Oprah recalls feeling, Oprah Winfrey says she once didn't hit up a ritzy Christmas celebration since she felt "excessively fat" to show her face. The news head honcho focused on her wellbeing process on the debut episode of "The Jamie Kern Lima Show" on Tuesday … and reviewed the times she felt kept down by open view of her weight. Nothing to joke about for her at that point, as he was featuring in the hit Network program 'Miami Bad habit'.