Oprah branded as ‘unrecognizable’ as she flaunts her slim figure in skintight workout set with Gayle King

Oprah was branded as ‘unrecognizable’ as she flaunted her incredibly slim figure in a skintight workout set while touring Ireland with her pal Gayle King.

King, 71, took to Instagram on Tuesday evening to share some photos and videos from her and Oprah’s trip.

She included a few snaps that showed the two women posing by the water while visiting the Poolbeg Lighthouse in Dublin.

Both of them showcased their toned physiques as they dressed in fitness clothing for the outing.

King donned bright orange biker shorts and a matching tank top while Oprah, 72, opted for a pair of brown leggings and a white, long-sleeve top.

Many of King’s followers were impressed by how skinny they both looked and took to the comment section to praise them.

However, some people were so in awe of Oprah’s body that they branded her as ‘unrecognizable,’ while one even wondered if she had used AI to edit the photos.

‘I didn’t recognize Oprah until the third look. Ladies, y’all have turned your lives around. Kudos,’ one user wrote.

‘This looks like AI,’ another penned.

‘Oh my God I didn’t even recognize Oprah. She looks great,’ someone else added. 

‘What happened to O?’ asked a different fan. 

‘Orpha looks like a little girl… I had to look twice. Where is the real Oprah?’ read a fifth comment.

‘Oprah looks like she in her 40s,’ said a sixth.

‘They giving Oprah the real GLP-1 and giving us placebo,’ joked another user.

Other images in King’s photo dump showed them watching live music and enjoying a glass of Guinness together, however, King revealed in the caption that hers was non-alcoholic. She has long been outspoken about the fact that she does not drink alcohol.

‘On the road with @Oprah for our first time in Ireland!’ King captioned the post. ‘We were told a pub visit at @dohenyandnesbitt for Guinness (mine non-alcoholic… one sip was more than enough!) and walking the Poolbeg Lighthouse on the Great South Wall were MUST-dos… so of course we did both! 

‘We were there for her In Conversation with Oprah Winfrey… and P.S. she was a HIT!’

Throughout her impressive, decades-long career, Oprah has not shied away from discussing her rollercoaster-ride weight loss journey with the public. 

Her issues with weight began in 1976, when she landed her first ‘big job’ at age 22. 

The then 148-pound reporter said she struggled to come to grips with the immense pressure that was put on her, and began to pig out on things like ‘corn dogs,’ ‘chocolate chip cookies,’ and fast food from the mall food court to suppress her emotions and ‘numb her negative feelings.’

Her weight soon soared to over 200 pounds, and she began trying ‘every diet known to womankind.’

In 1988, just two years after she launched the Oprah Winfrey Show, the TV legend revealed during an episode of her show that she had lost 67 pounds in four months thanks to an all-liquid diet.

In reality, she later revealed that she had ‘starved herself’ and messed up her ‘metabolism,’ which ultimately resulted in her gaining it all back and then-some pretty quickly.

By the early 1990s, the self-confessed yo-yo dieter was at her heaviest – 237 pounds – and feeling ‘so ashamed’ to have ‘joined the ranks of the perpetually obese’ that she said she could hardly look people in the eye.

She recalled feeling like a ‘big fat failure.’ But after connecting with a personal trainer at a spa in Colorado, he helped inspire her to turn things around.

For years after that, Oprah’s weight fluctuated. With the help of her new trainer, it dropped down to 160 pounds by 2006, but within two years after that, it was back up to 200 pounds.

At the time, she said a slew of health woes were to blame for the weight gain, and admitted that she was once again feeling ‘defeated’ and was just about ready to ‘give up’ and let ‘fat win.’

However, in 2015, she joined forces with the company Weight Watchers, and within a year, she said she had lost 40 pounds through the program.

But she had another setback in late 2021, with her later revealing in January 2022 that she was undergoing a diet ‘reset’ after consuming quite a lot during the holidays.

Throughout 2023, many people started to notice that Oprah was looking thinner than ever, and rumors that she was taking Ozempic erupted. 

She initially denied using GLP-1s, however, in an interview with People that December, she confirmed that she had begun taking a weight loss jab to quiet the ‘food noise,’ but did not specify which one. 

She said: ‘The fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier, in my lifetime, feels like relief, like redemption, like a gift, and not something to hide behind and once again be ridiculed for.

‘I’m absolutely done with the shaming from other people and particularly myself.’

When she began taking the medication, she said she had what she called an ‘aha moment’ – she had been blaming herself for her weight all these years when in reality, she had a ‘predisposition that no amount of willpower was going to control.’

She also said she incorporated regular exercise, such as hiking, to help her shed unwanted pounds.

In January, Oprah revealed she was down to 155lbs – 82 less than when she was at her heaviest. 

As for King, she has been flaunting a slimmer figure in recent months, sparking rumors that she too is taking a GLP-1, however, she has neither confirmed nor denied whether or not she’s used the drug.