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Oprah Winfrey recalls being 'shamed' for her size by Joan Rivers on national TV. The legendary TV personality made an appearance on The Tonight Show in the 1985 to discuss her programme, A.M. Chicago and ended up being confronted about her weight by Joan. Winfrey recalled on The Jamie Kern Lima podcast: ”Joan Rivers turns to me and she says, 'Tell me why are you so fat?' On national television... and I don't know what to do with that. I just did, like, 'Oh, I just love potato chips, Joan.’" Winfrey confessed that she "accepted" the criticism when Joan told her "shame on you" because she felt like she "should be shamed" for her size. She then added that the late TV host said to her, "I'll let you come back if you lose 15 pounds. You need to lose 15 pounds.’" "She says to me on national television. And I accept it. I accept that I should be shamed, because how dare me, be sitting up here on The Tonight Show.” Joan, who died in 2014, and Oprah agreed that the TV star would go away and lose 15 pounds but she didn't follow through with it. ”Of course, I didn't lose the 15 pounds... I went and ate my way to another 10 pounds.” Earlier this year, Oprah hosted An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame, and the Weight Loss Revolution in which she revealed she went to unhealthy lengths to lose weight after years of criticism over her appearance. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT