{"id":103946,"date":"2024-06-11T19:17:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/11\/oprah-winfrey-hospitalized-with-nasty-bug\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T19:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:17:33","slug":"oprah-winfrey-hospitalized-with-nasty-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/11\/oprah-winfrey-hospitalized-with-nasty-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Winfrey Hospitalized with NASTY Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Oprah Winfrey was hospitalized with a <em>nasty <\/em>illness.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Oprah Winfrey was a no-show on CBS. And it wasn\u2019t because she was busy filming another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/03\/bachelor-fans-oprah-winfrey-ozempic-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deeply controversial Ozempic infomercial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime bestie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/05\/gayle-king-sports-illustrated-swimsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the beautiful Gayle King<\/a>, explained why Oprah couldn\u2019t make it.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s sick. Actually, Gayle may have furnished a little too many details about Oprah\u2019s symptoms. TMI alert!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_01-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey in March of 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-501690 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_01-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_01-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_01-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_01-2048x1391.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_01-960x652.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_01-1080x733.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_01-1200x815.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oprah Winfrey speaks onstage during the 55th Annual NAACP Awards at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on March 16, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-oprah-winfrey-had-to-be-hospitalized\">Oprah Winfrey had to be hospitalized<\/h2>\n<p>Previously, the legendary Oprah Winfrey had been on the schedule to promote a new book on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>But she didn\u2019t ghost. She sent her apologies by way of longtime bestie Gayle King \u2014 who is, conveniently, well established at CBS.<\/p>\n<p>Author David Wroblewski, who wrote the book that Oprah had intended to promote (it is part of her eponymous book club), <em>was <\/em>in attendance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oprah Winfrey selects &quot;Familiaris&quot; by David Wroblewski as latest book club pick\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQD6V2MzkOw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Gayle King explained that Oprah Winfrey had caught a vile stomach bug \u2014 she did not specify. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, she explained, Oprah had experienced such severe symptoms that she\u2019d been hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>And Gayle did not hold back when she went into detail on those symptoms.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey in the middle of March in 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-501691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey in the middle of March in 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-501691 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_02-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oprah Winfrey accepts the Vanguard award onstage during the 35th GLAAD Media Awards \u2013 Los Angeles at The Beverly Hilton on March 14, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images for GLAAD)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-just-how-bad-is-oprah-s-illness\">Just how bad is Oprah\u2019s illness?<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cShe had some kind of stomach thing \u2014 stomach flu,\u201d Gayle shared vaguely. \u201cStuff was coming out of both ends.\u201d YIkes!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t get too graphic,\u201d Gayle promised. Too little, too late.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeedless to say, she ended up in the hospital, dehydration, had to get an IV, it was a very serious thing,\u201d she then summarized.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King in early February of 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-501692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-2048x1342.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-960x629.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-1080x708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-1200x787.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King in early February of 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-501692 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-2048x1342.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-960x629.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-1080x708.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-1200x787.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_03-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gayle King and Oprah Winfrey attend the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Monica Schipper\/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2021\/08\/thomas-markle-meghan-and-oprah-are-not-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">friends with Oprah Winfrey<\/a> is a tall order. One assumes (or perhaps merely hopes) that Gayle had her permission to, well, <em>overshare <\/em>to this extent.<\/p>\n<p>The symptoms that she describes sound severe.<\/p>\n<p>Odds are that <em>most <\/em>people would probably forego hospitalization or even a doctor\u2019s visit with such symptoms. But then, most people don\u2019t have Oprah\u2019s fabulous wealth, and can afford to not only miss work but have professionals take care of them rather than just <em>toughing it out<\/em> at home.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-1024x841.jpg\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey stuns in purple in early January, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-501710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-2048x1682.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-960x789.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-1080x887.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-1200x986.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-1024x841.jpg\" alt=\"Oprah Winfrey stuns in purple in early January, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-501710 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-1024x841.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-768x631.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-2048x1682.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-960x789.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-1080x887.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-1200x986.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/0611_oprahwinfrey_04-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oprah Winfrey attends the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 07, 2024.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-don-t-worry-oprah-will-recover\">Don\u2019t worry; Oprah will recover<\/h2>\n<p>The good news is that, according to Gayle, Oprah was already on the road to recovery. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a good thing that Oprah did not force herself to attend the show. Even if she weren\u2019t contagious, promoting <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Familiaris-David-Wroblewski\/dp\/B0CLF6YZYX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Familiaris<\/a> <\/em>would be pretty tricky from the CBS bathrooms.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re glad to hear that Oprah is on the mend. We hope that she takes all of the rest, fluids, and time that she needs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzA2L29wcmFoLXdpbmZyZXktaG9zcGl0YWxpemVkLw==\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oprah Winfrey was hospitalized with a nasty illness. This week, Oprah Winfrey was a no-show on CBS. And it wasn\u2019t because she was busy filming another deeply controversial Ozempic infomercial. Longtime bestie, the beautiful Gayle King, explained why Oprah couldn\u2019t make it. She\u2019s sick. Actually, Gayle may have furnished a little too many details about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}