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Oprah: My fat misery

The talk show queen is embroiled in a shock surgery scandal as her addiction to food spirals.

Oprah Winfrey has hit a devastating new low and is so depressed over her rapid 25kg weight gain she booked in for secret stomach surgery to control her ballooning figure.

Sources reveal Oprah, 53, was so desperate to be thin again that she scheduled the lap-band surgery away from the spotlight at a clinic in Phoenix, Arizona.

Feeling miserable after piling on the pounds following a series of devastating setbacks, the self-confessed “comfort eater” couldn’t see any other way out.

“In the past Oprah has ruled against any type of stomach reduction surgery as the coward’s way out,” says a friend. “But she was determined to go ahead with the surgery.”

For the full story see this week’s issue of Woman’s Day (on sale February 19).

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