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>> tonight, shame no more. >> for 25 years, making fun of my weight was national sport. >> oprah back on prime time television, addressing the weight loss revolution. the tv legend is opening up about her decades-long weight loss battle in a televised town hall. >> when i tell you how many times have i blamed myself -- >> oprah's guests revealing their own struggles. >> a health care professional at one point tell me she would be 500 pounds by the time she was 16, and that she would die. >> why oprah says this medication finally worked for her. plus, princess kate. reportedly seen in public for the first time since that photo editing controversy. will that tmz video be enough to silence the rumors? and art or aliens? >> it looks like a ufo. >> from a hilltop in wales, to a desert canyon in utah, towering

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>> byron: good evening. thank you for joining us. like many americans, oprah has been struggling with her weight for years, but unlike the rest of us, she's had to do it in the spotlight. her recent success with a type of weight loss drug that is helping patients drop unwanted pounds inspired the talk show great to talk about how we treat ourselves and each other. here is abc's debra roberts. >> i took on the shame that the world gave to me. for 25 years, making fun of my weight was national sport. >> emotional, shock, revelatory. ♪ this is it ♪ >> oprah's return to prime-time television tonight here on abc. >> you've received a lot of criticism for that, you and your family. what do you want to say about that? >> i would say walk a mile in our shoes. >> in front of a live audience and on a set very much like the one she used for the oprah winfrey show nearly 13 years ago, the legend sharing a story

of her own. >> i'll never forget a day in 1990. i saw myself on the cover of tv guide's best and worst dressed list. and i remember thinking at first, oh, look, there i am on the cover. and then i read the headline that mr. blackwell, the taste maker of the time called me "bumpy, lumpy and down right dumpy." and bringing many others to light. nothing held back during the first hour tv event "shame, blame and the weight loss revolution." >> i starved myself for nearly five months and wheeled out that wagon of fat that the internet will never let me forget. and after losing 67 pounds on a liquid diet, the next day, y'all, the very next day i started to gain it back. >> a mix of medical experts and personal stories ushering in a conversation about the rapid rise ain the use of prescriptio medications for weight loss. >> we're seeing double the

amount of weight loss you can achieve with this class of medications compared to what we've had in our pool box for the last several decades, in combination of course with a healthy lifestyle. >> highlighting how these drugs are changing lives around the country. >> in seventh grade or sixth grade when i got made fun of, i was maybe i am different. >> 16-year-old maggie erby from missouri opened up about struggling with her weight since childhood. >> i did every single sport when i was little and i exercised all the time, but i still would never lose. i would lose weight, and the next thing you know i would gain it all back. my heaviest was about 285. i could eat four plates per meal if i could. >> kids in school maggie says started to comment on the clothes she wore. >> in sixth or seventh grade i wore one of my dad's t-shirts, and it was way too big. but i didn't care. it was comfy. i was comfy. they're making fun of me.

oh, maggie is wearing her dad's t-shirt, like she can't fit in her own clothes. >> i think that's the first time that she really got her feelings hurt and didn't know how to come back. >> her mom erica desperate to help her daughter lose weight. >> i had a health care professional at one point tell me that she would be 500 pounds by the time she was 16 and that she would die. >> maggie had bariatric surgery, which she says didn't stop the compulsions to eat more than she wanted to. so her doctors turned to a medicine called victoza. >> when maggie started taking the glp-1 medications, she was one of the youngest people to have ever taken them. and it was the victoza that quieted that part of her brain and allowed her to eat what she needed to with the surgery and to lose weight. >> becoming something of a miracle tool for so many. glp-1 agonist medications were

originally meant to treat type 2 diabetes. now many using them for weight loss. >> we have discussions about helping people manage their weight. often i think a lot of bias comes into that, which makes it difficult for people to understand that obesity in and of itself is a chronic complex condition. >> as millions of americans turn to these drugs, experts say medications like ozempic, mounjaro, wegovy, zepbound, could put a dent in america's obesity epidemic. >> nearly one in three americans in this country are overweight, and close to 40% are qualified as obese. obesity is connected to many different factors, not just on what we eat, but on our environment, the medications we use, certain hormonal conditions we have. this medication helps to provide that equal playing field. >> moms at home raving about it. >> so these are my jeans from when i first started. my goodness. that's crazy. >> hollywood can't get enough of it. >> i think it's amazing, and i think it's great for them. people hate on it because they

want to do it. >> and oprah making it her mission to keep the conversation going. >> there is now a sense of hope, number one. and number two, you no longer blame yourself. >> yeah. >> because when i tell you how many times i have blamed myself -- >> decade after decade, her fluctuating size the subject of relentless tabloid scrutiny. from being a spokesperson for weight watchers -- >> i love bread. >> to revealing last december that she was using a weight loss drug. for many users of the medications with a new body comes an entirely new outlook on life. >> i have been struggling with my weight for as listening as i can possibly remember. i remember feeling like my relationship with food was different than for a lot of people starting at the age of 5 years old, 10 years old. >> for amy cane, navigating her weight loss has been a life-long problem. the full-time mom grappling with

