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Oprah: I’m fat but I’ve never been happier

Oprah Winfrey has dramatically given up on her life-long fat battle, telling stunned friends, “I may be getting fat, but I’m finally happy.”

The TV mogul has reportedly ballooned to almost 100kg in recent weeks, but insists she’s not worried. Instead, Oprah has told friends she’s too busy, finally enjoying life after a year of personal disasters, to worry about torturing herself over her body any longer.

“Oprah’s attitude now is that life’s too short to be hung up over how she looks,” says a friend. “She’s just gotten over ‘the year from hell’, after breaking up with Stedman, developing thyroid problems and suffering a horrific abuse scandal at her South African school, and she says that this year is going to be about her.”

“I’ve been so focused on getting to the next level, I haven’t enjoyed enough of the view from where I am,” says Oprah of her new philosophy. “I’m going to spend more time enjoying the view.”

Read the full story in Woman’s Day (on-sale February 25, 2008)

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