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Oprah and Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour Getty ImagesAccess Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Oprah is not one to be told what to do - but back in 1998, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour had some advice for the talk show queen - lose some weight!
In an unaired segment from Anna's interview on Sunday's "60 Minutes," Morley Safer asked the Vogue maven if she had indeed asked Oprah to lose 20 pounds before appearing on the mag's cover back when she was promoting the movie "Beloved."
"It was a very gentle suggestion," Anna said. "I went to Chicago to visit Oprah, and I suggested that it might be an idea that she lose a little bit of weight before she appeared in the magazine."
As for Oprah's reaction, Anna said, "She was a trooper. She totally welcomed the idea. She went on a very stringent diet. It was one of our most successful covers ever."
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Though Oprah has remained mum on the topic since Anna's Sunday interview, during September 24, 1998's "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which was devoted to Vogue makeovers, Oprah said her mag cover required, "giving myself over to the Vogue experience," and that Anna told her, "'You had to release all control to me,'" as reported by People.
Oprah went on to say that, "meant losing the 20 pounds I put on during my trial in Texas [with cattle breeders over remarks she made about beef]. Now I worked my behind off, literally. People say, 'Where's the beef?' It was on my behind. Over the summer I was working out, working out, to get in shape. And it paid off ... I was transformed into Vogue's October cover girl."
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soniamarie5295% put the weight back on - that's why its important not to write a "how to" book. "Mighty embarrassing when the weight goes back on plus more.report abuseposted August 8, 2009 4:08 PM PDT
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that was rudereport abuseposted May 31, 2009 5:18 PM PDT
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jimoprah is a gluttonreport abuseposted May 31, 2009 3:26 PM PDT
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Blah@ Brenda: She gained the weight back, didn't she? And then some.report abuseposted May 30, 2009 6:55 PM PDT
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Brenda POprah could have used this opportunity to the advantage of women everywhere by telling Wintour to shove it. I thought it was supposed to be all about feeling good about yourself no matter what your size? I also thought Oprah was done being a people pleaser. Guess not enough to not kiss up to Wintour to get a Vogue cover, huh?report abuseposted May 20, 2009 10:32 AM PDT
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Wayne CappyJust another obese ugly black woman.report abuseposted May 20, 2009 7:37 AM PDT
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Craig Mjuicy!report abuseposted May 19, 2009 11:31 AM PDT
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TabathaWHO CARES!!!report abuseposted May 19, 2009 11:24 AM PDT
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