At 68, Oprah Winfrey Slams ‘Ridiculous’ Anti-Aging Culture in Vulnerable Interview
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Oprah got candid about aging and anti-aging culture on The Checkup with Dr. David Agus.
In the interview, she and Maria Shriver also discuss menopause.
The Checkup is currently available to stream on Paramount+.
Now that all episodes of The Checkup with Dr. David Agus are streaming on Paramount+, fans get a closer look at Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver’s conversation about menopause, in which they not only discuss the stigma attached to the change but also, what life is like after it. According to Winfrey, the time period, unfortunately, comes with a “ridiculous” barrage of anti-aging rhetoric.
You know it all too well. The anti-aging creams, antioxidant diets; campaign after campaign promises to deliver the fountain of youth. And Winfrey wants to know why we feel so pressured to chase it.
“In a culture where everything is anti-aging—every product is an anti-aging product, everything you’re supposed to eat is an anti-aging thing,” she says in a new clip. “The whole culture is set up to tell you that the thing that is most natural—we’re surrounded by these beautiful trees here that literally get better with age. I think we all get better with age—the culture is set up to tell us, in our particular society, that it’s the wrong thing.”
She continues: “That you should be fighting it and resisting it with everything that you have, which is kind of ridiculous because in the end, aging is [going to] win.”
Shriver agrees, adding that having candid conversations about aging still feels taboo. “What does it mean to age? Is it OK to age? Can we actually even talk about aging?” she asks. Dr. Agus responds sheepishly with a finger to his lips: “Shhh!”
The Checkup is a series of sit-down interviews with celebrities who discuss personal health struggles with Agus, a medical oncologist, author, and professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California. It also features conversations with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Amy Schumer, Ashton Kutcher, and Howie Mandel about their own health experiences.
The series hopes to inspire viewers to prioritize taking care of themselves and be their own best advocates. Catch episodes now on Paramount+ now.
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