Was Oprah and Whoopi’s “tense” moment while honoring Quincy Jones less about celebrating a legend and more about celebrating themselves? I’m Clammy J. Byner, here to Check da Facts!
At last night’s star studded 97th Annual Academy Awards snoozefest the shrinking Queen of All Media, Oprah made sure to remind everyone—for the millionth time—that Quincy “discovered” her for The Color Purple. Not to be outdone the host of The View, Whoopi Goldberg, dropped a sly “Me too,” because if there’s one thing these two broads love more than Quincy, it’s themselves. Cue the awkward laughter and Oprah’s trademark tight-lipped smile. The real drama? Deciding who’s the bigger diva.
Oscar Envy
And let’s not forget the former elephant in the room. Recently slimmed down thanks to Big Pharma, Whoopi has an Oscar, and Oprah doesn’t. Sure, Oprah’s got a billion-dollar empire, a TV network, and the power to make books sell with a single mention, but no little golden man to put on a shelf in one of her 18 mansions? That’s gotta sting.
Meanwhile, Whoopi’s probably got hers displayed front and center in her living room, right in front of a poster for her seminal performance in 1995’s Theodore Rex: Dinocop. The feud may be “alleged,” but the ego battle is very, very real.
Big Pharma Winning was not on My BINGO card
Both Whoopi and Oprah showed up looking slimmer than ever, thanks to the magic of weight-loss drugs. Oprah’s been preaching about the “truth about thin people” like she’s discovered the meaning of life, while Whoopi’s been open about her Mounjaro journey. The real winner of the night? Big Pharma. These two aren’t just icons—they’re walking advertisements for prescription weight loss. Move over, statuettes; the real trophies are these senior citizen girls shrinking waistlines.
Sources close to Oprah and Whoopi’s refrigerators have been dropping breadcrumbs for months that the two lefties have been popping weight loss drugs to battle their out of control ‘hate eating’ every time they realize that Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris in the last election.
Let’s be honest darlings—their onstage moment was probably as scripted as a Hallmark movie without the drama. Oprah and Whoopi have denied any feud for years, but why let the truth get in the way of good TV? The Oscars are all about spectacle, and what’s more spectacular than two legends in their own minds pretending to throw shade while secretly devouring every second of the attention?
Bravo, ladies. Bravo.
