Oprah Winfrey

I felt such shame about it that I thought, well, she has told me.

I thought she was doing me a favor.

Like, she's going to let me come back if I lose the 15 pounds.

Oh, God.

I didn't think, how dare you speak to me that way.

I thought, wow, okay.

So it finally caught up with me.

It was shame that I already felt for myself.

So it didn't make me feel...

Any kind of way toward her.

Affirming what I already knew.

I thought I looked pretty good that night, though, because I'd bought my Stuart Weitzman shoes, and I got the dress made, and I had my hair done, and it's the night show.

And then I thought, oh, God, it still didn't cover up the fact that I'm fat.

Yeah.

I have regrets about it, but I also feel... This is what I feel.

I feel like I contributed to it because I was at the center of it.

I mean, I was living in a world where every single week there was a tabloid story about my weight.

And...

All the comedians just use me as sort of like their punching bag.

And, you know, I was a joke for David Letterman for a whole year.