Oprah Winfrey Recalls Joan Rivers Fat-Shaming Her 40 Years Ago

On ‘The Jamie Kern Lima Show,’ Oprah Winfrey looks back at when the late Joan Rivers fat-shamed her on ‘The Tonight Show’ in 1985. The media mogul opens up about how that experience compounded her emotional toil at the time, after Oprah had auditioned for her dream role in ‘The Color Purple’ and was concerned her weight would keep her from getting the part.