Short Takes : Oprah ‘Sick’ of Poundage Talk

Although Oprah Winfrey is on the cover of People magazine expounding on her pounds, she says she’s really “sick, sick, sick” of the scrutiny of her figure.

The television talk show host lost 67 pounds on a crash diet and revealed her new physique on one of her shows in 1988. She has since regained most of the weight and has no plans to diet again.

“Now I’m trying to find a way to live in a world with food without being controlled by it, without becoming a compulsive eater,” Winfrey said in this week’s People.

And of the weighty attention her fat has received?

“I’m just sick of it,” she said. “sick, sick, sick, sick. We all make it an issue; I’m as guilty as anybody.”