectively kicked in $10 million to launch the People’s Fund of Maui, but then jointly asked their fans on Instagram and TikTok to donate the rest.Fans complained they were already living “paycheck-to-paycheck,” and that the uber-rich celebrities should dole out more of their own money toward relief efforts.“I would but I’m broke…you two got this though!” Carolina Moreno wrote in the comment section on TikTok under the August 31 video.“Billionaire asking for money from the poor, what a joke,” another outraged fan commented on Winfrey’s follow-up video on Instagram.“You have billions.
You could donate $100 million and still be as wealthy as before donating. YOU give the money,” Maribel Rubio criticized Winfrey.
“This should be a private message between you and your billionaire mates,” another critic wrote. “It’s so outrageous that you are pleading for money.”Another wrote: “How is the richest woman in the world asking for money? Make it make sense.”After acknowledging that she was blindsided by the “vitriol,” Winfrey said she’s still standing behind the idea for the fund.
Oprah Winfrey is sharing her experience with weight stigma.
Oprah Winfrey and Meghan Markle are reportedly among those being considered to replace late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Winfrey's name is among those being floated for the role, according to Newsmax and The Desert Sun, but the successful TV host-turned-billionaire book publisher and entrepreneur indicated as recently as in May that she "is not considering the seat should it become vacant," according to the Los Angeles Times.
Gayle King is addressing the recent comments Cindy Crawford made about her longtime friend Oprah Winfrey.
Gayle King is weighing in on the recent high-profile comments made by Cindy Crawford criticizing an early interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Controversial cuts proposed at two fire stations in Greater Manchester have been scrapped, with plans to increase cover in the city centre set to go ahead. Plans to stop manning Sale and Offerton stations at night were proposed as part of a review by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS).
So, filmmaker Gareth Edwards is doing the interview round for his latest sci-fi extravaganza, “The Creator,” starring John David Washington. It’s a movie heavily indebted to “Blade Runner,” “Apocalypse Now,” and even “Star Wars” (read our review here).
Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained in her new memoir.The actor, who starred alongside Jamie Foxx in the 2012 movie which focused on slavery in the American South, claims in excerpts from her book Thicker Than Water via The Daily Beast that the original script included a scene where she “escaped abuse running naked down the street” and a “terrifyingly brutal rape scene” which she had reservations about being part of.In the end neither scene was filmed and Washington says she still doesn’t know exactly why the latter in particular never went ahead.She wrote: “Jamie and Quentin stood in the corner. Both men were looking down at the dirt floor, and as I walked toward them, Tarantino announced that we were all going home.”Washington went on: “The scene would be cut from the script.
Kerry Washington continues to revisit some of the darkest moments of her life in her new memoir, Thicker Than Water, which is currently available wherever books are sold.
Kerry Washington has been revealing a lot of things from her upcoming memoir, from suicidal thoughts and finding out that the person she knows as dad, isn’t her biological father.
Oprah Winfrey is giving her thoughts on Ozempic!
Oprah Winfrey has revealed her thoughts on people using the type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic to lose weight.
(and Wegovy and Mounjaro), the drug prescribed for type 2 diabetes which has seemingly become every celebrity's favorite weight loss trick. Even , has reportedly considered taking it.
Cindy Crawford is looking back on her 1986 interview with Oprah Winfrey through a new set of eyes.
Cindy Crawford is reflecting on that 1986 Oprah Winfrey interview.
called “The Super Models,” which debuted Wednesday on Apple TV+ and follows Crawford as well as Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington as they reflect on their journey to “super” status. In the series, Crawford recalls her first-ever appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 1986 alongside her Elite Modeling Agency rep, John Casablancas.“Did she always have this body?” questioned Winfrey, 69, after introducing the fashion icon. “Stand up just a moment.”Smiling awkwardly, Crawford stands up from her chair to give the show’s audience a full view of her figure.“Now this is what I call a BODY,” exclaimed Winfrey.
faced backlash from the public after asking fans to donate money to help those affected by the Maui wildfires — despite having a combined net worth of more than $2.8 billion.Although Winfrey, 69, and Johnson, 51, each donated $5 million apiece of their own money to the fund, fans commented that this was a drop in the bucket. “Billionaire asking for money from the poor, what a joke,” an outraged fan commented on Winfrey’s Instagram video.“You have billions.
Anna Tingley Oprah Winfrey, Nicole Kidman and Leonardo DiCaprio are just a few of the bold-faced names who gathered at The Pool Lounge inside of New York City’s storied Seagram building on Tuesday night to support the Kering Foundation’s Caring for Women dinner. The star-studded gala, which returned for its second annual event this year, was co-chaired by Salma Hayek Pinault and her husband Francois-Henri Pinault, the chairman and CEO of Kering, in addition to Winfrey, Zoe Kravitz, Cindy Sherman, Christy Turlington Burns, Olivia Wilde and Malala Yousafzai.
Oprah is opening up for first time about the backlash to the support fund she and Dwayne Johnson launched in support of the victims from the recent Maui wildfires.
affected by the Maui wildfires — despite having a combined net worth of more than $2.8 billion. The Hollywood duo collectively kicked in $10 million to kickstart the People’s Fund of Maui, but then jointly asked their fans on Instagram and TikTok to donate the rest. However, many fans complained they were already living “paycheck-to-paycheck,” and that the uber-rich celebrities should dole out more of their own money toward relief efforts.
Oprah Winfrey has a very tight-knit inner circle and she previously said that she only has a few close friends.