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Oprah Winfrey hospitalized for stomach issue that left her with 'stuff coming out of both ends' according to Gayle King - five months after mogul admitted to using weight loss drugs


After vividly explaining the reason behind Oprah's absence, Gayle said: 'I hope she's not mad at me for sharing that detail.' However she assured the public that Oprah 'will be okay.'

'It is a very personal topic for me,' said Oprah in a press statement quoted by BET: 'and for the hundreds of millions of people impacted around the globe who have for years struggled with weight and obesity.' As the speculation mounted, Oprah confessed in December that she had relented and started taking weight loss medication - after previously feeling that she had to rely on her own 'willpower' to achieve the figure she wanted. Her size 'occupied five decades of space in my brain, yo-yoing and feeling like why can’t I just conquer this thing, believing willpower was my failing,' she told People.

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