WEIGHT TO GO!

Oprah credits 'miracle' drugs for her trim new look but not all celebs who've got their skinny on recently are fans

- NICI DE WET

IT’S still one of the most memo­ rable moments of her iconic talk show: Oprah Winfrey rolling out a wagon containing 30kg of animal fat to illustrate how much weight she’d lost.

Of course, that was three dec­ ades ago and many of the kilos she’d shed crept back on again. But at the age of 70 Oprah finally seems to have won the fight – and new pictures of her in workout wear in Santa Barbara, California, attest to that.

Clad in leggings, a long­sleeved shirt and a pair of Adidas trainers from Beyoncé’s Ivy Park collection, O looked in great shape as she headed to a gym with her friend Maria Shriver (68).

Oprah has admitted to using a weight­loss drug after vowing she’d never do so. And although she hasn’t named the medication many believe it’s Ozempic or a substance similar to it.

She says it’s a “relief ” to finally have her weight under control. “It was public sport to make fun of me for 25 years,” she told People maga­ zine. “I’ve been blamed and shamed and I blamed and shamed myself.”

She recalls being humiliated by caustic fashion critic Mr Blackwell and put on the cover of a magazine along with the description “Dumpy, Frumpy and Downright Lumpy”.