Comments on: Oprah Winfrey hits 246 pounds, claims Enquirer

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:06:44 +0000

This is never easy.

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By: Genie

Genie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:45:38 +0000

too many deep-friend meals

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:45:19 +0000

paying for liposuction wouldn’t put a big dent in her bank account, she should have the procedure done.

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By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:55:47 +0000

Ugh. More news stories on Oprah’s weight? Really? Can’t we just get over this? The woman has an addiction, just like millions of other people. She unbelievably successful, she’s intelligent, enormously charitable and a keen businesswoman…yet we’re back to the weight stories. Bleh.

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By: ER

ER — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:40:22 +0000

She’s struggled with her weight her entire career. While she’s not my favorite celebrity by any stretch, she’s done amazingly well for herself, and I highly doubt anybody cares anymore what she does/doesn’t weigh

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By: Daisy

Daisy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:54:44 +0000

She earns her money she can spend it anyway she wants if she wants a school in Africa so be it To me she is hatching a social experiment to hatch mini Oprahs. She does indeed have a very profound effect on the level of materialism and consumerlism that she showcases on her show. Getting happiness by by buying into a luxury good.

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By: headache

headache — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:10:49 +0000

I don’t fault her for building a school in Africa instead of the united states. Though her answer as to why was asinine at best, the fact is children in the poorest places in American have access to a far better educational system and libraries than the average african child.

What I do fault her with in the case of this african school is that she has not been the best steward of the money she is donating. I cannot remember the exact math but when the story of the school first came out I divided up the money she laid out by the amount of children who could attend, I believe it is 400, and it turns out Oprah is spending somewhere like $250,000 bucks per kid.

For that kind of money she could have forgone the yoga classes and beauty salon and given hundreds if not thousands of children including boys an education. Someone how I don’t think a school dedicated to making mini Oprahs was quite what Nelson Mandela had in mind.

It’s time people gave a shit about Africa but in a real, caring and effective way. Not as a monument to your own “goodness.”

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By: geronimo

geronimo — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:48:08 +0000

Good point, journey, re taking your money elsewhere because a handful of kids (kids!) supposedly gave the wrong answer. I can’t knock her in terms of her success and business accumen, and she has done a lot of good with her money, but she always seems to want something in return - namely public adulation - to satisfy what seems to be a massive ego.

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By: snappyfish

snappyfish — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:07:09 +0000

They polled kids from chicago inner city schools about the choice of a new school/ipod. Everyone said a new school.

Headache thanks for making me feel better. I thought I was the only one who didn’t really care for Oprah. she has done wonderful things but I am just a little sick of her.

She lost me when she had a woman on who was a victim of a severe crime. The woman’s face was shot off by an abusive boyfriend. This woman had endured God only knows how many surgeries to make her look human again. She is telling her story and is interrupted by Oprah time and time again with a “let me tell you what happened to me”..

Enough.

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By: journey

journey — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:46:39 +0000

okay, i am shocked. always thought oprah was a smart, kind-hearted humanitarian. to find out she said that about children– that is so bad. even if a child does prefer “stuff” to a quality education, you don’t throw up your hands and give up on the child. part of educating children is helping them to see what is truly important in life.

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