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Oprah Winfrey reveals her biggest mistake

Friday, October 7, 2011

Oprah Winfrey's eponymous talk show aired for 25 years, but in all that time the TV star only had one major regret — her infamous "wagon of fat".

In the now-legendary 'Diet Dreams Come True' episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah donned a pair of size 10 Calvin Klein jeans and wheeled out a wagon containing 67 pounds of fat to represent the weight she had lost.

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The episode aired on November 15, 1988, but the star still regrets it 23 years later. In a candid interview with Entertainment Tonight the talk show queen named the incident as her biggest blunder.

"Big, big, big mistake," she said, rolling her eyes. "When I look at that show, I think it was one of the biggest ego trips of my life."

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Asked what she would tell herself if she could go back in time, Oprah shrieked: "I would say, 'Don't do it! It's a great TV moment but don't do it!"

Oprah's new show Lifeclass premieres on her OWN network next week. It will see her teaching her life lessons to others in a bid to make their lives happier.

Your say: Did you think Oprah's "wagon of fat" was entertaining, or a mistake?

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