Oprah under fire for inappropriate question in Olsen Twins interview

Mary-Kate and Ashley were guests in 2004 The Oprah Winfrey Show. The girls got their movie New York Minute but the interview with the talk show queen was about their dress size. And that while Mary-Kate would have an eating disorder at the time. “There is a rumor that is very painful for you, isn’t it? You know, about the food,” Oprah tells the then 18-year-old actress. Mary-Kate went to a clinic for her eating disorder a year after the interview.

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“People write what they want. We try to leave out the good and the bad both. It’s part of the job. You are either too fat or too thin and people just write what they want,” responds Ashley, who protects her twin sister. tries to take. But Oprah waltzes over it. “What size do you actually have?” she asks the girls. The twins try to explain that they are very small and thin and do not care much about their weight. “How interesting. I am obsessed with my weight”, the talk show queen responds cynically.

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The interview is not well received now that it suddenly reappears. Thus, it is labeled as ‘problematic’ by multiple TikTok users. “Ashley answers on behalf of Mary-Kate because she sees how uncomfortable it makes her sister,” one responds. “I understand it was a different time, but how did they think this would be okay ?!” another wonders. Oprah should have guessed what they were going through. Especially when you consider how much was said about Oprah’s own weight, ‘says a third.

Oprah has often come under fire, including for her statements about the corona virus. You can see it in the video below.

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