Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2022 in a post:

“Oprah reveals her fully-natural solution that allowed her to drop 62 (pounds) in six weeks.”

Pants on Fire!
By Monique Curet
March 9, 2022

Oprah Winfrey is not hawking diet pills

If your time is short

Oprah Winfrey has not endorsed a diet pill. 

The claim is "completely false," a spokesperson for Winfrey said.

See the sources for this fact-check

Oprah Winfrey has famously, publicly shared her weight-loss journey for decades, but she is not hawking diet pills, despite a spate of social media claims that say she is.

A March 7 post on Facebook says, “Oprah reveals her fully-natural solution,” a pill that allowed her to lose 62 pounds in six weeks. The post includes an article headline that says, “Oprah swears: ‘It’s a treadmill in a pill,’” which links to a blog that does not contain information about Oprah or specific details about any weight loss product or method.

The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)

The claim is “completely false,” a spokesperson for Winfrey said.

Winfrey has a partnership with WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers, and has owned a stake in the company since 2015. In January, Winfrey highlighted her relationship with WW in an Instagram post.

The false Facebook post includes a photo of Winfrey, Dr. Mehmet Oz and acupuncturist Daniel Hsu, who appeared on Winfrey’s TV show in 2014. The image is a screenshot from that episode, which featured Winfrey’s first acupuncture session and was not about weight loss.

Fact checkers recently have debunked identical claims that contain the same wording but different images and links.

We rate the claim that Winfrey has revealed a pill that allowed her to lose 62 pounds in six weeks Pants on Fire!
 

Our Sources

CNN, "WW is doubling down on Oprah," Dec. 16, 2019

ENews, "Oprah Winfrey's 40-Year Weight Loss Struggle: Inside the Billionaire Star's Ongoing Quest for Self-Acceptance," Aug. 4, 2017

Email interview, Chelsea Hettrick, Harpo Inc., March 8, 2022

Facebook post, March 7, 2022

Instagram post, Jan. 11, 2022

LeadStories, "Fact Check: Oprah Winfrey Is NOT Endorsing Diet Pill That 'Lost Her 60 In 6 Weeks,'" Feb. 8, 2022

YouTube video, Aug. 30, 2014

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