TV on the Edge

Oprah and the Daytime Diet Wars (1x2)

Air date: Sep 29, 2024

In 1988, Oprah walks on stage wearing slim size 10 Calvin Klein blue jeans, a black turtleneck and… wheeling 67 pounds of animal fat piled into a Radio Flyer red wagon. The stunt not only reveals how much weight she lost but shines a light on our country’s obsession with fatness proving that diet culture spares no one.