the constant shame and anxiety she felt over her appearance. >> i would say my highest number was probably around 300 pounds. i didn't look at myself in the mirror very often. i didn't step on the scale, because i didn't want the know. i was diagnosed with pcos, polycystic ovary syndrome around 13 years old. and the one thing we know about diseases like that is that it's very, very challenging to lose weight. i think i got to the point where i was i'm not going to be able to lose weight. so i sort of said screw it. i gave up. i then was diagnosed with diabetes. >> amy says that was her breaking point. she completely overhauled her diet and lifestyle, losing about 60 pounds on her own. but after reaching a plateau in the weight loss, an endocrinologist suggested she try mounjaro. >> this medication has saved my life. and i don't just mean physically, but emotionally in a lot of ways. i think the reason this medication was so effective for me is because i committed to completely overhauling my lifestyle and my diet and

working on my mental health. it felt impossible for me to do this before. this medication allowed it to feel possible. >> today after losing more than 160 pounds in all, amy says she feels like an entirely different person. >> my life has done a 180. i was a mom that struggled with postpartum depression and anxiety really, really bad. and i sam how over this past year sort of turned my life around. yes, the medication helped, but i also put in a lot of work. like a lot, a lot of work to have a better relationship with my kids, to have a better relationship with my husband, to have a better relationship with myself. >> now she is hoping to pass along her experience to her more than 50,000 followers on tiktok. >> while i don't love the situation, i'm actually really proud of the hard work i put in. >> where she gives people an intimate look into her journey. >> i have people who are 16 years that follow me and people who are 75 that follow me. but we all have this common connection. and so i provide some insights,

and i think that it just provides a connection for someone to feel less alone in this crazy journey. >> tigers, let get down. >> feeling less alone, a concept echoed by many. at age 16, maggie irby says after losing about 108 pounds in all, she feels seen for the first time ever. >> before i feel like no one really noticed me as me. and now that i've lost weight and that i'm in high school with more people, and they notice me for my personality just than what i look like. because they recognize me as the fat girl that used to go to catholic school i feel like. >> maggie's mom saying she's seen maggie's physical health dramatically change. >> normal blood levels. non-fatty liver, not prediabetic. is going to live a long and healthy life. >> but maggie's social life is also chaining for the better. she is often busy, hanging out

with friends, something that she felt was unimaginable before. >> i've gone so far, and i've done so much more. i've joined the cheer team, and i wouldn't have done that before. i've been so successful, i feel like since then. >> maggie has a best friend. she has a large group of girls that she can run around with. she feels confident, socially she is doing very, very well. and that makes me happy for her. >> for maggie and erica, for amy and even for oprah, losing weight meant gaining a new perspective on life. >> i think that for so long, the message was get some will power, just go to the gym, eat less. why can't you just lose weight? this is a disease for a lot of people. and that it's not just lack of strength. these medications are helping people with chronic diseases

like obesity to get better, to feel better, to be able to live a better life. so i think this is a huge, huge turning point. >> a turning point, but also a reminder that your weight is not your worth. >> for people who feel happy and healthy and celebrating life in a bigger body and don't want the medications, i say bless you. and for all the people who believe diet and exercise is the best and only way to lose excess weight, bless you too if that works for you. and for the people who think that this could be the relief and support and freedom as you said earlier that you've been looking for your whole life, bless you, because there is space for all points of view. s. >> byron: our thanks to deborah. you can watch oprah's full special, "shame, blame, and the weight loss revolution" streaming now on hulu. when we come back, a tmz

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it's not the type of thing you typically find while out on a walk in wales. >> i've never seen this before. it almost looks like a ufo bring something down. >> reporter: welsh local craig muir spotted this monolith on a hill last week in the middle of nowhere, no evidence of how it got there. describing it is roughly 10 foot high, foot and a half wide metal structure impaled in the ground. it's the latest shiny spike to pop up in an unusual location, sparking speculation of how and why it got there. >> visitors are flocking to a new mystery monolith on the welsh countryside. >> some of the theories, perhaps it was left by aliens similar to arrival. or earth bound pranksters looking to capitalize on the moment. >> i would say a good portion of the importance of the attention we're giving to these particular monoliths has to do with their secrecy, their mystery, who's

behind it. but also, their diverse locations. you know. in a way, they're not just appearing in one part of the world. >> there have been multiple monoliths, usually appearing out of the blue. this one in a remote utah canyon suddenly s suddenly sprouting up in late 2020. >> the intrepid explorers go down to investigate the alien life form. >> spotted by officials countsing bighorn sheep from a helicopter. >> what the heck is that? >> the crew landing the chopper and finding a monolith about 10 foot high solidly mounted in the ground. >> they've cut it in. >> even going down there they were nervous. are they going to get teleported to another dimension. >> strangely, other similar structures have popped up across the globe. in romania, this monolith showed up overlooking a lake soon after the one in romania. this one in california's joshua tree national park. >> be prepared to see these everywhere. oh, dear. >> three months later, a farmer

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