Queen Latifah may seem like her confidence never breaks, but the star recently revealed a private struggle with her body image—and that none other than Oprah helped her push through. She spoke on the subject during the Cannes Lions Festival, at a panel that touched on how obesity relates to the media.
Latifah shared insights into her own relationship with weight, saying, “I watched this idea of what beauty was supposed to be—size two, blue-eyed—that was being pushed on everyone as I was growing up. I thought that was a bar I was never going to meet.”
Movies and television series were undeniably dominated by that specific beauty standard. But Latifah pointed out one beacon of light that helped her see beyond that narrow image of what bodies should be: Oprah. Oprah’s long-standing candor on weight has been a source of inspiration for Latifah—throughout the years of The Oprah Winfrey Show and in O, The Oprah Magazine, continuing today at Oprah Daily in our “The Life You Want” Classes.
When I think of her and what she’s been through on that journey, I love the idea that someone will not have to endure the same journey today, that they will be able to walk into their doctor’s office and just have a conversation,” Latifah said during the Cannes Lions discussion.
Latifah also called out a TV special Oprah recorded in March, An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution, that unpacked the topic of obesity and more with the help of medical experts. This discussion was a continuation of Oprah Daily’s The State of Weight curriculum, a package featuring a conversation between Oprah and experts as well as articles about weight-loss drugs, obesity therapies, and more.
Queen Latifah may seem like her confidence never breaks, but the star recently revealed a private struggle with her body image—and that none other than Oprah helped her push through. She spoke on the subject during the Cannes Lions Festival, at a panel that touched on how obesity relates to the media.
Latifah shared insights into her own relationship with weight, saying, “I watched this idea of what beauty was supposed to be—size two, blue-eyed—that was being pushed on everyone as I was growing up. I thought that was a bar I was never going to meet.”
Movies and television series were undeniably dominated by that specific beauty standard. But Latifah pointed out one beacon of light that helped her see beyond that narrow image of what bodies should be: Oprah. Oprah’s long-standing candor on weight has been a source of inspiration for Latifah—throughout the years of The Oprah Winfrey Show and in O, The Oprah Magazine, continuing today at Oprah Daily in our “The Life You Want” Classes.
When I think of her and what she’s been through on that journey, I love the idea that someone will not have to endure the same journey today, that they will be able to walk into their doctor’s office and just have a conversation,” Latifah said during the Cannes Lions discussion.
Latifah also called out a TV special Oprah recorded in March, An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution, that unpacked the topic of obesity and more with the help of medical experts. This discussion was a continuation of Oprah Daily’s The State of Weight curriculum, a package featuring a conversation between Oprah and experts as well as articles about weight-loss drugs, obesity therapies, and more.
Queen Latifah may seem like her confidence never breaks, but the star recently revealed a private struggle with her body image—and that none other than Oprah helped her push through. She spoke on the subject during the Cannes Lions Festival, at a panel that touched on how obesity relates to the media.
Latifah shared insights into her own relationship with weight, saying, “I watched this idea of what beauty was supposed to be—size two, blue-eyed—that was being pushed on everyone as I was growing up. I thought that was a bar I was never going to meet.”
Movies and television series were undeniably dominated by that specific beauty standard. But Latifah pointed out one beacon of light that helped her see beyond that narrow image of what bodies should be: Oprah. Oprah’s long-standing candor on weight has been a source of inspiration for Latifah—throughout the years of The Oprah Winfrey Show and in O, The Oprah Magazine, continuing today at Oprah Daily in our “The Life You Want” Classes.
When I think of her and what she’s been through on that journey, I love the idea that someone will not have to endure the same journey today, that they will be able to walk into their doctor’s office and just have a conversation,” Latifah said during the Cannes Lions discussion.
Latifah also called out a TV special Oprah recorded in March, An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution, that unpacked the topic of obesity and more with the help of medical experts. This discussion was a continuation of Oprah Daily’s The State of Weight curriculum, a package featuring a conversation between Oprah and experts as well as articles about weight-loss drugs, obesity therapies, and more.
Queen Latifah may seem like her confidence never breaks, but the star recently revealed a private struggle with her body image—and that none other than Oprah helped her push through. She spoke on the subject during the Cannes Lions Festival, at a panel that touched on how obesity relates to the media.
Latifah shared insights into her own relationship with weight, saying, “I watched this idea of what beauty was supposed to be—size two, blue-eyed—that was being pushed on everyone as I was growing up. I thought that was a bar I was never going to meet.”
Movies and television series were undeniably dominated by that specific beauty standard. But Latifah pointed out one beacon of light that helped her see beyond that narrow image of what bodies should be: Oprah. Oprah’s long-standing candor on weight has been a source of inspiration for Latifah—throughout the years of The Oprah Winfrey Show and in O, The Oprah Magazine, continuing today at Oprah Daily in our “The Life You Want” Classes.
When I think of her and what she’s been through on that journey, I love the idea that someone will not have to endure the same journey today, that they will be able to walk into their doctor’s office and just have a conversation,” Latifah said during the Cannes Lions discussion.
Latifah also called out a TV special Oprah recorded in March, An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution, that unpacked the topic of obesity and more with the help of medical experts. This discussion was a continuation of Oprah Daily’s The State of Weight curriculum, a package featuring a conversation between Oprah and experts as well as articles about weight-loss drugs, obesity therapies, and more.
