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Oprah Winfrey is warning fans in opposition to falling sufferer to firms promoting weight loss merchandise utilizing her identify and picture.
On Sunday, the 68-year-old former speak present host and media mogul took to Instagram to distance herself from gummies being bought on-line, saying she doesn’t endorse edible weight loss merchandise.
In the quick video, Winfrey stated she felt compelled to tackle the net scams after being approached 5 instances in a single week by folks in search of weight loss gummies.
“I have nothing to do with weight loss gummies or diet pills and I don’t want you all taken advantage of by people misusing my name,” she informed her 21.6 million Instagram followers.
Winfrey, who does have a partnership with and stake in WW International, the corporate previously often known as Weight Watchers, added within the video caption: “Fraud alert! Please don’t purchase any weight loss gummies with my image or identify on them.
“There have been social media ads, emails, and fake websites going out and I want you to hear it straight from me, that I have nothing to do with them. Please don’t be taken advantage of and don’t give your personal information to them.”
Newz9 has contacted Winfrey’s representatives for additional remark.
Earlier this yr, a sequence of sponsored movies started circulating on-line utilizing Winfrey’s identify and likeness to promote a product.
One advert posted on Facebook on April 27 urged customers to “Claim your fitness gummies from Oprah until the 30th,” with a promise that the product would induce appreciable weight loss inside three weeks.
In May, Winfrey addressed the scams through her consultant.
“These ads are a complete fabrication,” Nicole Nichols informed USA Today. “Oprah has nothing to do with this gummy product and does not endorse any such diet or weight-loss pill.”
Winfrey has publicly shared her weight loss journey for years and famously declared “I love bread” in a Weight Watchers business again in 2016.